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Historic Sites |
Adams National Historic Site
135 Adams Street
Quincy 617-770-1175
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Battleship Massachusetts
Battleship Cove
Fall River 508-678-1100
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Beauport Sleeper-McCann House
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester 978-283-0800
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Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park
287 Oak Street
Uxbridge 508-278-7604
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Boston National Historic Park
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston 617-242-5642
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Buckman Tavern
One Bedford Street
Lexington 781-862-1703
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Bunker Hill Monument
Charlestown 617-242-5642
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Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House
215 Adams Street
Milton 617-696-1815
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown 617-242-5601
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Colonel Josiah Quincy House
20 Muirhead Street
Quincy 617-227-3957
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Fairbanks House
511 East Street
Dedham 781-326-1170
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Faneuil Hall & Marketplace
Boston 617-523-1300
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Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
99 Warren Street
Brookline 617-566-1689
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Hancock Shaker Village
U.S. Route 20
Pittsfield 413-443-0188
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Hancock-Clarke House
36 Hancock Street
Lexington 781-861-0928
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Harrison Gray Otis House
141 Cambridge Street
Boston 617-227-3956
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Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
159 Brattle Street
Cambridge 617-547-4252
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House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street
Salem 978-744-0991
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John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
83 Beals Street
Brookline 617-566-7937
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King’s Chapel
School & Tremont Streets
Boston 617-227-2155
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Lawrence Heritage State Park
One Jackson Street
Lawrence 978-794-1655
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Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street
Cambridge 617-876-4491
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Lowell National Historical Park
67 Kirk Street
Lowell 978-970-5000
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Lyman Estate “The Vale”
185 Lyman Street
Waltham 781-893-7232
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Lynn Heritage State Park
590 Washington Street
Lynn 781-598-1974
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Minute Man National Historic Park
174 Liberty Street
Concord 978-369-6993
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National Historical Park
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston 617-242-5642
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Old North Church
193 Salem Street
Boston 617-523-6676
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Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston 617-482-6439
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Old Sturbridge Village
Route 20 West
Sturbridge 508-347-3362
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Orchard House, Home of the Alcotts
399 Lexington Road
Concord 978-369-4118
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Park Street Church
One Park Street
Boston 617-523-3383
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Paul Revere House
19 North Square
Boston 617-523-2338
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Plimoth Plantation
137 Warren Avenue
Plymouth 508-746-1622
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Quincy Homestead
34 Butler Road
Quincy 617-472-5117
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Roxbury Heritage State Park
John Eliot Square
Roxbury 617-445-3399
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Royall House
15 George Street
Medford 781-396-9032
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Salem Maritime National Historic Site
174 Derby Street
Salem 978-740-1650
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Saugus Ironworks National Historic Site
244 Central Street
Saugus 781-233-0050
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The Globe Corner Bookstore
28 Church Street
Boston 617-730-3900
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The Wayside
174 Liberty Street
Concord 978-369-6993
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U.S.S. Cassin Young
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown 617-242-5601
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Museums |
American Textile History Museum
491 Dutton Street
Lowell 978-441-0400
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Blue Hills Trailside Museum
1904 Canton Avenue
Milton 617-333-0690
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Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum
Congress Street Bridge
Boston 617-338-1773
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Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum
Regis College
Weston 781-768-8367
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Commonwealth Museum
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston 617-727-9268
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Concord Antiquarian Museum
200 Lexington Road
Concord 978-369-9763
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Custom House Maritime Museum
25 Water Street
Newburyport 978-462-8681
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Davis Museum & Cultural Center
Wellesley College
Wellesley 781-283-2051
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DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park
51 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln 781-259-8355
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Dedham Historical Society Museum
612 High Street
Dedham 781-326-1385
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Gore Place Museum
52 Gore Street
Waltham 781-894-2798
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Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester 978-283-2080
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Higgins Armory Museum
100 Barber Avenue
Worcester 508-853-6015
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Historic Deerfield Museum & Flynt Center of Early New England Life
1884 Deerfield Inn
Deerfield 413-774-5581
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Hull Lifesaving Museum
1117 Nantasket Avenue
Hull 781-925-5433
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Jason Russell House & Smith Museum
7 Jason Street
Arlington 781-648-4300
