| Name
|
Location
|
Region
|
Type
|
Notes
|
| Abiel Smith School |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
African American |
website, part of Museum of African American History
|
| Abigail Adams Birthplace |
Weymouth |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Adams National Historical Park |
Quincy |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website, preserves the home of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, of U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain Charles Francis Adams, Sr., and of the writers and historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams house
|
| Addison Gallery of American Art |
Andover |
Merrimack Valley |
Art |
website
|
| African Meeting House on Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
African American |
website, part of Museum of African American History
|
| African Meeting House |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
African American |
website, part of Museum of African American History
|
| Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum |
Agawam |
Pioneer Valley |
Fire |
website
|
| Amelia Park Children's Museum |
Westfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Children's |
website, formerly Discover Westfield Children's Museum
|
| American Textile History Museum |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
Textile |
website
|
| Amesbury Carriage Museum |
Amesbury |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Amherst College Museum of Natural History |
Amherst |
Pioneer Valley |
Natural history |
website, also known as Pratt Museum of Natural History
|
| Amherst History Museum |
Amherst |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website
|
| Amos Blanchard House and Barn Museum |
Andover |
Merrimack Valley |
History |
website, recreates the life and times of a typical middle-class family of the early 19th century
|
| Aptucxet Trading Post Museum |
Bourne |
Cape Cod |
Open air |
website
|
| Armenian Library and Museum of America |
Watertown |
|
Ethnic |
website
|
| Arrowhead |
Pittsfield |
The Berkshires |
Historic house |
website, home of Herman Melville
|
| Art Complex Museum |
Duxbury |
|
Art |
website
|
| Art Institute of Boston |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Art |
|
| Arthur M. Sackler Museum |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website, part of Harvard, ancient, Islamic, Asian, and later Indian art
|
| Ashby Historical Society Museum |
Ashby |
|
History |
information
|
| Ashfield Historical Society Museum |
Ashfield |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website
|
| Ashley House |
Sheffield |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Attleboro Arts Museum |
Attleboro |
|
Art |
website
|
| Attleboro Area Industrial Museum |
Attleboro |
|
Industry |
website, refiner of gold, silver and copper by-products for jewelry
|
| Atwood House Museum |
Chatham |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website, run by the Chatham Historical Society
|
| Barrett-Byam Homestead |
Chelmsford |
Merrimack Valley |
History |
website, home of the Chelmsford Historical Society
|
| Bartlett Museum |
Amesbury |
Merrimack Valley |
Multi |
website, historic house with Amesbury history exhibits, replicas of a colonial kitchen and a Victorian parlor, a natural history room, a schoolroom and a carriage house
|
| Bartholomew's Cobble |
Sheffield |
|
Natural history |
website
|
| Basketball Hall of Fame |
Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Hall of fame |
website
|
| Battleship Cove |
Fall River |
|
Maritime |
website
|
| Baxter Mill |
Yarmouth |
Cape Cod |
Mill |
information
|
| Beauport |
Gloucester |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Beebe Estate |
Melrose |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Beer Can Museum |
East Taunton |
|
Collection |
website
|
| Benjamin Nye Homestead & Museum |
East Sandwich |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website
|
| Berkshire Museum |
Pittsfield |
The Berkshires |
Multi |
website, art, science, natural history, culture
|
| Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum |
Lenox |
The Berkshires |
Railway |
website
|
| Berlin Art and Historical Society |
Berlin |
|
History |
website, located in the Bullard House
|
| Bernardston Historical Society Museum |
Bernardston |
|
History |
information
|
| Beverly Historical Society & Museum |
Beverly |
North Shore |
History |
website
|
| Bidwell House Museum |
Monterey |
|
Historic house |
website, also has hiking trails
|
| Billerica Historical Society |
Billerica |
Merrimack Valley |
History |
website, located in the Clara Sexton House, open for special events
|
| Billerica Howe Museum |
Billerica |
Merrimack Valley |
History |
website, information, future museum
|
| Bisbee Mill Museum |
Chesterfield |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website, home of Chesterfield Historical Society
|
| Blanchard's Museum House |
Avon |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Blue Hill Observatory Science Center |
Milton |
|
Science |
website
|
| Blue Hills Trailside Museum |
Milton |
|
Nature center |
website
|
| Boardman House |
Saugus |
|
Historic house |
website, information
|
| Boston Athenæum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Multi |
website, library and museum of art
|
| Boston Children's Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Children's |
website
|
| Boston Fire Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Fire |
website
|
| Boston National Historical Park |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Historic sites |
website, Revolutionary War trail in Boston and Charlestown, includes Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Bunker Hill Monument, USS Constitution
|
| Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
History |
website
|
| Boston University Art Gallery |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website
|
| Boylston Historical Society and Museum |
Boylston |
|
History |
website
|
| Brewster Historical Society Museum |
Brewster |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| Brockton Fire Museum |
Brockton |
|
|
website
|
| Brockton Historical Society Homestead |
Brockton |
|
History |
website
|
| Brockton Shoe Museum |
Brockton |
|
Commodity |
website
|
| Brocklebank Museum |
Georgetown |
Merrimack Valley |
History |
website
|
| Brooks Academy Museum |
Harwich |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| Browne House |
Watertown |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Buckland Historical Society Museum |
Buckland |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
information, information
|
| Buckman Tavern |
Lexington |
|
Tavern |
website
|
| Bunker Hill Monument |
Charlestown |
Greater Boston |
Historic site |
website, includes Bunker Hill Museum
|
| Burlington Historic Museum |
