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.
Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
Salem
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
The House of the Seven Gables
Salem
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
Real Pirates Salem
Salem
Salem Museum
Salem
Salem Witch Museum
Salem
New England Pirate Museum
Salem
Colonial seaport, pirate cave, and 60 life-size pirates including notorious captains Kidd and Blackbeard. more
Witch Dungeon Museum
Salem
Reenactment of witch trial; dungeon tour. more
Witch History Museum
Salem
Historically-accurate untold stories of 1692; live presentation and guided tour. more
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Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
7 Lynde St.
Salem
978 825 0222 - B
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Gedney House Museum
21 High Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - C
The House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street
Salem
978-744-0991 - D
Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Salem
800-745-4054 - E
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
34 Chestnut Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - F
Real Pirates Salem
285 Derby Street
On Historic Charlotte Forten Park
Salem
855-747-2830 - G
Salem Museum
32 Derby Square
Salem
978-744-0007 - H
Salem Witch Museum
19 1/2 Washington Square North
Salem
800.544.1692 - I
New England Pirate Museum
274 Derby St.
Salem
978-741-2800 - J
Witch Dungeon Museum
16 Lynde St.
Salem
978-741-3570 - K
Witch History Museum
197-201 Essex St.
Salem
978-741-7770
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