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John F. Kennedy Library & Museum
Columbia Point
Boston 617-514-1600
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Larz Anderson Auto Museum
15 Newton Street
Brookline 617-522-6547
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M.I.T. Museum
265 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge 617-253-4444
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Marine Museum at Fall River
Fall River 508-674-3533
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Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston 617-727-2816
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Museum of African American History
14 Beacon Street
Boston 617-725-0022
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Museum of Science & Hayden Planetarium
Science Park
Boston 617-723-2500
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National Heritage Museum
33 Marrett Road
Lexington 781-861-6559
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
National Historical Park
New Bedford 508-996-4095
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New England Aquarium
Central Wharf
Boston 617-973-5200
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New England Fire & History Museum
1439 Main Street
Brewster 508-896-5711
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Newton History Museum at Jackson Homestead
527 Washington Street
Newton 617-552-7238
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Nichols House Museum
55 Mount Vernon Street
Boston 617-227-6993
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Old State House Museum
206 Washington Street
Boston 617-720-1713
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Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Salem 978-745-9500
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Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum
High Pole Hill
Provincetown 508-487-1310
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Revolving Museum
22 Shattuck Street
Lowell 978-YES-ARTS
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Salem Witch Museum
Washington Square
Salem 978-744-1692
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Sandwich Glass Museum
Sandwich Village
Sandwich 508-888-0251
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Springfield Museums
220 State Street
Springfield
800-625-7738
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U.S.S. Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown 617-426-1812
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Wenham Museum
132 Main Street
Wenham 508-468-2377
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Worcester Historical Museum & Library
30 Elm Street
Worcester 508-753-8278
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Preservation Organizations |
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester 508-755-5221
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Bay State Historical League
Waltham 781-899-3920
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Cambridge Historical Society
Cambridge 617-547-4252
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Massachusetts Historical Commission
Boston 617-727-8470
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston 617-536-1608
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Mayflower Society
Plymouth 508-746-3188
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New England Historic Genealogy Society
Boston 888-296-3447
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Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Boston 617-227-3957
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Titanic Historical Society
Indian Orchard 413-543 4770
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Quick Links |
Commonwealth Museum
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National Historic Landmarks
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National Register of Historic Places
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Research Libraries |
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library
300 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston 617-933-4900
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This world-renowned, extensive horticultural library includes more than 80,000 books, periodicals, seed catalogues, videos and prints.
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The Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library
10 Garden Street
Cambridge 617-495-8601
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Radcliffe’s unique research library preserves one of the most extensive collections of books, manuscripts and periodicals on women’s history.
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The Boston Athenaeum
10 Beacon Street
Boston 617-227-0270
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Founded in 1807, this private research library offers distinguished collections of literature, art and early American books and documents.
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The Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston 617-536-5400
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The historic McKim, Mead and White Building houses extensive research facilities, manuscripts, special collections and outstanding works of art.
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Walking Tours |
Black Heritage Trail
Various Locations
Boston 617-725-0022
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The Black Heritage Trail explores the history of Boston’s 19th century free Black community in a tour of 15 antebellum sites including the African Meeting House, Lewis and Harriet Hayden House, and the Museum of Afro-American History.
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Freedom Trail
Various Locations
Boston 617-242-5642
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The Freedom Trail offers almost three centuries of Boston’s colonial and revolutionary history with a red line on the sidewalk leading from site to site. Sites include Faneuil Hall, Boston Massacre Site, Old State House, Old South Meeting Hall, Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum, Ben Franklin’s Statue and the Site of the First Public School, Old Granary Burying Ground, Park Street Church, Boston Common, State House, Kings Chapel, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Copp’s Hill Burial Ground, Bunker Hill Monument, U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), and U.S.S. Cassin Young.
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Harborwalk
Boston Harbor
Boston 617-482-1722
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Some of Boston’s newest waterfront renovations are seen along with important sites in the city’s maritime history all located along the blue lines of the Harborwalk which begins at the Old State House.
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Old Cambridge
Various Locations
Cambridge 617-497-1630
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Beginning at Harvard Square and winding through the streets of old Cambridge, this walking tour includes many historic and contemporary sites.
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