Burlington |
|
History |
website
|
| Busch-Reisinger Museum |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website, part of Harvard
|
| Buttonwoods Museum |
Haverhill |
Merrimack Valley |
Open air |
website, home to Haverhill Historical Society, includes John Ward House, the Duncan House and the Daniel Hunkins Shoe Shop
|
| Cahoon Museum of American Art |
Cotuit |
Cape Cod |
Art |
website
|
| Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum |
Northampton |
Pioneer Valley |
Biographical |
website
|
| Cambridge Historical Society |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website The Society's headquarters and collections are in the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
|
| Cape Ann Museum |
Gloucester |
North Shore |
Multi |
website, fisheries & maritime, fine art, granite quarrying & decorative arts galleries
|
| Cape Cod Children's Musum |
Mashpee |
Cape Cod |
Children's |
website
|
| Cape Cod Museum of Art |
Dennis |
Cape Cod |
Art |
website
|
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History |
Brewster |
Cape Cod |
Natural history |
website
|
| Captain Bangs Hallet House |
Yarmouth |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website, information
|
| Captain John Wilson House |
Cohasset |
|
Historic house |
website, [information]
|
| Carpenter Museum |
Rehoboth |
|
History |
website
|
| Centerville Historical Museum |
Centerville |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| Charles River Museum of Industry |
Waltham |
Greater Boston |
Industry |
website
|
| Charlestown Navy Yard |
Charlestown |
[[Greater Boston] |
Maritime |
website, home to USS Constitution, USS Cassin Young (DD-793)
|
| Chatham Railroad Museum |
Chatham |
Cape Cod |
Transportation |
website
|
| Chesterwood Estate & Museum |
Stockbridge |
The Berkshires |
Historic house |
website, home of sculptor Daniel Chester French
|
| Children's Museum at Holyoke |
Holyoke |
Pioneer Valley |
Children's |
website
|
| Children's Museum in Easton |
Easton |
|
Children's |
website
|
| Children's Museum of Boston |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Children's |
website
|
| Clara Barton Birthplace Museum |
North Oxford |
Blackstone Valley |
Biographical |
website, home to Clara Barton
|
| Clark Art Institute |
Williamstown |
The Berkshires |
Art |
website, also known as Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
|
| Clinton Historical Society |
Clinton |
|
Historic house |
website, open on Saturday morning by tour
|
| Coast Guard Heritage Museum |
Barnstable |
Cape Cod |
Maritime |
information , information also known as Donald G. Trayser Memorial Museum
|
| Codman Estate |
Lincoln |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Coffin House |
Newbury |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Cogswell's Grant |
Essex |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Cohasset Historical Society |
Cohasset |
|
Historic house |
website, information
|
| Cohasset Maritime Museum |
Cohasset |
|
Maritime |
website, information
|
| Colrain Historical Society |
Colrain |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
information
|
| Commonwealth Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
History |
website
|
| Concord Museum |
Concord |
|
History |
website
|
| Connecticut Valley Historical Museum |
Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website
|
| Conway Historical Society |
Conway |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website
|
| Cooper-Frost-Austin House |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website
|
| Cottage Museum |
Oak Bluffs |
Martha's Vineyard |
Religious |
website, typical Campground cottage
|
| Crane Museum of Papermaking |
Dalton |
|
Industry |
website
|
| Crosby Mansion |
Brewster |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
information
|
| Cultural Arts Alliance of Hopkinton |
Hopkinton |
|
Art |
website, art gallery, performing arts, arts education
|
| Cushing House Museum and Garden |
Newburyport |
Merrimack Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Custom House Maritime Museum |
Newburyport |
Merrimack Valley |
Maritime |
website
|
| Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum |
Arlington |
|
Art |
website, many works by sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin
|
| Danforth Museum of Art |
Framingham |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website
|
| Dan Raymond House |
Sheffield |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Danvers Historical Society |
Danvers |
North Shore |
History |
website, operates Page House, Tapley Memorial Hall, Glen Magna Farms and Putnam House
|
| Davis Museum and Cultural Center |
Wellesley |
|
|
website, part of Wellesley College
|
| DeCordova Museum |
Lincoln |
|
Art |
website, includes sculpture park
|
| Dedham Historical Society Museum |
Dedham |
|
History |
website
|
| Deerfield Children's Museum |
Deerfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Children's |
website, operated by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, focuses on history, also known as Children's Museum at Indian House Memorial
|
| Discovery Museums |
Acton |
|
Children's |
website
|
| D.L. Moody Museum |
Dighton |
|
|
information, about evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody
|
| Dole-Little House |
Newbury |
Merrimack Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Dorchester Historical Society |
Dorchester |
|
Historic house |
website, operates Lemuel Clap House, Blake House, William Clapp House
|
| Dover Historical Society |
Dover |
|
|
|
| Dracut Historical Society |
Dracut |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Dukes County Historical Society |
Edgartown |
|
|
|
| Duxbury Historical Commission |
Duxbury |
|
|
|
| Duxbury Rural and Historical Society |
Duxbury |
|
|
|
| Dwight-Derby House |
Medfield |
|
|
|
| East Bridgewater Historical Commission |
East Bridgewater |
|
|
|
| East Bridgewater Historical Society |
East Bridgewater |
|
|
|
| East Brookfield Historical Commission |
East Brookfield |
|
|
|
| Eastham Windmill |
Eastham |
Cape Cod |
Mill |
information
|
| Storrs House |
Longmeadow |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Easthampton Historical Society |
Easthampton |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Easton Historical Society |
Easton |
|
|
|
| EcoTarium |
Worcester |
Blackstone Valley |
Multi |
Natural history, science, animals
|
| Edith Wharton Restoration |
Lenox |
The Berkshires |
|
|
| Edward Bellamy Memorial Association |
Chicopee |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Edward Everett Hale House |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| Edward Gorey House |
Yarmouth |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website, information, home of illustrator Edward Gorey
|
| Edward Devotion House |
Brookline |
|
Historic house |
