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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1699 Historic Winslow House
Marshfield
Alden House Historic Site
Duxbury
American Heritage Museum
Hudson
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
Bostonprivateguide
Brookline
Buttonwoods Museum
Haverhill
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit
Cape Ann Cruises LLC
Gloucester
The District Center for the Arts
Taunton
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
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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
American Heritage Museum
568 Main Street
Hudson
978-562-9182 - D
Amherst Business Improvement District
35 South Pleasant Street
Amherst
413-345-2945 - E
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638 - F
Arrowhead
780 Holmes Rd.
Pittsfield
413-442-1793 - G
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - H
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - I
Bewitched After Dark Walking Tours
Bewitched In Salem
180 Essex Street
Salem
978-498-4061 - J
Bidwell House Museum
100 Art School Rd.
Monterey
413-528-6888 - K
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
1 Washington Mall
Boston
857-233-5437 - L
Bostonprivateguide
165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - M
Buttonwoods Museum
240 Water St
Haverhill
9783744626 - N
Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Road
Po Box 1853
Cotuit
5084287581 - O
Cape Ann Cruises LLC
63 Rogers Street
Gloucester
978-515-0484 - P
The District Center for the Arts
15 Court St
Taunton
5083869413 - Q
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
286 Waverley Avenue
Newton
617.641.9142 - R
Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
479 Washington Street
Duxbury
781-934-6106 - S
Eastern States Exposition
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield
800-334-2443 - T
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
Columbia Point
Boston
617-740-7000
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