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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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
Gloucester
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
Beverly
Buttonwoods Museum
Haverhill
Cape Ann Museum
Gloucester
Codman Estate Carriage House
Lincoln
Concord Museum
Concord
Concord Visitor Center
Concord
Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
Salem
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
Gropius House
Lincoln
The House of the Seven Gables
Salem
Ipswich Museum
Ipswich
Ipswich Museum
Ipswich
Lexington Historical Society
Lexington
Lexington Visitors Center
Lexington
Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
Concord
Marblehead Museum
Marblehead
Marblehead Museum and Historical Society
Marblehead
Maritime Gloucester
Gloucester
Mary Baker Eddy House
Amesbury
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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - B
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - C
Buttonwoods Museum
240 Water St
Haverhill
9783744626 - D
Cape Ann Museum
27 Pleasant St
Gloucester
9782830455 - E
Codman Estate Carriage House
34 Codman Road
Lincoln
617-994-6671 - F
Concord Museum
53 Cambridge Turnpike
Concord
978-369-9763 - G
Concord Visitor Center
58 Main Street
Concord
978-318-061 - H
Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
7 Lynde St.
Salem
978 825 0222 - I
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Gedney House Museum
21 High Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - J
Gropius House
68 Baker Bridge Rd.
Lincoln
781-259-8098 - K
The House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street
Salem
978-744-0991 - L
Ipswich Museum
54 South Main St.
Ipswich
978-356-2811 - M
Ipswich Museum
54 S. Main St.
Ipswich
9783562811 - N
Lexington Historical Society
13 Depot Square
Lexington
781-862-1703 - O
Lexington Visitors Center
1875 Massachusetts Ave.
Lexington
781-862-1450 - P
Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
399 Lexington Road
Concord
978-369-4118 - Q
Marblehead Museum
170 Washington Street
161 Washington Street
Marblehead
7816311768 - R
Marblehead Museum and Historical Society
170 Washington St.
Marblehead
781-631-1768 - S
Maritime Gloucester
23 Harbor Loop
Gloucester
978 281-0470 - T
Mary Baker Eddy House
277 Main St.
Amesbury
800.277.8943, ext. 100
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