website, also home to the Brookline Historical Society
|
| Edwards Memorial Museum |
Chesterfield |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website, operated by the Chesterfield Historical Society
|
| Edmund Fowle House and Museum |
Watertown |
|
History |
website, operated by the Historical Society of Watertown
|
| Elliot House |
Newton |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| Emily Dickinson Museum |
Amherst |
Pioneer Valley |
Historic house |
website, part of Amherst College
|
| Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art |
Amherst |
Pioneer Valley |
Art |
website
|
| Erving House Museum |
Erving |
|
Historic house |
information
|
| Essex Shipbuilding Museum |
Essex |
North Shore |
Industry |
website
|
| Fairbanks House |
Dedham |
|
|
|
| Fairhaven Heritage Center |
Fairhaven |
|
History |
website
|
| Fairhaven Historical Society |
Fairhaven |
|
|
|
| Fall River Firefighters Memorial Museum |
Fall River |
|
|
|
| Fall River Historical Society Museum |
Fall River |
|
History |
website
|
| Falmouth Museums on the Green |
Falmouth |
Cape Cod |
Open air |
website, includes Julia Wood House, Conant House & Garden, Hallett Barn
|
| Falmouth Museums On The Green |
Falmouth |
Cape Cod |
|
website
|
| Federation of Old Plimoth Tribes |
Plymouth |
|
|
|
| First Parish Meetinghouse Preservation |
Shirley |
|
|
|
| Fisher Museum |
Shirley |
|
Natural history |
website, part of Harvard Forests, 3000 acres with trails, museum with 23 dioramas portraying the history, conservation and management of central New England forests
|
| Fitchburg Art Museum |
Fitchburg |
|
Art |
website
|
| Fitchburg Historical Society Museum |
Fitchburg |
|
History |
website
|
| Florence Higginbotham House |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Historic house |
website, part of Museum of African American History
|
| Fogg Art Museum |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website, part of Harvard University
|
| Forbes House Museum |
Milton |
|
Historic house |
|
| Fort Taber Historical Association Museum |
New Bedford |
|
Fort |
website
|
| Framingham Historical Society and Museum |
Framingham |
Greater Boston |
History |
website
|
| Freedom Trail |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| Freedom's Way Heritage Association |
Fort Devens |
|
|
|
| Freetown Historical Society |
Assonet Village |
|
History |
information
|
| French Transatlantic Cable Station Museum |
Orleans |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| Friends Meetinghouse |
Acushnet |
|
|
|
| Frugal Woman's Museum, A |
New Bedford |
|
|
|
| Fruitlands Museum |
Harvard |
|
Open air |
website, Transcendental, Native American, Shaker and American art collections on 200 acres
|
| Fuller Craft Museum |
Brockton |
|
Art |
website
|
| G.A.R. & Civil War Museum |
Marblehead |
North Shore |
Military |
website
|
| Gardner Museum |
Gardner |
|
History |
website
|
| Gedney House |
Salem |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| General Gideon Foster House |
Peabody |
North Shore |
Historical house |
website, home to Peabody Historical Society which also operates Osborne - Salata House, Nathaniel Felton Sr. House, Peabody Historical Fire Museum which are open by appointment
|
| George A. Smith Museum |
Arlington |
|
History |
website
|
| George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum |
Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Art |
|
| George Peabody House Museum |
Peabody |
North Shore |
|
|
| Germantown Historical Preservation Commission |
Clinton |
|
|
|
| Gershom Bradford House |
Duxbury |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Gibson House Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website
|
| Gilbert Bean Museum |
Braintree |
|
History |
website, home to Braintree Historical Society
|
| Gill Historical Commission Museum |
Gill |
|
History |
information
|
| Girl Scout Museum |
Waltham |
|
History |
website, open to Girl Scout troops
|
| Golden Ball Tavern Museum |
Weston |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Gore Place |
Waltham |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website, 18oos estate of Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore
|
| Governor Bellingham-Cary Association |
Chelsea |
|
|
|
| Great Barrington Historical Society |
Great Barrington |
The Berkshires |
History |
website
|
| Great Falls Discovery Center |
Turner Falls |
|
Multi |
website, Connecticut River Watershed's natural, cultural and industrial history
|
| Gropius House |
Lincoln |
|
Historic house |
website, designed by Walter Gropius
|
| Groton Historical Society Museum |
Groton |
|
History |
website
|
| Groveland Historic Commission |
Groveland |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Groveland Historical Society |
Groveland |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Hadley Farm Museum |
Hadley |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website
|
| Hadwen House |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Historic house |
website
|
| Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography |
Turner Falls |
|
Photography |
website
|
| Hammond Castle Museum |
Gloucester |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Hancock-Clarke House |
Lexington |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Hancock Shaker Village |
Hancock |
The Berkshires |
Open air |
website
|
| Hands-On Art Museum |
Shirley |
|
Children's |
website
|
| Harlow Old Fort House |
Plymouth |
|
Historic house |
website, closed to the public for restoration
|
| Harvard Historical Society |
Harvard |
|
History |
website
|
| Harvard Museum of Natural History |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
Natural history |
website
|
| Hatfield Historical Commission |
Hatfield |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Heald House |
Carlisle |
|
Historic house |
website, operated by the Carlisle Historical Society
|
| Heath Historical Society Museum |
Heath |
|
History |
information
|
| Hedge House |
Plymouth |
|
Historic house |
website, closed to the public for restoration
|
| Helen Bumpus Gallery |
Duxbury |
|
|
|
| Heritage Museums & Gardens |
Sandwich |
Cape Cod |
Multi |
website, history, industry, art and horticulture of America, featuring J. K. Lilly III Antique Automobile Collection, American History Museum with military miniatures, antique toys, Native American artifacts and the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame and exhibit, and the Art Museum with folk art, carvings, collectibles and American fine art, as well as an operating hand-carved carousel
|
| Higgins Armory Museum |
Worcester |
Blackstone Valley |
Military |
website, arms and armor
|
| Highland House Museum |
Truro |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| Historic Deerfield |
Deerfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Open air |
website
|
| Highfield Hall |
