There’s reading about history, then there’s experiencing history firsthand. Nowhere else provides opportunities to do the latter like Massachusetts.
Here you can stand on the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, take in the hysteria of the witch trials at the Salem Witch Museum, stroll down the gas-lit cobblestone streets of New Bedford’s historic whaling district and visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum, celebrate democracy at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum, and see firsthand where all of the famous – and infamous – events that helped shape a nation took place.
For more information visit The New England Museum Association. A list of more than 400 museums and heritage sites from the New England region and their current exhibits.
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
Lenox
Ventfort Hall is an imposing Jacobean Revival-style mansion built in 1893 for Sarah Morgan, the sister of J. P. Morgan. Designed... more
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The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home
2 Plunkett St.
Lenox
413-551-5111 - B
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
104 Walker St.
Lenox
413-637-3206
Epic History: it's all here
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