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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Old South Meeting House
Boston
Old State House
Boston
Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge
The Oldest House/Jethro Coffin House
Nantucket
Optical Heritage Museum
Southbridge
Otis House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Boston
The Paragon Carousel
Hull
Paul Revere Heritage Site
Canton
Paul Revere House
Boston
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Cambridge
Peak House Heritage Center
Medfield
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plymouth
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
Provincetown
The Plimoth Grist Mill
Plymouth
Plimoth Patuxet
Plymouth
The Plumbing Museum
Watertown
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
Plymouth
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
Plymouth
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Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston
617-482-6439 - B
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston
617-720-1713 - C
Old Sturbridge Village
1 Old Sturbridge Village Road
Sturbridge
800-SEE-1830 - D
The Oldest House/Jethro Coffin House
16 Sunset Hill
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - E
Optical Heritage Museum
12 Crane Street
Southbridge
7742308016 - F
Otis House Museum, A Historic New England Property
141 Cambridge St.
Boston
617-994-5920 - G
The Paragon Carousel
205 Nantasket Ave.
Hull
781-925-0472 - H
Paul Revere Heritage Site
4 Rolling Mill Way
Canton
3392371696 - I
Paul Revere House
19 North Sq.
Boston
617-523-2338 - J
Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Salem
800-745-4054 - K
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
11 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge
617-496-1027 - L
Peak House Heritage Center
347 Main Street
Medfield
508-505-7742 - M
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
34 Chestnut Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - N
Pilgrim Hall Museum
75 Court Street
Plymouth
508-746-1620 - O
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
One High Pole Hill
Provincetown
508-487-1310 - P
The Plimoth Grist Mill
6 Spring Lane
Plymouth
(508) 830-1124 - Q
Plimoth Patuxet
137 Warren Ave.
Plymouth
508-746-1622 - R
The Plumbing Museum
80 Rosedale Road
Watertown
617-926-2111 - S
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - T
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
10 Cordage Park Circle
Plymouth
774-454-9945
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