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American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
This national treasure houses one of the largest textile history collections in the world -- books, images, textile samples, garments, household textiles, textile-making tools and equipment. On-going exhibition," Textiles in America", history of clothmaking from 1700s to 1900s; three or four temporary exhibitions per year.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Faneuil Hall 4th Floor, Boston, MA
This is the third oldest chartered military organization in the World, and the oldest in the Western Hemisphere! The rich tradition of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company can be seen in its Museum Headquartered in Faneuil Hall , Boston. Exhibits: Medal of Honor George Maynard uniform. John F. Kennedy exhibit. Portraits of Captains Commanding dating back to 1638. Numerous military artifacts dating back to revolutionary times. Donated items from countries around the world.
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Ancient Historical Society Virtual Museum, Boston, MA
In order to enlighten most individuals of history’s broad spectrum of traditions, cultural and societal unity, that may be dormant at times, it is the intent of the Ancient Historical Society to demonstrate a quest to conserve & attain for all. Furthermore, this will be accomplished through diverse aspects that encompass art, language, religion, science, and spirituality. Moreover, this will allow one to become more self-actualized, while learning about another individual’s historical locale.
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Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Contemporary art and the collection of the Carl and Edith Weyerhaeuser family on a woodland setting 30 miles south of Boston. Shaker furniture, Contemporary Japanese ceramics, American prints and paintings and an onsite Japanese tea house.
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Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
WW-II naval vessels: Battleship Massachusetts, Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. and submarine Lionfish, as well as era PT boats.
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Benjamin Nye Homestead, East Sandwich, MA
Step into the past in the 17th-century home of Benjamin Nye, one of the early settlers of Sandwich.
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Boston Area and New England Museums, Boston, MA
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Children's Museum in Easton, Easton, MA
The Children's Museum in Easton (CME) is an educational, cultural, and social learning center for children and families with a primary focus on children ages 1-8. We are located in a historic Old Fire Station in North Easton, Massachusetts. Our miss • Climb the Firepole, ring the bell
• Roar with the Dinosaurs
• Act it out at The Performance Center
• Explore nature in the woodsy Cabin 'n Camp
• Haul in the day’s catch aboard the Fishing Boat
• Listen to your heartbeat in The Kidsclinic
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Concord Museum, Concord, MA
The Concord Museum serves as the gateway to Concord, Massachusetts. Its collection illustrates the unique history of Concord, and includes artifacts from the Revolutionary War as well as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, MA
Changing exhibitions highlight various aspects of the Pioneer Valley's 350-year history.
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Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA
The Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College is one of the oldest and most acclaimed academic fine arts museums in the United States. The collection spans global history from Ancient times to yesterday. With masterpieces from almost every continent, with collections installed in one of this country?s most significant examples of museum architecture, and with a rotating series of temporary exhibitions that challenge our understanding of history and the role of the arts in soc...
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DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
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DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
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Discovery Museums, Acton, MA
The Discovery Museums (Children?s Discovery Museum and Science Discovery Museum), located in Acton, Massachusetts, just west of Boston, are two separate but complementary museums filled with exciting, interactive exhibits for children of all ages using focused spaces and hands-on activities inviting exploration and discovery.
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EcoTarium, Worcester, MA
The EcoTarium is a unique indoor-outdoor museum dedicated to the exploration of the natural world.
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Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA
The first full-scale museum in this country devoted to national and international picture book ar.
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Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
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George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA
Japanese arms and armor, Chinese cloisonne, Islamic rugs and other Asian decorative arts, as well as 19th-century American paintings and classical sculptural casts.
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Gore Place, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, MA
The historic Governor Gore estate includes 45-acres of gardens, lawns and farm fields; an 1806 mansion house; 1793 carriage house and working farm with heritage breeds of sheep, goats and chickens. The mansion features a spiral staircase, marble floors, and oval drawing room and is considered among the finest examples of Federal period architecture in New England. Events include: Sheepshearing Festival, Spring Plant Sale and summer concerts.
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Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA
An original Shaker Comminity with 20 original/restored buildings, a working farm, only Shaker round stone barn, and a hands on Discovery Room, and current restoration of Shaker's 1860 waterpower system.
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Hidden Hills Historical Museums, Chesterfield, MA
Tour the Historical Museums of the Hidden Hills of Western Massachusetts and re-live life as it used to be in a simpler time.
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Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA
Celebrating its 75th year in 2003, the Higgins Armory Museum is the only institution in the Americas solely dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of arms and armor.
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Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA
Historic Deerfield is a museum of New England history and culture.
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Historic New England, Boston, MA
Founded in 1910 as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Historic New England owns and operates 36 historic site museums in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. All are historic residences and landscap Historic New England also owns the largest collections of New England decorative and fine arts of any institution, and a library and archive of 1.2 million items. In addition to the house museums, collections are used in traveling exhibitions that tour t
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Historic Northampton, , MA
A museum of regional and local history in the heart of the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts.
