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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Historical Fort Phoenix
Fairhaven
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Hull
Jabez Howland House
Plymouth
Jenney Interpretive Centre
Plymouth
King Richard's Faire
Carver
Lewis Temple Statue
New Bedford
Lloyd Center for the Environment, Inc.
Dartmouth
Major John Bradford Homestead
Kingston
Marine Museum at Fall River
Fall River
Marshfield Historical Society
Marshfield
Martin House Farm
Swansea
Massachusetts Mayflower Society
Hingham
Mattapoisett Museum
Mattapoisett
Mayflower Society House
Plymouth
Middleborough Historical Association & Museum
Middleborough
National Black Doll Museum of History & Culture
Mansfield
National Monument to the Forefathers
Plymouth
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
New Bedford
New Bedford Free Public Library
New Bedford
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford
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Historical Fort Phoenix
1 Fort Street
Fairhaven
508-979-4085 - B
Hull Lifesaving Museum
1117 Nantasket Ave.
Hull
781-925-5433 - C
Jabez Howland House
33 Sandwich St.
Plymouth
508-746-9590 - D
Jenney Interpretive Centre
48 Summer Street
Plymouth
508-747-4544 - E
King Richard's Faire
235 Main Street (rt. 58)
Carver
508-866-5391 - F
Lewis Temple Statue
613 Pleasant Street
New Bedford
508-979-1745 - G
Lloyd Center for the Environment, Inc.
430 Potomska Road
Dartmouth
508-990-0505 - H
Major John Bradford Homestead
50 Landing Road
Kingston
774-454-4699 - I
Marine Museum at Fall River
70 Water Street
Fall River
508 674 3533 - J
Marshfield Historical Society
65 Webster Street
Marshfield
781-834-0100 - K
Martin House Farm
22 Stoney Hill Road
At Route 6
Swansea
617-742-3190 - L
Massachusetts Mayflower Society
175 Derby Street
Hingham
781-875-3194 - M
Mattapoisett Museum
5 Church Street
P.o. Box 535
Mattapoisett
508-758-2844 - N
Mayflower Society House
4 Winslow St.
Plymouth
508-746-3188 - O
Middleborough Historical Association & Museum
18 Jackson Street
Middleborough
781-361-1427 - P
National Black Doll Museum of History & Culture
288 N.main Street
Mansfield
774-284-4729 - Q
National Monument to the Forefathers
72 Allerton Street
Plymouth
800-231-1620 - R
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
38 Bethel Street
New Bedford
508-993-8894 - S
New Bedford Free Public Library
613 Pleasant Street
New Bedford
(508) 991-6275 - T
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford
508-997-0046
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