Falmouth |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website
|
| Historic Northampton Museum & Education Center |
Northampton |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website
|
| Historical Society of Greenfield |
Greenfield |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
information
|
| Historical Society of Phillipston Museum |
Phillipston |
|
History |
website
|
| HMS Bounty |
Fall River |
|
Museum ship |
Reproduction of the original ship; previously used for a film
|
| Holbrook Historical Society |
Holbrook |
|
|
|
| Holden Historical Society |
Holden |
|
|
|
| Holyoke Heritage State Park |
Holyoke |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Hopkinton Historical Society |
Hopkinton |
|
|
|
| Hose Cart House |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Fire |
website
|
| House of the Seven Gables |
Salem |
North Shore |
|
|
| Hull Lifesaving Museum |
Hull |
|
Maritime |
website
|
| Institute of Contemporary Art Boston |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website
|
| Intel Computer Clubhouse |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| Ipswich Historical Society & Museums |
Ipswich |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website, operates Heard House Museum and Whipple House Museum
|
| Iron Work Farm and Acton |
Acton |
|
|
|
| Isaac Winslow House |
Marshfield |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website
|
| J. G. FitzGerald Historical Society |
Millville |
|
|
|
| Jason Russell House |
Arlington |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Jenney Grist Mill |
Plymouth |
|
Mill |
website
|
| Jeremiah Lee Mansion |
Marblehead |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Jericho Historical Center |
West Dennis |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website
|
| Job Lane House |
Bedford |
|
|
|
| Jonathan Bourne Historical Center |
Bourne |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| John Balch House |
Beverly |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| John Cabot House |
Beverly |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Rev. John Hale Farm |
Beverly |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum |
Hyannis |
Cape Cod |
Biographical |
website
|
| John F. Kennedy Library and Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Biographical |
website
|
| Joseph Allen Skinner Museum |
Holyoke |
Pioneer Valley |
Multi |
website, owned by Mount Holyoke College, collection of American and European furniture, decorative arts, crafts, tools, and geological specimens
|
| Josiah Dennis Manse Museum |
Dennis |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website
|
| Keep Homestead Museum |
Monson |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum |
Rowe |
|
History |
[http://www.co.franklin.ma.us/rowe.html information[, operated by the Rowe Historical Society
|
| Kendall Whaling Museum |
Sharon |
|
|
|
| Kids' Institutes for Discovery |
Roslindale |
|
|
|
| King Caesar House |
Duxbury |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Kingman Tavern Historical Museum |
Cummington |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website, information
|
| Kingston Historical Commission |
Kingston |
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| Lancaster Historical Society |
Lancaster |
|
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| Lanesborough Historical Commission |
Lanesborough |
|
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| Larz Anderson Auto Museum |
Brookline |
|
Automotive |
website
|
| Laughing Brook Education Center |
Hampden |
|
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|
| Lawrence Heritage State Park |
Lawrence |
Merrimack Valley |
Industry |
website
|
| Lawrence History Center |
Lawrence |
Merrimack Valley |
History |
website
|
| Lawrence War Memorial Guard |
Lawrence |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Lenox Historical Society |
Lenox |
The Berkshires |
|
|
| Leominster Historical Society Museum |
Leominster |
|
History |
website
|
| Leverett Historical Society |
Leverett |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
information
|
| Lincoln Historical Society |
Lincoln |
|
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| List Visual Arts Center at MIT |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website
|
| Little Red School House |
Brockton |
|
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|
| Long Plain Friends Meetinghouse |
Acushnet |
|
Religious |
information
|
| Long Plain Museum |
Acushnet |
|
History |
information
|
| Longyear Museum |
Chestnut Hill |
|
Biographical |
website, life and work of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science
|
| Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association |
Concord |
|
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|
| Lowell Heritage State Park |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
|
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| Lowell National Historical Park |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
Industry |
website, includes visitor center, Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center, Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit
|
| Luther Museum |
Swansea |
|
History |
photos, home to Swansea Historical Society
|
| Lynn Museum & Historical Society |
Lynn |
North Shore |
Multi |
website, art, history, library, collections of art, tools, decorative arts & textiles
|
| Macy/Colby House |
Amesbury |
Merrimack Valley |
|
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| Major John Bradford Homestead |
Kingston |
|
Historic house |
website, home to Jones River Village Historical Society
|
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Visual Arts Center |
Canton |
|
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| Malden Hebrew School |
Malden |
|
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|
| Malden Historical Society |
Malden |
|
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| Manomet, Inc. |
Manomet |
|
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| Mansfield Historical Society |
Mansfield |
|
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[
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| Marblehead Museum & Historical Society |
Marblehead |
North Shore |
History |
website
|
| Marine Museum at Fall River |
Fall River |
|
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| Marion Natural History Museum |
Marion |
|
Natural history |
website
|
| Marlborough Historical Society |
Marlborough |
|
Historical Society |
|
| Martha Dickinson Bianchi Trust |
Amherst |
Pioneer Valley |
Art |
|
| Martha's Vineyard Museum |
Edgartown |
Martha's Vineyard |
History |
website
|
| Martin House Committee |
Brookline |
|
Art |
|
| Mary Baker Eddy Historic House |
Stoughton |
|
Historic house |
website, owned by Longyear Museum