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John Alden House Historic Site, Duxbury, MA
Open Mid May-Mid October
Monday-Saturday Noon-4:00pm
Last Guided Tour- 3:30pm
Tours are aprox. 30 min.
Our gift shop has a great selection of fine goods for the whole family!
Admission:
Adults $5.00
Children $3.00
AAA Discount $1.00 John and Priscilla Alden's [who came over on the Mayflower] present house, which tradition says was
built in 1653, is the only standing structure in
which original Pilgrims are known to have lived.
Open to the public since 1955.
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Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, MA
International collection covers more than ten centuries of art. Twelve of the world's most beautiful maritime galleries house a fine collection of nautical art, history, and ethnology celebrating the age-old human fascination with whales.
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Longyear Museum, Brookline, MA
Collection on Mary Baker Eddy's life and achievements, founder of Christian Science. Museum and six historic sites.
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Marine Museum at Fall River, Fall River, MA
Contains models and exhibits pertaining to some of the earlies"floating palaces", and the world's largest R.M.S. Titanic exhibit.
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Marion Natural History Museum, Marion, MA
The Marion Natural History Society defines Natural History in its broadest meaning, so that it includes zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and all other issues which pertain to these subjects, including the past and present lifestyles of man and his tre
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Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center, Canton, MA
A family-friendly art museum set among the trails of a 138-acre wildlife sanctuary. Art and nature programs for toddlers through adults. Three exhibitions a year of nationally and internationally recognized artists inspired by nature. Collection of paintings, prints, sculpture and photography by artists ranging from John James Audubon to Andy Warhol.
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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), , MA
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Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
The Mead Art Museum houses the art collections of Amherst College, some 14,000 works acquired since 1839. It includes one of the nation's finest collegiate collections of American art, also European art, photography, and Japanese prints. Site features several virtual exhibitions.
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MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
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Museum Loan Network, Cambridge, MA
MLN promotes collection sharing by faciltating and funding the long-term loan of artworks among museums throughout the United States.
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Museum of Bad Art, Boston, MA
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Museum of Cultural & Natural History, Harvard University, MA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
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Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA
Our exhibitions tell thrilling stories of patriotism, adventure, invention, community and dissent-all aspects of how we as a people have worked, and played, struggled and achieved. And because our exhibitions change regularly, you always experience someth
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Museum of Science, Boston, MA
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Museum of Sentimental Art, Salem, MA
MOSA shows galleries of personal art and wunderkammern style exhibits.
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Museum of Transporation, Brookline, MA
The Museum of Transportation in Brookline, Massachusetts is housed in an 1888 carriage house once owned by Larz and Isabel Anderson. The Museum of Transportation offers the public a unique opportunity to view the Anderson collection, Americaís oldest privately owned collection of automobiles. The Museum also hosts over 20 lawn events for cars, motorcycles and bicycles throughout the Summer months.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Exhibits and presentations pertaining to the whaling industry in New England provide tangible examples of the era and of people, places and artifacts referenced by Herman Melville.
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New England Museum Association, Boston, MA
The New England Museum Association is the only organization in New England serving museums of all sizes and the people who work for and with them. You'll find professional development opportunities, news, information, and the experience of more than 1600 of your colleagues.
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Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Stockbridge, MA
World's largest collection of original art by Norman Rockwell. Changing exhibitions also feature works by other renown American illustrators.
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Orchard House - Home of the Alcotts, Concord, MA
Louisa May Alcott's"Little Women"evokes a universal vision of home. The house in which she wrote her classic novel holds a special attraction for readers throughout the world.
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Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
USA's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799. Maritime arts and history; American decorative arts; early American architecture; Asian export art; Asian, Oceanic, African arts and culture; natural history; native American arts. and ar.
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Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MA
Pilgrim Hall Museum is a gallery museum in the center of historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. Through its exhibition of Pilgrim possessions and Native American artifacts, Pilgrim Hall tells the stories of America’s founding and traditions in stirring detail. Among the treasures on display at Pilgrim Hall Museum are William Bradford’s Bible, the cradle in which Susanna White rocked her son Peregrine, and the great chair of William Brewster. The collection includes the skeleton of the 17th century vessel Sparr
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Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
Plimoth Plantation in the living history museum of 17th century Plymouth Colony. Its exhibits, visited by over 500,000 people a year include the 1627 Pilgrim Village, Hobbamock's Wampanoag Indian Homesite, Mayflower II and the Carriage House Crafts Center. It is open from April through November and is best known for its first-person living history exhibits.The"Plimoth-on-Web"website contains both information about the museum and in addition to the Pilgrims, Thanksgiving and the W...
