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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Nauset Light
Ocean View Dr.
Eastham
508-240-2612 - B
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
38 Bethel Street
New Bedford
508-993-8894 - C
New Bedford Free Public Library
613 Pleasant Street
New Bedford
(508) 991-6275 - D
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford
508-997-0046 - E
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
33 William Street
New Bedford
508-996-4095 - F
New Latitude Event Solutions
60 Old Sailors Way
South Dennis
3055099710 - G
Nichols House Museum
55 Mount Vernon Street
Boston
617-227-6993 - H
Nobska Point Lighthouse
Junction Of Nobska Road And Church Street
Woods Hole
508-457-3219 - I
Notchview Reservation
Route 9
Windsor
413.684.0148 - J
Old Colony History Museum
66 Church Green
Taunton
5088221622 - K
Old Gaol
15r Vestal St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - L
The Old Manse
269 Monument St.
Concord
978-369-3909 - M
Old Mill
50 Prospect St.
Nantucket
(508) 228-1894 - N
Old North Church
193 Salem Street
Between Unity And Hull Streets
Boston
6175236676 - O
Old South Church in Boston
645 Boylston Street
Boston
617-536-1970 - P
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston
617-482-6439 - Q
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston
617-720-1713 - R
Old Stone Schoolhouse
40 North Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - S
Old Sturbridge Village
1 Old Sturbridge Village Road
Sturbridge
800-SEE-1830 - T
Old Town Trolley Tours
200 Atlantic Avenue
Boston
888-910-8687
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