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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Gore Place
Waltham
Grafton Country Store
Grafton
Granary Burial Ground
Boston
Greater Light
Nantucket
Groton's Old Burying Ground
Groton
The Guild of Boston Artists
Boston
Hadwen House
Nantucket
Hale Farm
Beverly
Hammond Castle Museum
Gloucester
Hancock Cemetery, Quincy
Quincy
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
Worcester
Harvard University
Cambridge
Hedge House Museum
Plymouth
High Lawn Farm
Lee
Highfield Hall & Gardens
Falmouth
Highland Lighthouse
North Truro
Hingham Historical Society
Hingham
Historic Deerfield
Deerfield
Historical Fort Phoenix
Fairhaven
Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit
Cotuit
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Gore Place
52 Gore St.
Waltham
781-894-2798 - B
Grafton Country Store
2 Grafton Common
Po Box 554
Grafton
508-839-4898 - C
Granary Burial Ground
95 Tremont St.
Boston
(617) 635-4505 - D
Greater Light
8 Howard St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - E
Groton's Old Burying Ground
32-44 Hollis St.
Groton
978-448-1111 - F
The Guild of Boston Artists
162 Newbury Street
Boston
617-536-7660 - G
Hadwen House
96 Main St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - H
Hale Farm
39 Hale St
Beverly
9789221186 - I
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester
978-283-2080 - J
Hancock Cemetery, Quincy
1307 Hancock Street
Quincy
617-376-1253 - K
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
2 Southbridge Street
Worcester
877.571.SHOW (7469) - L
Harvard University
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
617-495-1573 - M
Hedge House Museum
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - N
High Lawn Farm
535 Summer Street
Lee
4132430672 - O
Highfield Hall & Gardens
56 Highfield Dr
Falmouth
508-495-1878 - P
Highland Lighthouse
27 Highland Light Road
P.o. Box 699
North Truro
(508) 487-1121 - Q
Hingham Historical Society
34 Main Street (old Derby Academy)
21 Lincoln Street (old Ordinary)
Hingham
781-749-7721 - R
Historic Deerfield
80 Old Main St.
(off Rts. 5 And 10)
Deerfield
413-775-7214 - S
Historical Fort Phoenix
1 Fort Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - T
Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit
1148 Main St.
Po Box 1484
Cotuit
5084280461
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