You know those museums that are really quiet and you can’t touch anything? These are definitely not those museums. Take the Boston Children’s Museum. It’s one-of-a-kind, world-renowned center for enrichment. But the kids don’t care about that. They just like that it’s as fun as a barrel of monkeys. The Museum of Science has scary dinosaurs, loud electric bursts, and an Imax screen the size of a basketball court, and it’s still extremely educational. The Kidspace at Mass MoCA has really mind-blowing art, including some uniquely interactive work. At the Discovery Museums in Acton, kids can bounce a ball three stories high or engineer their own train track. Of course, if your family loves those quiet museums, we have plenty of those too.
Watch a video on Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox.
1250 Hancock Street
Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center
Quincy
617-770-1175
29 Kirkland Street
Cambridge
617-495-9400
29 York St.
Nantucket
508-228-9833
105 Alden St.
Po Box 2754
Duxbury
781-934-9092
21 Edwards St.
Springfield
800-625-7738
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638
35 Aquinnah Circle (location)
10 Black Brook Rd. (mailing)
Aquinnah,
(508)645-7900
780 Holmes Rd.
Pittsfield
413-442-1793
189 Alden St.
Duxbury
781-934-6634
5 Water Street
Fall River
800.533.3194
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800
39 South St (route 7)
Pittsfield
413-443-7171
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186
100 Art School Rd.
Monterey
413-528-6888
98 North Main Street
Route 28
Avon
508-587-2884
308 Congress St.
Boston
617-426-6500
Boston Common Visitor Center
139 Tremont Street
Boston
888-330-5008
306 Congress Street
Boston
617-338-1773
1 Washington Mall
Boston
857-233-5437
16 College Lane
Lyman Plant House, Smith College
Northampton
413-585-2740
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