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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The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Boston
Mass Audubon Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary
Easthampton
Mass Audubon Blue Hills Trailside Museum
Milton
Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Worcester
Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
Lincoln
Mass Audubon Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Edgartown
Mass Audubon Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
Topsfield
Mass Audubon Laughing Brook Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Hampden
Mass Audubon Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
Cummaquid
Mass Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Sharon
Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Lenox
Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow
Princeton
Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
South Wellfleet
Massachusetts Air and Space Museum
Hyannis
Massachusetts Mayflower Society
Hingham
Massachusetts State House
Boston
Mattapoisett Museum
Mattapoisett
Mayflower Society House
Plymouth
Melville Trail
Pittsfield
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Boston
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The Mary Baker Eddy Library
200 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
617-450-7000 - B
Mass Audubon Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary
127 Combs Rd.
Easthampton
413-584-3009 - C
Mass Audubon Blue Hills Trailside Museum
1904 Canton Avenue
Milton
617-333-0690 - D
Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
414 Massasoit Road
Worcester
508-753-6087 - E
Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
208 South Great Rd
Lincoln
7812592200 - F
Mass Audubon Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
100 Felix Neck Drive
Off Edgartown Vineyard Haven Rd.
Edgartown
508-627-4850 - G
Mass Audubon Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
87 Perkins Row
Topsfield
978-887-9264 - H
Mass Audubon Laughing Brook Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
793 Main St.
Hampden
413-584-3009 - I
Mass Audubon Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
345 Bone Hill Road
Po Box 235
Cummaquid
508-362-7475 x 9353 - J
Mass Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
293 Moose Hill Parkway
Sharon
781-784-5691 - K
Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
472 West Mountain Road
Lenox
413-637-0320 - L
Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow
113 Goodnow Rd
Princeton
978-464-2712 - M
Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
291 State Highway Route 6
South Wellfleet
(508) 349-2615 - N
Massachusetts Air and Space Museum
The Landing (capetown Plaza)
790 Iyannough Road
Hyannis
508)827-6300 - O
Massachusetts Mayflower Society
175 Derby Street
Hingham
781-875-3194 - P
Massachusetts State House
24 Beacon St.
Boston
(617) 722-2000 - Q
Mattapoisett Museum
5 Church Street
P.o. Box 535
Mattapoisett
508-758-2844 - R
Mayflower Society House
4 Winslow St.
Plymouth
508-746-3188 - S
Melville Trail
780 Holmes Road
Pittsfield
413.442.1793 - T
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
2450 Beacon St
Boston
617-277-0065
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