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
Gropius House
Lincoln
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
Hancock Shaker Village
Pittsfield
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
Worcester
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cambridge
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Cambridge
Harvard University
Cambridge
Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum
Harwich
Hedge House Museum
Plymouth
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Sandwich
High Lawn Farm
Lee
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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
Gropius House
68 Baker Bridge Rd.
Lincoln
781-259-8098 - F
Groton's Old Burying Ground
32-44 Hollis St.
Groton
978-448-1111 - G
The Guild of Boston Artists
162 Newbury Street
Boston
617-536-7660 - H
Hadwen House
96 Main St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - I
Hale Farm
39 Hale St
Beverly
9789221186 - J
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester
978-283-2080 - K
Hancock Cemetery, Quincy
1307 Hancock Street
Quincy
617-376-1253 - L
Hancock Shaker Village
1843 W Housatonic St. (routes 20 & 41)
Po Box 927
Pittsfield
413-443-0188 - M
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
2 Southbridge Street
Worcester
877.571.SHOW (7469) - N
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge
617-495-3045 - O
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge
1-617-495-4631 - P
Harvard University
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
617-495-1573 - Q
Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum
80 Parallel St.
Harwich
508-432-8089 - R
Hedge House Museum
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - S
Heritage Museums & Gardens
67 Grove Street
Sandwich
508-888-3300 - T
High Lawn Farm
535 Summer Street
Lee
4132430672
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