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.
Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
Salem
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
The House of the Seven Gables
Salem
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
Real Pirates Salem
Salem
Salem Museum
Salem
Salem Old Town Hall
Salem
Salem Witch Museum
Salem
New England Pirate Museum
Salem
Colonial seaport, pirate cave, and 60 life-size pirates including notorious captains Kidd and Blackbeard. more
Witch Dungeon Museum
Salem
Reenactment of witch trial; dungeon tour. more
Witch History Museum
Salem
Historically-accurate untold stories of 1692; live presentation and guided tour. more
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Gallows Hill Museum /Theatre
7 Lynde St.
Salem
978 825 0222 - B
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Gedney House Museum
21 High Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - C
The House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street
Salem
978-744-0991 - D
Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Salem
800-745-4054 - E
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
34 Chestnut Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - F
Real Pirates Salem
285 Derby Street
On Historic Charlotte Forten Park
Salem
855-747-2830 - G
Salem Museum
32 Derby Square
Salem
978-744-0007 - H
Salem Old Town Hall
32 Derby Square
Box 4551
Salem
978-606-7426 - I
Salem Witch Museum
19 1/2 Washington Square North
Salem
800.544.1692 - J
New England Pirate Museum
274 Derby St.
Salem
978-741-2800 - K
Witch Dungeon Museum
16 Lynde St.
Salem
978-741-3570 - L
Witch History Museum
197-201 Essex St.
Salem
978-741-7770
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