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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Mattapoisett Museum
Mattapoisett
Mayflower Society House
Plymouth
Middleborough Historical Association & Museum
Middleborough
National Black Doll Museum of History & Culture
Mansfield
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
New Bedford
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford
Old Colony History Museum
Taunton
The Paragon Carousel
Hull
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plymouth
The Plimoth Grist Mill
Plymouth
Plimoth Patuxet
Plymouth
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
Plymouth
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
Plymouth
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
New Bedford, Ma
South Shore Irish Heritage Trail
Scituate
1749 Spooner House
Plymouth
1749 house occupied by five generations of Spooner family; furnished entirely with family heirlooms. Open Thurs & Fri, 2-6pm; Sat 10... more
Captain Gershom Bradford House
Duxbury
Built in 1808 by shipmaster Gershom Bradford, the house belonged to four generations of seafaring Bradfords before the last generation gave... more
Carpenter Museum
Rehoboth
The Carpenter Museum, Rehoboth's museum of local history, includes a 1700s reproduction house and post-and-beam barn. In addition to offering... more
Historic 1699 Winslow House and Cultural Center
Marshfield
The historic 1699 Winslow House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the ancestral home of the founding family... more
Jacob Hill Farm
Seekonk
A Massachusetts Landmark - The original building was built between 1722 from 1924 to 1943 the property was used as the Jacobs Hill... more
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Mattapoisett Museum
5 Church Street
P.o. Box 535
Mattapoisett
508-758-2844 - B
Mayflower Society House
4 Winslow St.
Plymouth
508-746-3188 - C
Middleborough Historical Association & Museum
18 Jackson Street
Middleborough
781-361-1427 - D
National Black Doll Museum of History & Culture
288 N.main Street
Mansfield
774-284-4729 - E
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
38 Bethel Street
New Bedford
508-993-8894 - F
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford
508-997-0046 - G
Old Colony History Museum
66 Church Green
Taunton
5088221622 - H
The Paragon Carousel
205 Nantasket Ave.
Hull
781-925-0472 - I
Pilgrim Hall Museum
75 Court Street
Plymouth
508-746-1620 - J
The Plimoth Grist Mill
6 Spring Lane
Plymouth
(508) 830-1124 - K
Plimoth Patuxet
137 Warren Ave.
Plymouth
508-746-1622 - L
Plymouth Antiquarian Society
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - M
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
10 Cordage Park Circle
Plymouth
774-454-9945 - N
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
396 County St.
New Bedford, Ma
508-997-1401 - O
South Shore Irish Heritage Trail
Po Box 132
Scituate
781-545-4732 - P
1749 Spooner House
27 North St.
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - Q
Captain Gershom Bradford House
931 Tremont St.
Duxbury
781-934-6106 - R
Carpenter Museum
4 Locust Ave.
Rehoboth
508 252 3031 - S
Historic 1699 Winslow House and Cultural Center
634 Careswell Street
Marshfield
781-837-5753 - T
Jacob Hill Farm
120 Jacob Street
Seekonk
888-336-9165
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