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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Salem Day Tours
Salem
Salem Food Tours
Salem
Salem Kids Tours
Salem
The Salem Night Tour
Salem
Salem Witch Museum
Salem
South Shore Irish Heritage Trail
Scituate
The Trustees
Boston
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
Great Barrington
The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture
Boston
White's Landing
Brookfield
Witchwood Tours
Salem
Yummy Walks
Boston
Boston National Historical Park
Boston
Explore historic Boston on the Freedom Trail, a 2.5 mile walking trail stretching from the Boston Common to Bunker Hill in... more
Essex Heritage Area
Salem
500 square miles of historic, cultural, and natural sites... unique and irreplaceable treasures that tell our history. more
Faneuil Hall
Boston
For 275 years, Faneuil Hall remains a site of meetings, protests, and debate right up to this very day. Because Revolutionary-era... more
Fitchburg Historical Society
Fitchburg
Founded by James F.D. Garfield in 1892, the Fitchburg Historical Society is an independent non-profit that was created to collect,... more
Forbes Library
Northampton
Freedom Trail - Boston National Historical Park
Boston
Three hundred fifty years of American history along an outdoor 2.5-mile red brick trail; begin at Boston Common (or anywhere... more
Gloucester Maritime Trail
Gloucester
Four self-guided trails through America's first seaport. Call for map or pick one up at Stage Fort Park Information Center. more
Irish Heritage Trail
Boston
Self-guided, three mile walking tour through Boston's downtown, North End, Beacon Hill and Back Bay; 20 public landmarks honor famous Irish... more
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Salem Day Tours
127 Essex Street
Salem
9787411170 - B
Salem Food Tours
Downtown Salem
Salem
978-594-8811 - C
Salem Kids Tours
40 English St
Salem
978-766-1103 - D
The Salem Night Tour
127 Essex Street
Salem
978-741-1170 - E
Salem Witch Museum
19 1/2 Washington Square North
Salem
800.544.1692 - F
South Shore Irish Heritage Trail
Po Box 132
Scituate
781-545-4732 - G
The Trustees
200 High Street
4th Floor
Boston
617.542.7696 x2123 - H
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
Po Box 611
Great Barrington
413-629-4500 - I
The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture
18 Phillips Street
Boston
617-523-2324 - J
White's Landing
7 Fiskdale Rd
Brookfield
508-867-5561 - K
Witchwood Tours
75 Willson Street
Salem
978-254-3994 - L
Yummy Walks
71 Prince St.
Suite #15
Boston
781-239-9920 - M
Boston National Historical Park
Boston National Historical Park
Boston
617-242-5601 - N
Essex Heritage Area
10 Federal Street
Salem
978-740-0444 - O
Faneuil Hall
1 Faneuil Hall Sq.
Boston
(617) 242-5601 - P
Fitchburg Historical Society
781 Main Street
Po Box 953
Fitchburg
9783451157 - Q
Forbes Library
20 West Street
Northampton
413-587-1011 - R
Freedom Trail - Boston National Historical Park
15 State St.
Boston
5082384472 - S
Gloucester Maritime Trail
Stage Fort Park Info Center
Gloucester
800-649-6839 - T
Irish Heritage Trail
Back Bay
Boston
617-696-9280
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