|
| Mary Baker Eddy Historic House |
Swampscott |
|
Historic house |
website, owned by Longyear Museum
|
| Mary Baker Eddy Library |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Library |
website, includes the Mapparium, a three-story, stained-glass globe, the Hall of Ideas and changing exhibits
|
| Mashpee Tribal Council Museum |
Mashpee |
Cape Cod |
Native American |
website
|
| Massachusetts Golf Museum |
Norton |
|
Sports |
website
|
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art |
North Adams |
The Berkshires |
Art |
website
|
| Massachusetts National Guard Museum |
Worcester |
Blackstone Valley |
Military |
website
|
| Mattapoisett Museum and Carriage House |
Mattapoisett |
|
History |
website
|
| McMullen Museum of Art |
Chestnut Hill |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website, part of Boston College
|
| Mead Art Museum |
Amherst |
Pioneer Valley |
Art |
website, part of Amherst College
|
| Medfield Historical Commission |
Medfield |
|
|
|
| Medford Historical Society |
Medford |
|
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|
| Medford-Brooks Estate Land Trust |
Medford |
|
|
|
| Meeting House Museum |
Orleans |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| Memorial Hall Museum |
Deerfield |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website, operated by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
|
| Mendon Historical Commission |
Mendon |
Blackstone Valley |
|
|
| Menotomy Minutemen |
Arlington |
|
|
|
| Merrimac Historical Museum |
Merrimac |
|
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|
| Merrimac Historical Society |
Merrimac |
|
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|
| Merwin House |
Stockbridge |
The Berkshires |
Historic house |
website
|
| Methuen Historical Society |
Methuen |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Middleborough Historical Association |
Middleborough |
|
|
|
| Middleborough Historical Museum & Society |
Middleborough |
|
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|
| Middlefield Historical Commision |
Middlefield |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Middlesex Canal Museum |
North Billerica |
Merrimack Valley |
History |
website
|
| Middleton Historical Society |
Middleton |
North Shore |
|
|
| Millbury Historical Commission |
Millbury |
Blackstone Valley |
|
|
| Millbury History Society |
Millbury |
Blackstone Valley |
|
|
| Millis Historical Commission |
Millis |
|
|
|
| Millville Historical Commission |
Millville |
Blackstone Valley |
|
|
| Millville Historical Society |
Millville |
Blackstone Valley |
|
|
| Milton Art Museum |
Milton |
|
Art |
website
|
| Milton Historical Society |
Milton |
|
|
|
| Mitchell House |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Historic house |
website, part of the Maria Mitchell Association museums
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| MIT Museum |
Cambridge |
|
Science |
website, part of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ongoing and changing exhibitions on science and technology
|
| Monson Historical Society |
Monson |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Montgomery Historical Society |
Montgomery |
|
|
|
| Mount Holyoke College Art Museum |
South Hadley |
Pioneer Valley |
Art |
website
|
| Movie Museum |
West Tisbury |
|
|
|
| Munroe Tavern |
Lexington |
|
Tavern |
website
|
| Murdoch-Whitney House Museum |
Winchendon |
|
Historic house |
website, home of Winchendon Historical Society
|
| Museum for Children's Picture Books |
Northampton |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Museum of African American History |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
African American |
website
|
| Museum of Bad Art |
Dedham |
|
Art |
website
|
| Museum of Fine Arts |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Art |
website
|
| Museum of Fine Arts |
Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Art |
website
|
| Museum Of Our Industrial Heritage |
Greenfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Industry |
website
|
| Museum of Madeiran Heritage |
New Bedford |
|
Ethnic |
website, information, dedicated to the history and heritage of the islands of Madeira that lie 600 miles southwest of Portugal
|
| Museum of Paper History |
Brookline |
|
|
|
| Museum of Printing |
North Andover |
Merrimack Valley |
Industry |
website
|
| Museum of Russian Icons |
Clinton |
|
Art |
website
|
| Museum of Science |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Science |
website
|
| My Historical Society |
Edgartown |
|
|
|
| Nahant Historical Society |
Nahant |
North Shore |
History |
website, located in the Nahant Community Center
|
| Nantucket Life-Saving Museum |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Maritime |
website
|
| Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Decorative arts |
website
|
| Narragansett Historical Society |
Templeton |
|
|
|
| Nathaniel Felton Sr. House |
Peabody |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Natick Historical Society & Museum |
Natick |
|
History |
website
|
| National Center of Afro-American Artists |
Roxbury |
|
African American |
website, contemporary and historical expressive arts from the global Black world
|
| National Heritage Museum |
Lexington |
|
History |
website, patriotism, adventure, invention, community and dissent in America
|
| National Plastics Center & Museum |
Leominster |
|
Industry |
website
|
| National Trust for Historic Preservation-Boston |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| National Yiddish Book Center |
Amherst |
Pioneer Valley |
Ethnic |
website
|
| Nathan Fisher House |
Westborough |
|
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|
| Nathaniel Winsor, Jr. House |
Duxbury |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Natural History Museum |
Marion |
|
|
|
| Natural Science Museum in Hinchman House |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Natural history |
website, part of the Maria Mitchell Association museums
|
| Needham Historical Society |
Needham |
|
|
|
| New Ashford Historical Commission |
New Ashford |
|
|
|
| New Bedford Art Museum |
New Bedford |
|
Art |
website
|
| New Bedford Fire Museum |
New Bedford |
|
Fire |
information
|
| New Bedford Whaling Museum |
New Bedford |
|
Industry |
website
|
| New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park |
New Bedford |
|
|
website, encompasses the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Schooner Ernestina
|
| New Braintree Historical Commission |
New Braintree |
|
|
|
| New Braintree Historical Society |
New Braintree |
|
|
|
| New England Antiquities Research Association |
Hudson |
|
|
|
| New England Country Music Historical Society |
Watertown |
|
|
|
| New England Fire and History Museum |
Brewster |
Cape Cod |
Fire |
possibly closed
|
| New England Quilt Museum |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
