There’s reading about history, then there’s experiencing history firsthand. Nowhere else provides opportunities to do the latter like Massachusetts.
Here you can stand on the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, take in the hysteria of the witch trials at the Salem Witch Museum, stroll down the gas-lit cobblestone streets of New Bedford’s historic whaling district and visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum, celebrate democracy at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum, and see firsthand where all of the famous – and infamous – events that helped shape a nation took place.
For more information visit The New England Museum Association. A list of more than 400 museums and heritage sites from the New England region and their current exhibits.
1699 Historic Winslow House
Marshfield
Alden House Historic Site
Duxbury
American Heritage Museum
Hudson
Amherst Business Improvement District
Amherst
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Boston
Arrowhead
Pittsfield
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
Gloucester
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
Beverly
Bidwell House Museum
Monterey
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
Boston
Bostonprivateguide
Brookline
Buttonwoods Museum
Haverhill
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
Newton
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
Duxbury
Eastern States Exposition
West Springfield
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
Boston
Eustis Estate
Milton
Freedom Trail® Foundation
Boston
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cambridge
Historic Deerfield
Deerfield
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1699 Historic Winslow House
635 Careswell Street
Marshfield
781-837-5753 - B
Alden House Historic Site
105 Alden St.
Po Box 2754
Duxbury
781-934-9092 - C
American Heritage Museum
568 Main Street
Hudson
978-562-9182 - D
Amherst Business Improvement District
35 South Pleasant Street
Amherst
413-345-2945 - E
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638 - F
Arrowhead
780 Holmes Rd.
Pittsfield
413-442-1793 - G
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - H
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - I
Bidwell House Museum
100 Art School Rd.
Monterey
413-528-6888 - J
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
1 Washington Mall
Boston
857-233-5437 - K
Bostonprivateguide
165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - L
Buttonwoods Museum
240 Water St
Haverhill
9783744626 - M
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
286 Waverley Avenue
Newton
617.641.9142 - N
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
479 Washington Street
Duxbury
781-934-6106 - O
Eastern States Exposition
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield
800-334-2443 - P
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
Columbia Point
Boston
617-740-7000 - Q
Eustis Estate
1424 Canton Avenue
Milton
617-994-6600 - R
Freedom Trail® Foundation
44 School Street, Suite 250
Boston
617-357-8300 - S
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge
617-495-3045 - T
Historic Deerfield
80 Old Main St.
(off Rts. 5 And 10)
Deerfield
413-775-7214
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