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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Marblehead Museum and Historical Society
Marblehead
Maritime Gloucester
Gloucester
Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Worcester
Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
Lincoln
Mass Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Sharon
Massachusetts State House
Boston
Melville Trail
Pittsfield
Minute Man National Historical Park
Concord
Museum of African American History
Boston
New Latitude Event Solutions
South Dennis
Notchview Reservation
Windsor
The Old Manse
Concord
Old Mill
Nantucket
Parting Ways Cemetery
Kingston
Paul Revere Heritage Site
Canton
Paul Revere House
Boston
Pilgrim Progress
Plymouth
Royalston Falls
Royalston
Salem Arts Association
Salem
Salem Arts Festival
Salem
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Marblehead Museum and Historical Society
170 Washington St.
Marblehead
781-631-1768 - B
Maritime Gloucester
23 Harbor Loop
Gloucester
978 281-0470 - C
Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
414 Massasoit Road
Worcester
508-753-6087 - D
Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
208 South Great Rd
Lincoln
7812592200 - E
Mass Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
293 Moose Hill Parkway
Sharon
781-784-5691 - F
Massachusetts State House
24 Beacon St.
Boston
(617) 722-2000 - G
Melville Trail
780 Holmes Road
Pittsfield
413.442.1793 - H
Minute Man National Historical Park
174 Liberty St.
Concord
978-369-6993 - I
Museum of African American History
46 Joy Street, Boston
29 York Street, Nantucket
Boston
6177250022 x222 - J
New Latitude Event Solutions
60 Old Sailors Way
South Dennis
3055099710 - K
Notchview Reservation
Route 9
Windsor
413.684.0148 - L
The Old Manse
269 Monument St.
Concord
978-369-3909 - M
Old Mill
50 Prospect St.
Nantucket
(508) 228-1894 - N
Parting Ways Cemetery
Corner Of Bishops Highway & Plympton Street
Kingston
508 747-0100 - O
Paul Revere Heritage Site
4 Rolling Mill Way
Canton
3392371696 - P
Paul Revere House
19 North Sq.
Boston
617-523-2338 - Q
Pilgrim Progress
75 Water Street
Burial Hill
Plymouth
800 231-1620 - R
Royalston Falls
Route 32, Falls Rd.
Royalston
413.532.1631 - S
Salem Arts Association
159 Derby Street
Salem
(978) 745-4850 - T
Salem Arts Festival
265 Essex Street
Salem
(978)744-0004 (x15)
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