Textile |
website
|
| Newburyport Maritime Society |
Newburyport |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead |
Newton |
Greater Boston |
History |
website
|
| Nichols House Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website
|
| Norman Rockwell Museum |
Stockbridge |
The Berkshires |
Art |
website
|
| North Adams Museum of History and Science |
North Adams |
The Berkshires |
|
|
| North Andover Historical Society |
North Andover |
Merrimack Valley |
Historical society |
|
| North Attleborough Historical Society |
North Attleboro |
|
|
|
| North Brookfield Historical Commission |
North Brookfield |
|
|
|
| North Brookfield Historical Society |
North Brookfield |
|
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|
| North Brookfield Town History Committee |
North Brookfield |
|
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|
| North Reading Historical Commission |
North Reading |
|
|
|
| North Shore Jewish Historical Society |
Marblehead |
North Shore |
|
|
| Northeast Document Conservation Center |
Andover |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Northfield Historical Museum |
Northfield |
|
History |
information
|
| Norwell Historical Commission |
Norwell |
|
|
|
| Norwell Historical Society |
Norwell |
|
|
|
| F. Holland Day House & Norwood History Museum |
Norwood |
|
History |
website
|
| Oakham Historical Museum |
Oakham |
|
History |
website
|
| Old Bridgewater Historical Society Museum |
West Bridgewater |
|
History |
website, also Keith House Parsonage is open by appointment
|
| Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum |
Fall River |
|
Railway |
website
|
| Old Colony Historical Society Museum |
Taunton, Massachusetts |
|
History |
website
|
| Oldest House |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Historic house |
website
|
| Old Firehouse Museum |
South Hadley |
|
History |
website
|
| Old Gaol |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Jail |
website
|
| Old Greenfield Village |
Greenfield Village |
|
Open air |
website
|
| Old Meeting House Museum |
Wilbraham |
|
History |
website
|
| Old Mill |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Mill |
website
|
| Old North Churcy |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Historic site |
website
|
| Old Ordinary |
Hingham |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
[http://www.hinghamhistorical.org/html/old_ordinary.html
|
| Old Red Carriage House |
Gill |
|
Collection |
website, baby and children's memorabilia, carriages, dolls, toys, and clothing from the 1700s through the present
|
| Old Schwamb Mill |
Arlington |
|
|
|
| Old South Meeting House |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
History |
website, information
|
| Old State House Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
History |
website
|
| Old Sturbridge Village |
Sturbridge |
|
Living |
website
|
| Orange Historical Society Museum |
Orange |
|
History |
information, information
|
| Osterville Historical Society and Museum |
Barnstable |
Cape Cod |
Open air |
website, includes Captain Jonathan Parker House, circa 1824, the Cammett House, circa 1730, and the Herbert F. Crosby Boat Shop, circa 1855
|
| Otis House Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website
|
| Oxford Historical Commission |
Oxford |
|
|
|
| Oxford Historical Society |
Oxford |
|
|
|
| Pan-African Historical Museum |
Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Parson Capen House |
Topsfield |
|
Historic house |
[http://www.topsfieldhistory.org/parson_capen.shtml website[
|
| Paul Revere House |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website, information
|
| Paxton Historical Commission |
Paxton |
|
|
|
| Peabody Essex Museum |
Salem |
North Shore |
Multi |
website, large Asian art collection and other art, 24 historic structures and gardens
|
| Peabody Historical Fire Museum |
Peabody |
North Shore |
Fire |
website, open by appointment
|
| Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology |
Cambridge |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| Pembroke Historical Society |
Pembroke |
|
|
|
| Phillips House |
Salem |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Pierce House |
Dorchester |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Pilgrim Hall Museum |
Plymouth |
|
History |
website
|
| Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum |
Provincetown |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
|
| Plimoth Plantation |
Plymouth |
|
Living |
website
|
| Plymouth Antiquarian Society |
Plymouth |
|
|
|
| Plymouth Wax Museum |
Plymouth |
|
|
|
| Plympton Historical Society |
Plympton |
|
|
|
| Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association |
Deerfield |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Porter Thermometer Museum |
Onset |
|
|
|
| Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum |
Hadley |
Pioneer Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Provincetown Art Association and Museum |
Provincetown |
Cape Cod |
Art |
website
|
| Public Health Museum |
Tewksbury |
Merrimack Valley |
Medical |
website
|
| Putterham School Museum |
Brookline |
|
School |
website
|
| Quaboag Historical Museum |
West Brookfield |
|
History |
website
|
| Quaker Meetinghouse |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Religious |
website
|
| Quincy History Museum |
Quincy |
Greater Boston |
History |
website
|
| Quincy Homestead |
Quincy |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website
|
| Quincy House |
Quincy |
Greater Boston |
Historic house |
website
|
| Randolph Historical Society |
Randolph |
|
|
|
| Raynham Historical Society |
Raynham |
|
|
|
| Reading Historical Commission |
Reading |
|
|
|
| Reed Homestead |
Townsend |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Rehoboth Antiquarian Society |
Rehoboth |
|
|
|
| Revere Historical and Cultural Commission |
Revere |
|
|
|
| Revere Society for Cultural Preservation |
Revere |
|
|
|
| Revolving Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| Richard Sparrow House |
Plymouth |
|
|
|
| Richmond Historical Society |
Richmond |
|
|
|
| Rider Tavern |
Charlton |
|
Historic tavern |
website, operated by the Charlton Historical Society
|
| Robbins Museum of Archaelogy |
Middleborough |
|
Archaeology |
website
|
| Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology |
Andover |
|
Native American |
website
|
| Rockland Historical Commission |
Rockland |
|
|
|
| Rocky Hill Meeting House |
Amesbury |
|
Historic church |
website
|
| Rogers Center for the Arts |
North Andover |
|
Art |
|
| Rose Art Museum |
Waltham |
Greater Boston |
Art |
|
| Rotch-Jones Duff House & Garden Museum |
New Bedford |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Rowley Historical Society |
Rowley |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Roxbury Historical Society |
