You know those museums that are really quiet and you can’t touch anything? These are definitely not those museums. Take the Boston Children’s Museum. It’s one-of-a-kind, world-renowned center for enrichment. But the kids don’t care about that. They just like that it’s as fun as a barrel of monkeys. The Museum of Science has scary dinosaurs, loud electric bursts, and an Imax screen the size of a basketball court, and it’s still extremely educational. The Kidspace at Mass MoCA has really mind-blowing art, including some uniquely interactive work. At the Discovery Museums in Acton, kids can bounce a ball three stories high or engineer their own train track. Of course, if your family loves those quiet museums, we have plenty of those too.
Watch a video on Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox.
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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
Gloucester
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
Beverly
Buttonwoods Museum
Haverhill
Hammond Castle Museum
Gloucester
The House of the Seven Gables
Salem
Lexington Visitors Center
Lexington
Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Newburyport
Real Pirates Salem
Salem
Rebecca Nurse Homestead
Danvers
Schooner Adventure
Gloucester
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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
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester
978-283-2080 - E
The House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street
Salem
978-744-0991 - F
Lexington Visitors Center
1875 Massachusetts Ave.
Lexington
781-862-1450 - G
Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
1 Plum Island Turnpike
Newburyport
978-462-9998 - H
Real Pirates Salem
285 Derby Street
On Historic Charlotte Forten Park
Salem
855-747-2830 - I
Rebecca Nurse Homestead
149 Pine St.
Danvers
978-774-8799 - J
Schooner Adventure
Po Box 1306
Gloucester
978-281-8079
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