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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Bostonprivateguide
Brookline
Cultural Alliance of Medfield
Medfield
The District Center for the Arts
Taunton
ENQ ~ Explore North Quabbin
Orange
Freedom Trail® Foundation
Boston
High Lawn Farm
Lee
Mill 1 Events
Holyoke
Optical Heritage Museum
Southbridge
Paul Revere Heritage Site
Canton
Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
Salem
Salem Trolley
Salem
Wakefield Estate
Milton
White's Landing
Brookfield
Museum of Dog
North Adams
A collection of paintings, sculptures, antique dog collars, photography and other dog related collectibles. Presented in the former Quinn's Wallpaper... more
Walden Woods Project
Lincoln
The Walden Woods Project preserves the land, literature, and legacy of Henry David Thoreau to foster an ethic of environmental... more
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Bostonprivateguide
165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - B
Cultural Alliance of Medfield
45 Hospital Road
Medfield
617-877-5158 - C
The District Center for the Arts
15 Court St
Taunton
5083869413 - D
ENQ ~ Explore North Quabbin
131 West Main Street
Room 222
Orange
978-549-1747 - E
Freedom Trail® Foundation
44 School Street, Suite 250
Boston
617-357-8300 - F
High Lawn Farm
535 Summer Street
Lee
4132430672 - G
Mill 1 Events
1 Open Square Way
Holyoke
413-532-5057 x204 - H
Optical Heritage Museum
12 Crane Street
Southbridge
7742308016 - I
Paul Revere Heritage Site
4 Rolling Mill Way
Canton
3392371696 - J
Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
8 Central St.
Salem
978-745-0666 - K
Salem Trolley
Departs From Visitor's Center
2 New Liberty Street
Salem
978-744-5469 - L
Wakefield Estate
1465 Brush Hill Road
Milton
617-333-0924 - M
White's Landing
7 Fiskdale Rd
Brookfield
508-867-5561 - N
Museum of Dog
55 Union Street
North Adams
4136446365 - O
Walden Woods Project
44 Baker Farm
Lincoln
(781) 259-4700
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