History & Heritage: Museums & Sites

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There's reading about history. Then there's experiencing history firsthand. And 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 an entire nation took place.

For more information visit The New England Museum Association. A list of more than 400 museums from the New England region and their current exhibits.

Quick Hits

Hancock Shaker Village in Western Massachusetts provides fascinating insights into the Shaker way of life...See the splendid homes and gardens of two U.S. Presidents at the Adams National Historical Park...Check out the dazzling display of Medieval and Renaissance armor at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester...In Concord, take a tour of Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House.