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
Boston Harbor Island State Park
Hingham
Burial Hill
Plymouth
The Daniel Webster Estate
Marshfield
The District Center for the Arts
Taunton
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
Duxbury
Fairhaven Academy Museum
Fairhaven
Fairhaven Office of Tourism
Fairhaven
Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation
Fairhaven
FORT TABER - FORT RODMAN MILITARY MUSEUM
New Bedford
Hedge House Museum
Plymouth
Hingham Historical Society
Hingham
Historical Fort Phoenix
Fairhaven
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Hull
Jabez Howland House
Plymouth
Jenney Interpretive Centre
Plymouth
King Richard's Faire
Carver
Lewis Temple Statue
New Bedford
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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
Boston Harbor Island State Park
349 Lincoln Street, #45
Hingham
617-223-8666 - E
Burial Hill
School Street
Plymouth
508-830-4078 - F
The Daniel Webster Estate
238 Webster Street
Marshfield
781-834-0548 - G
The District Center for the Arts
15 Court St
Taunton
5083869413 - H
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
479 Washington Street
Duxbury
781-934-6106 - I
Fairhaven Academy Museum
141 Main Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - J
Fairhaven Office of Tourism
141 Main Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - K
Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation
Green St.
Fairhaven
508-992-4524 - L
FORT TABER - FORT RODMAN MILITARY MUSEUM
1000c Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford
508-994-3938 - M
Hedge House Museum
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - N
Hingham Historical Society
34 Main Street (old Derby Academy)
21 Lincoln Street (old Ordinary)
Hingham
781-749-7721 - O
Historical Fort Phoenix
1 Fort Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - P
Hull Lifesaving Museum
1117 Nantasket Ave.
Hull
781-925-5433 - Q
Jabez Howland House
33 Sandwich St.
Plymouth
508-746-9590 - R
Jenney Interpretive Centre
48 Summer Street
Plymouth
508-747-4544 - S
King Richard's Faire
235 Main Street (rt. 58)
Carver
508-866-5391 - T
Lewis Temple Statue
613 Pleasant Street
New Bedford
508-979-1745
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