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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The Paragon Carousel
Hull
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plymouth
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
Plymouth
Priscilla Beach Theatre
Plymouth
Public Health Museum in MA
Tewksbury
Real Pirates Salem
Salem
Rebecca Nurse Homestead
Danvers
Sail When and If
Hyannis
Salem Food Tours
Salem
Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
Salem
Salem Kids Tours
Salem
The Salem Night Tour
Salem
Salem On Your Own
Salem
Salem Trolley
Salem
Sandwich Glass Museum
Sandwich
Schooner Adventure
Gloucester
Spirit of Plymouth Walking Tours
Plymouth
Storrowton Village Museum
West Springfield
The Trustees
Boston
U.S.S. Salem CA139, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Quincy
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The Paragon Carousel
205 Nantasket Ave.
Hull
781-925-0472 - B
Pilgrim Hall Museum
75 Court Street
Plymouth
508-746-1620 - C
Plymouth Cordage Historical Society Museum
10 Cordage Park Circle
Plymouth
774-454-9945 - D
Priscilla Beach Theatre
800 Rocky Hill Road
Plymouth
(508) 224-4888 - E
Public Health Museum in MA
365 East Street
Old Administration Building
Tewksbury
978-851-7321 EXT. 2606 - F
Real Pirates Salem
285 Derby Street
On Historic Charlotte Forten Park
Salem
855-747-2830 - G
Rebecca Nurse Homestead
149 Pine St.
Danvers
978-774-8799 - H
Sail When and If
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
135 South St
Hyannis
305 699 7787 - I
Salem Food Tours
Downtown Salem
Salem
978-594-8811 - J
Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
8 Central St.
Salem
978-745-0666 - K
Salem Kids Tours
40 English St
Salem
978-766-1103 - L
The Salem Night Tour
127 Essex Street
Salem
978-741-1170 - M
Salem On Your Own
Museum Place Mall
Salem
781-248-2031 - N
Salem Trolley
Departs From Visitor's Center
2 New Liberty Street
Salem
978-744-5469 - O
Sandwich Glass Museum
129 Main St.
Sandwich
508-888-0251 - P
Schooner Adventure
Po Box 1306
Gloucester
978-281-8079 - Q
Spirit of Plymouth Walking Tours
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-517-8355 - R
Storrowton Village Museum
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield
413-205-5051 - S
The Trustees
200 High Street
4th Floor
Boston
617.542.7696 x2123 - T
U.S.S. Salem CA139, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
549 South Street
Pier 3
Quincy
617-479-7900
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