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 Plantation 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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1699 Historic Winslow House
Marshfield
Alden House Historic Site
Duxbury
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
Bewitched After Dark Walking Tours
Salem
Bidwell House Museum
Monterey
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
Boston
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit
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
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Boston
Freedom Trail® Foundation
Boston
Hammond Castle Museum
Gloucester
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
Worcester
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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
Amherst Business Improvement District
35 South Pleasant Street
Amherst
413-345-2945 - D
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638 - E
Arrowhead
780 Holmes Rd.
Pittsfield
413-442-1793 - F
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - G
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - H
Bewitched After Dark Walking Tours
Bewitched In Salem
180 Essex Street
Salem
978-498-4061 - 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
Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Road
Po Box 1853
Cotuit
5084287581 - L
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
286 Waverley Avenue
Newton
617.641.9142 - M
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
479 Washington Street
Duxbury
781-934-6106 - N
Eastern States Exposition
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield
800-334-2443 - O
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
Columbia Point
Boston
617-740-7000 - P
Eustis Estate
1424 Canton Avenue
Milton
617-994-6600 - Q
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Merchants Row
Boston
617-242-5675 - R
Freedom Trail® Foundation
44 School Street, Suite 250
Boston
617-357-8300 - S
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester
978-283-2080 - T
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
2 Southbridge Street
Worcester
877.571.SHOW (7469)
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