Roxbury |
|
|
|
| Rutland Historical Society |
Rutland |
|
|
|
| Salem 1630: Pioneer Village |
Salem |
North Shore |
|
|
| Salem Witch Museum |
Salem |
North Shore |
History |
website
|
| Salisbury Historical Commission |
Salisbury |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Salisbury Mansion |
Worcester |
Blackstone Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Sandwich Glass Museum |
Sandwich |
Cape Cod |
Glass |
website
|
| Sandwich Historical Society |
Sandwich |
Cape Cod |
|
|
| Sandy Bay Historical Society |
Rockport |
North Shore |
|
|
| Santarella |
Tyringham |
|
|
|
| Sargent House Museum |
Gloucester |
North Shore |
Historic house |
website
|
| Sargent-Murray-Gilman-Hough House |
Gloucester |
North Shore |
|
|
| Saugus Historical Commission |
Saugus |
North Shore |
|
|
| Schoolhouse Museum |
Eastham |
Cape Cod |
School |
website
|
| Schooner Ernestina |
New Bedford |
|
Maritime |
website, part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
|
| Schwamb Mill Preservation Trust |
Arlington |
|
|
|
| Scituate Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum |
Scituate |
|
Maritime |
website
|
| Semitic Museum at Harvard |
Cambridge |
|
|
|
| Sharon Historical Society |
Sharon |
|
|
|
| Sheffield Historical Society |
Sheffield |
|
History |
website
|
| Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum |
Shelburne Falls |
Pioneer Valley |
Railway |
website
|
| Shelburne Historical Society Museum |
Shelburne Falls |
Pioneer Valley |
History |
website, located in old Arms Academy, information
|
| Shirley Historical Society Museum |
Shirley |
|
History |
website
|
| Shirley-Eustis House |
Roxbury |
|
Historic house |
website, home to Royal Governor William Shirley
|
| Sippican Historical Society & Museum |
Marion |
|
|
|
| Smith College Museum of Art |
Northampton |
Pioneer Valley |
Art |
website, part of Smith College
|
| Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
|
|
| Society for the Study of War and Culture |
Wenham |
North Shore |
|
|
| Somerset Historical Society |
Somerset |
|
History |
website
|
| Somerville Historic Preservation Commission |
Somerville |
|
|
|
| Somerville Museum |
Somerville |
|
|
|
| Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
Lawrence |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Soule Homestead Education Center |
Middleborough |
|
|
|
| Southborough Historical Society Museum |
Southborough |
|
History |
[http://www.southboroughhistory.org/
|
| South Gardner Historical Society |
Gardner |
|
|
|
| South Hadley Historical Society |
South Hadley |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| South Shore Natural Science Center |
Norwell |
|
Nature center |
website
|
| Southampton Historical Commission |
Southampton |
|
|
|
| Southwick Historical Society |
Southwick |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| Sparrow House |
Plymouth |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History |
Weston |
|
Philately |
website, located at Regis College
|
| Spencer Peirce Little Farm |
Newbury |
Merrimack Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Spooner House |
Plymouth |
|
Historic house |
website
|
| Sports Museum of New England |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Springfield Armory National Historic Site |
Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Military |
website
|
| Springfield Science Museum |
Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Science |
website
|
| Sterling Historical Society |
Sterling |
|
|
|
| Stoneham Historical Society Museum |
Stoneham |
|
History |
website
|
| Stone House Museum |
Belchertown |
Pioneer Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum at the Herring Run |
Brewster |
Cape Cod |
History |
information
|
| Storrowton Village Museum |
West Springfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Open air |
website
|
| Stoughton Historical Society |
Stoughton |
|
History |
website, Society's home hosts exhibits of manuscripts, art, period clothing and artifacts from its archives
|
| Sturbridge Historical Society |
Sturbridge |
|
|
|
| Sudbury Historical Commission |
Sudbury |
|
|
|
| Sudbury Historical Society |
Sudbury |
|
|
|
| Sutton Historical Society Museum |
Sutton |
Blackstone Valley |
History |
website
|
| Swampscott Historical Commission |
Saugus |
North Shore |
|
|
| Swampscott Historical Society |
Swampscott |
North Shore |
|
|
| Swett-Ilsley House |
Newbury |
Merrimack Valley |
Historic house |
website
|
| Swift-Daley House |
Eastham |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website, includes Chester Ranlett Tool Museum behind the house
|
| Swift River Valley Historical Society Museum |
New Salem |
|
History |
[http://www.co.franklin.ma.us/newsalem.html information
|
| Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace |
Braintree |
|
Historic house |
website, operated by the Braintree Historical Society
|
| Tewksbury Historical Society |
Tewksbury |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Textile Conservation Center |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods |
Lincoln |
|
History |
|
| Thornton W. Burgess Museum |
East Sandwich |
Cape Cod |
Biographical |
website, home of children's author Thornton W. Burgess
|
| Titanic Museum |
Indian Orchard |
Pioneer Valley |
Maritime |
website, artifacts and history of the Titanic
|
| Topsfield Historical Society |
Topsfield |
North Shore |
|
|
| Tsongas Industrial History Center |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Tyngsboro-Dunstable Historical Society |
Tyngsborough |
Merrimack Valley |
|
|
| Ukelele Museum |
Weymouth |
|
|
|
| United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum |
Quincy |
Greater Boston |
Maritime |
website, home to USS Salem (CA-139), world's only preserved Heavy Cruiser
|
| University Products |
Holyoke |
Pioneer Valley |
|
|
| USS Constitution |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Maritime |
website
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| USS Constitution Museum |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
Maritime |
website, privately run museum is located at the former Charlestown Navy Yard near the US Navy's USS Constitution
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| Uxbridge Historical Commision |
Uxbridge |
Blackstone Valley |
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| Vilna Center for Jewish Heritage |
Boston |
Greater Boston |
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| Vincent House |
Edgartown |
Martha's Vineyard |
Historic house |
website
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| Volleyball Hall of Fame |
Holyoke |
Pioneer Valley |
Hall of fame |
website
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| Wakefield Historical Society Museum |
Wakefield |
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History |
website
