You can see, hear, feel, and sometimes even smell the history throughout Massachusetts. Check out the very rock where the Pilgrims landed, and visit Plimoth Patuxet Museums to see what life was like in the 1600s. Or experience life in the 1830s over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution or listen for the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Sit where the giants of the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution.
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1699 Historic Winslow House
Marshfield
1749 Court House Museum
Plymouth
Alden House Historic Site
Duxbury
Battleship Cove
Fall River
Burial Hill
Plymouth
The Daniel Webster Estate
Marshfield
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
Duxbury
Fairhaven Academy Museum
Fairhaven
The Fall River Historical Society
Fall River
FORT TABER - FORT RODMAN MILITARY MUSEUM
New Bedford
Hedge House Museum
Plymouth
Hingham Historical Society
Hingham
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Hull
Jabez Howland House
Plymouth
Jenney Interpretive Centre
Plymouth
Major John Bradford Homestead
Kingston
Marine Museum at Fall River
Fall River
Marshfield Historical Society
Marshfield
Martin House Farm
Swansea
Massachusetts Mayflower Society
Hingham
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1699 Historic Winslow House
635 Careswell Street
Marshfield
781-837-5753 - B
1749 Court House Museum
4 Town Square
Plymouth
508-830-4075 - C
Alden House Historic Site
105 Alden St.
Po Box 2754
Duxbury
781-934-9092 - D
Battleship Cove
5 Water Street
Fall River
800.533.3194 - E
Burial Hill
School Street
Plymouth
508-830-4078 - F
The Daniel Webster Estate
238 Webster Street
Marshfield
781-834-0548 - G
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
479 Washington Street
Duxbury
781-934-6106 - H
Fairhaven Academy Museum
141 Main Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - I
The Fall River Historical Society
451 Rock Street
Fall River
508-679-1071, ext. 1 or 2 - J
FORT TABER - FORT RODMAN MILITARY MUSEUM
1000c Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford
508-994-3938 - K
Hedge House Museum
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - L
Hingham Historical Society
34 Main Street (old Derby Academy)
21 Lincoln Street (old Ordinary)
Hingham
781-749-7721 - M
Hull Lifesaving Museum
1117 Nantasket Ave.
Hull
781-925-5433 - N
Jabez Howland House
33 Sandwich St.
Plymouth
508-746-9590 - O
Jenney Interpretive Centre
48 Summer Street
Plymouth
508-747-4544 - P
Major John Bradford Homestead
50 Landing Road
Kingston
774-454-4699 - Q
Marine Museum at Fall River
70 Water Street
Fall River
508 674 3533 - R
Marshfield Historical Society
65 Webster Street
Marshfield
781-834-0100 - S
Martin House Farm
22 Stoney Hill Road
At Route 6
Swansea
617-742-3190 - T
Massachusetts Mayflower Society
175 Derby Street
Hingham
781-875-3194
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