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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Fairhaven Academy Museum
Fairhaven
The Fall River Historical Society
Fall River
Fisher Museum and Trails at the Harvard Forest
Petersham
FORT TABER - FORT RODMAN MILITARY MUSEUM
New Bedford
Freedom Trail® Foundation
Boston
Fruitlands Museum
Harvard
Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
Salem
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
The Gibson House Museum
Boston
Greater Light
Nantucket
Gropius House
Lincoln
Hadwen House
Nantucket
Hancock Shaker Village
Pittsfield
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cambridge
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Cambridge
Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum
Harwich
Hedge House Museum
Plymouth
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Sandwich
Hingham Historical Society
Hingham
Historic Deerfield
Deerfield
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Fairhaven Academy Museum
141 Main Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - B
The Fall River Historical Society
451 Rock Street
Fall River
508-679-1071, ext. 1 or 2 - C
Fisher Museum and Trails at the Harvard Forest
324 North Main Street
Petersham
978-724-3302 - D
FORT TABER - FORT RODMAN MILITARY MUSEUM
1000c Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford
508-994-3938 - E
Freedom Trail® Foundation
44 School Street, Suite 250
Boston
617-357-8300 - F
Fruitlands Museum
102 Prospect Hill Road
Harvard
978-456-3924 - G
Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
7 Lynde St.
Salem
978 825 0222 - H
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Gedney House Museum
21 High Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - I
The Gibson House Museum
137 Beacon St.
Boston
6172676338 - J
Greater Light
8 Howard St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - K
Gropius House
68 Baker Bridge Rd.
Lincoln
781-259-8098 - L
Hadwen House
96 Main St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - M
Hancock Shaker Village
1843 W Housatonic St. (routes 20 & 41)
Po Box 927
Pittsfield
413-443-0188 - N
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge
617-495-3045 - O
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge
1-617-495-4631 - P
Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum
80 Parallel St.
Harwich
508-432-8089 - Q
Hedge House Museum
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - R
Heritage Museums & Gardens
67 Grove Street
Sandwich
508-888-3300 - S
Hingham Historical Society
34 Main Street (old Derby Academy)
21 Lincoln Street (old Ordinary)
Hingham
781-749-7721 - T
Historic Deerfield
80 Old Main St.
(off Rts. 5 And 10)
Deerfield
413-775-7214
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