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Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Norman Rockwell Museum
A rich collection honors the iconic American artist, down to the jacket worn in his “Freedom of Speech” painting.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
The Lagoda
The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.
Webster, Massachusetts
Samuel Slater Experience
This interactive museum is dedicated to the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” and founder of one of the nation’s earliest boomtowns.
Oxford, Massachusetts
Clara Barton Birthplace Museum
This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Old Sturbridge Village
The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.
Salem, Massachusetts
Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home
A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Goodnow Kayak
The Inuit kayak from Robert Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland is now on display at a local library.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Deane Winthrop House
The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.
Weston, Massachusetts
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
The oldest philatelic museum in the United States.
Amesbury, Massachusetts
Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys & Curiosities
Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Sapphire City House
A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects
Harvard, Massachusetts
Fruitlands Museum
Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Chesterwood
Take a step inside the picturesque studio of America’s most renowned sculptor.
Northampton, Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum
A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrim Hall Museum
This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.
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