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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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
New Bedford
Old Colony History Museum
Taunton
Old Stone Schoolhouse
Fairhaven
Padanaram Village
S. Dartmouth
The Paragon Carousel
Hull
Parting Ways Cemetery
Kingston
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plymouth
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Plymouth
Pilgrim Progress
Plymouth
The Plimoth Grist Mill
Plymouth
Plimoth Patuxet
Plymouth
Plymouth 911 Memorial
Plymouth
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
Plymouth
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
Plymouth
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
Priscilla Beach Theatre
Plymouth
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
New Bedford, Ma
Scituate Light
Scituate
Seamen's Bethel
New Bedford
See Plymouth Tourism Headquarters
Plymouth
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
33 William Street
New Bedford
508-996-4095 - B
Old Colony History Museum
66 Church Green
Taunton
5088221622 - C
Old Stone Schoolhouse
40 North Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - D
Padanaram Village
Gulf Road
S. Dartmouth
617-721-0412 - E
The Paragon Carousel
205 Nantasket Ave.
Hull
781-925-0472 - F
Parting Ways Cemetery
Corner Of Bishops Highway & Plympton Street
Kingston
508 747-0100 - G
Pilgrim Hall Museum
75 Court Street
Plymouth
508-746-1620 - H
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Water Street
Plymouth
5087470100 - I
Pilgrim Progress
75 Water Street
Burial Hill
Plymouth
800 231-1620 - J
The Plimoth Grist Mill
6 Spring Lane
Plymouth
(508) 830-1124 - K
Plimoth Patuxet
137 Warren Ave.
Plymouth
508-746-1622 - L
Plymouth 911 Memorial
South Spooner Street
Plymouth
5087470100 - M
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - N
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
10 Cordage Park Circle
Plymouth
774-454-9945 - O
Plymouth Rock
79 Water Street
Plymouth
508-747-7533 - P
Priscilla Beach Theatre
800 Rocky Hill Road
Plymouth
(508) 224-4888 - Q
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
396 County St.
New Bedford, Ma
508-997-1401 - R
Scituate Light
100 Lighthouse Rd.
Scituate
781-545-1083 - S
Seamen's Bethel
15 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford
508-992-3295 - T
See Plymouth Tourism Headquarters
4 North St
Plymouth
508-747-0100
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