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.
Adams National Historical Park
Quincy
Church of the Presidents, United First Parish Church, Quincy
Quincy
Josiah Quincy House, A Historic New England Property
Quincy
Quincy Homestead
Quincy
U.S.S. Salem CA139, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Quincy
Quincy History Museum at Quincy Historical Society
Quincy
The Quincy History Museum at Quincy Historical Society takes you through more than 400 years of some of America's richest, most... more
Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum
Quincy
The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum was founded in 2008 to preserve the rich granite history of Quincy and surrounding... more
Thomas Crane Public Library
Quincy
Built in 1881 by noted architect Henry Hobson Richardson - who also designed Boston's famed Trinity Church - the Thomas Thomas... more
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Adams National Historical Park
1250 Hancock Street
Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center
Quincy
617-770-1175 - B
Church of the Presidents, United First Parish Church, Quincy
1306 Hancock Street
Quincy
617-773-0062 - C
Josiah Quincy House, A Historic New England Property
20 Muirhead Street
Quincy
617-994-5930 - D
Quincy Homestead
34 Butler Road
Quincy
617-742-3190 - E
U.S.S. Salem CA139, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
549 South Street
Pier 3
Quincy
617-479-7900 - F
Quincy History Museum at Quincy Historical Society
8 Adams Street
Adams Academy
Quincy
617-773-1144 - G
Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum
1418 Hancock Street
Quincy
1-617-472-1322 - H
Thomas Crane Public Library
40 Washington Street
Quincy
617-376-1301
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