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| Wales Historical Society |
Wales |
Pioneer Valley |
Historical society |
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| Wallace Civic Center and Planetarium |
Fitchburg |
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Planetarium |
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| Walpole Historical Society Museum |
Walpole |
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Historic house |
website, located in the Deacon Willard Lewis House
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| Wareham Historical Society |
Wareham |
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Historical society |
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| Warwick Historical Society Museum |
Wareham |
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History |
information
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| Washington Historical Commission |
Washington |
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| Waterfront Historic Area League |
New Bedford |
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| Waters Farm Preservation |
Sutton |
Blackstone Valley |
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| Watson Museum and Research Library |
Braintree |
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History |
website, operated by the Braintree Historical Society, display of military artifacts of various periods of war, and includes artifacts, documents, manuscripts, and artwork from the estate of Thomas A. Watson, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
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| Wayland Historical Society |
Wayland |
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History |
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| Webster House |
Brookline |
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| Wellfleet Historical Society Museum |
Wellfleet |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
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| Wenham Museum |
Wenham |
North Shore |
Multi |
website, history, doll and toy collection, model train gallery, costumes & textiles, photographs, historic Claflin-Richards House
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| Westborough Historical Commission |
Westborough |
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| Western Gateway Heritage State Park |
North Adams|The Berkshires| |
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| Western Hampden Historical Society |
Westfield |
Pioneer Valley |
Historical society |
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| Westford Historical Society |
Westford |
Merrimack Valley |
Historical society |
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| Westminster Historical Society |
Westminster |
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Historical society |
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| Weston Historical Society |
Weston |
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Historical society |
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| Westport Historical Society |
Westport |
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History |
website, changing exhibits in Bell School
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| Westwood Historical Society |
Westwood |
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History |
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| Weymouth Historical Society |
Weymouth |
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History |
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| Whaling Museum |
Nantucket |
Nantucket |
Industry |
website
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| Whately Historical Museum |
Whately |
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History |
information
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| Whistler House Museum of Art |
Lowell |
Merrimack Valley |
Art |
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| Whittier Home |
Amesbury |
Merrimack Valley |
Historic house |
website, home of poet [[John Greenleaf Whittier]
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| Whydah Museum |
Provincetown |
Cape Cod |
Maritime |
website, collection of excavated pirate shipwreck
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| Wilder House |
Buckland |
Pioneer Valley |
Historic house |
information
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| Willard House and Clock Museum |
North Grafton |
Blackstone Valley |
Horology |
website
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| William Cullen Bryant Homestead |
Cummington |
Pioneer Valley |
Historic house |
website
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| Williams College Museum of Art |
Williamstown |
The Berkshires |
Art |
website
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| Williamstown Art Conservation Center |
Williamstown |
The Berkshires |
Art |
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| Williamstown House of Local History |
Williamstown |
The Berkshires |
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| Wilmington Town Museum / Col. Joshua Harnden Tavern |
Wilmington |
Merrimack Valley |
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| Winchester Historical Society |
Winchester |
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| Winnekenni Castle Foundation |
Haverhill |
Merrimack Valley |
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| Winslow Crocker House |
Yarmouth |
Cape Cod |
Historic house |
website, information
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| Wistariahurst Museum |
Holyoke |
Pioneer Valley |
Historic house |
website
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| Wistariahurst Museum Association |
Holyoke |
Pioneer Valley |
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| Women at Work Museum |
Attleboro |
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Culture |
website
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| Woods Hole Historical Museum |
Falmouth |
Cape Cod |
History |
website
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| Worcester Art Museum |
Worcester |
Blackstone Valley |
Art |
website
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| Worcester Center for Crafts |
Worcester |
Blackstone Valley |
Art |
website, gallery of crafts and center for craft education
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| Worcester Historical Museum |
Worcester |
Blackstone Valley |
History |
website
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| Wyner Center of the American Jewish Historical Society |
Newtown |
Greater Boston |
Ethnic |
website, run by the American Jewish Historical Society, regularly exhibits items related to Jewish history, located at Hebrew College
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