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Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Since 1914, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum has anchored the Provincetown arts community, serving as both a collecting museum and a professional artists' association. PAAM houses five galleries, two sculpture gardens, and an accredited M During a visit to our galleries, one can expect to encounter historical and contemporary exhibitions of merit. The work of member artists may hang in one gallery and a site specific installation in another.
Hundreds of artists have, for shorter or long
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Public Health Museum in Massachusetts, Tewksbury, MA
Illustrates public health history and educates public about current health issues and new programs. Focus is on public health contributions of New England states.
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Salem Witch Museum, Salem, MA
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Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
With a world-famous collection spanning an impressive 4,500 years, and a tradition since its inception of making its holdings available to students and the public, the Smith College Museum of Art is also a leader in collecting and showing the art of our day. Ranked among the finest college or University museums in this country, it has become what our first director hoped it would be:"nothing less than a collection of works by the foremost artists of modern times.".
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Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, Weston, MA
Philatelic museum dedicated to learning about the world's cultures through stamps and postal history; maintains a regular schedule of exhibitions and public programs.
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Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
European and American paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and decorative arts. Artists represented include Homer, Corot, O'Keeffe, Monet and Degas. Shop; cafe.
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Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA
Four distinctive museums featuring American and European paintings, Islamic rugs, a planetarium, Asian decorative arts, a live animal center, African Hall, a life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex, a genealogy library and local history collection.
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Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, MA
Live-animal Monsanto Eco-Center, R.E. Phelon African Hall, Dinosaur Hall, Mineral Hall, hands-on Exploration Center, and planetarium; museum shop.
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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
Located in the Berkshires, the Clark is a fine arts museum particularly well-known for its many French impressionist paintings, including more than thirty by Renoir. Also included are noteworthy old master paintings and a significant group of American works by such artists as Homer, Sargent, Cassatt, and Remington. Selections from the extensive collections of silver, prints, drawings, and sculpture are also on view. A variety of special exhibitions and other supporting activities ...
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The Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA
The Museum of Russian Icons is a 501-(c)3 non-profit educational museum founded by Gordon Lankton. Through his travels to Russia during the late eighties, Mr. Lankton became fascinated with the history of icons. Since then he has made over forty trips to The Museum of Russian Icons was founded as a non-profit educational museum by Gordon Lankton. The collection includes about 340 Russian icons, the largest collection of its kind in North America. It is one of the largest private collections outside of Rus
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The Whydah Pirate Museum, 16 Macmillan Wharf, Provincetown, MA
Showcasing a selection of pirate artifacts and treasure from the only authenticated pirate shipwreck, the Whydah, discovered by underwater explorer Barry Clifford off Wellfleet Cape Cod, as seen on National Geographic Television! Tthe museum presents a selection of artifacts from silver pieces-of-eight to pirate cannon, and also details the discovery of the wreck and its ongoing archaeological recovery.
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USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA
The USS Constitution Museum is a private, non-profit museum that serves as the memory and educational voice of USS CONSTITUTION, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat. Located alongside the vessel, the museum houses the ship’s logs, weapons, doc The collections help support the Museum’s mission to teach about USS CONSTITUTION’s origins, her role in the early republic and her continuing story. The Museum’s collection contains uniforms, paintings, decorative arts, tools, weapons, souvenirs, logbook
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Wenham Museum, Wenham, MA
A delightful Museum of Family Life, offering visitors a historic view of how we have lived, worked, dressed and played from the 17th-century to today.
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Westford Museum, Westford, MA
Perpetually changing artifacts and photographs chart the growth of this pretty and prosperous town. Cultural events include lectures, craft demonstrations, folk concerts and an annual Edgar Allen Poe commemoratve evening.
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Whately Historical Museum, Whately, MA
A fascinating collection of more than 4000 items that demonstrate the history of this Pioneer Valley agricultural community founded in 1771. The museum features an extensive collection of Whately pottery, maps, photos, textiles, and one of the world's largest (wooden) milkbottles.
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Willard House Museum, Grafton, MA
Over 70 Willard clocks are exhibited in the birthplace and original workshop of the Willard clockmakers, along with family portraits, furnishings and other Willard family heirlooms.
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Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
An elegant Beaux Arts mansion, Wistariahurst was home to two generations of silk manufacturers in Holyoke. Collections include decorative arts, furnishings, paintings, historic textiles and archival materials.
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Worcester African Cultural Center, Worcester, MA
Located at 33-35 Canterbury Street in Worcester, MA 01610. The Center, the first of its kind in the Northeast region houses a museum, museum shop, and performing arts center. The Museum houses a permanent exhibit of ceremonial masks, divination sculptures, decorative arts, musical instruments, jewelry, furniture, and everyday objects from the African continent.
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Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
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