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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Fisher Museum and Trails at the Harvard Forest
Petersham
Fruitlands Museum
Harvard
Historical Piano Concerts, Inc.
Ashburnham
The Icon Museum and Study Center
Clinton
L. S. Starrett Museum
Athol
Millers River Environmental Center
Athol
Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge
Optical Heritage Museum
Southbridge
Fitchburg Historical Society
Fitchburg
Founded by James F.D. Garfield in 1892, the Fitchburg Historical Society is an independent non-profit that was created to collect,... more
Worcester Historical Museum
Worcester
Worcester Historical Museum (WHM) is the only institution devoted to local history. It includes a research library of over 7,000 titles,... more
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Fisher Museum and Trails at the Harvard Forest
324 North Main Street
Petersham
978-724-3302 - B
Fruitlands Museum
102 Prospect Hill Road
Harvard
978-456-3924 - C
Historical Piano Concerts, Inc.
15 Water Street
30 Main Street
Ashburnham
978-827-6232 - D
The Icon Museum and Study Center
203 Union St.
Clinton
978-598-5000 - E
L. S. Starrett Museum
121 Crescent Street
Athol
978-249-3551 - F
Millers River Environmental Center
100 Main Street
Athol
978-248-9491 - G
Old Sturbridge Village
1 Old Sturbridge Village Road
Sturbridge
800-SEE-1830 - H
Optical Heritage Museum
12 Crane Street
Southbridge
7742308016 - I
Fitchburg Historical Society
781 Main Street
Po Box 953
Fitchburg
9783451157 - J
Worcester Historical Museum
30 Elm Street
Worcester
508-753-8278
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