PO Box 927
Pittsfield, MA 01202
(413) 443-0188
www.hancockshakervillage.org
Highlights artifacts of the Shaker Community from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries.
Harnden Tavern and Wilmington Town Museum
Wilmington, MA 01887
(978) 658-5475
18th century tavern and collections relating to the history of Wilmington.
Harvard University Museums
Busch-Reisinger Museum
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-9400
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
Collections of northern and central European art from the 16th to 20th centuries, with emphasis on the early 20th century.
Fogg Art Museum
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-9400
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
Collections of medieval to 20th century European and American art.
Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-5402
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Includes geological specimens from around the world.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
11 Divinity Street
Cambridge, MA 02148
(617) 496-5402
www.peabody.Harvard.edu
Collections of art and artifacts of North American Indians and Pre-Columbian civilizations in South and Central AmericA.
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
485 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-9400
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
Collections in ancient, Asian, Islamic, and later Indian art.
Semitic Museum
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4631
www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic
Exhibits on cultures and archaeology of Ancient Near East.
Haverhill Historical Society/Buttonwoods Museum
240 Water Street
Haverhill, MA 01830
(978) 374-4626
www.haverhillhistory.org
Museum of Haverhill culture and history; site has 3 historic properties overlooking the Merrimack River. Extensive archaeology and Native American collections.
Heritage Plantation
P.O. Box 566
Sandwich, MA 02563
(508) 888-3300
www.heritageplantation.org
Collections of military and automobile history and historic gardens.
Higgins Armory Museum
100 Barber Avenue
Worcester, MA 01606
(508) 853-6015
www.higgins.org
Collections of European, Far Eastern, and Islamic arms and armor from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance periods.
Historic Deerfield, Inc.
P. O. Box 321, Deerfield, MA 01342-0321
(413) 774-5581
www.historic-deerfield.org
18th and 19th century buildings and decorative arts collections from central Massachusetts.
Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center
46 Bridge Street
Northampton, MA 01060-2428
(413) 584-6011
www.historic-northampton.org
Art and artifacts from Northampton and environs from the 17th to 20th centuries.
Historic Salem, Inc.
P. O. Box 865
Salem, MA 01971
(978) 745-0799
www.historicsalem.org
Activities include preservation of historic architecture in Salem and education about Salem’s history.
History Institute, History Department
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
710 Herter Hall
Amherst, MA 01003-9312
(413) 545-6771
www.umass.edu/history
Offers institutes for teachers on New England history, especially the Connecticut River Valley.
House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association
54 Turner Street
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 744-0991 x 118
www.7gables.org
A 17th century house museum with a focus on colonial New England. Also sponsors a recreated Salem pioneer village of the 1630s.
Immigrant City Archives
6 Essex Street
Lawrence, MA 01840-1710
(978) 686-9230
www.Lawrencehistorycenter.org
Collection contains business, individual, and family records and photographs from Lawrence history.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
2 Palace Road
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 278-5149
www.gardnermuseum.org
The museum designed by Isabella Stewart Gardner to hold her collection of medieval, Italian Renaissance, and 17th through 19th century art. Highlights include works by Botticelli, Titian, Rembrandt, and John Singer Sargent.
The Jackson Homestead Museum
527 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02458
(617) 796-1450
www.ci.newton.mA.us/jackson
An 1809 farmhouse in which lived generations of the Jackson family, who were among the earliest settlers of Newton. In the 19th century, served as a station on the Underground Railroad.
John Adams Courthouse
Pemberton Square
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 557-1114
www.state.mA.us/courts
Located near the State House starting in 2004, the historic John Adams Courthouse will house the Commonwealth’s most important judicial institutions; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Social Law Library. Tours, exhibits, lectures, and other special events tailored for teachers, students, and the general public will feature the Commonwealth’s rich legal history. Established in 1692, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, is the oldest appellate court in continuous existence in the Western Hemisphere.
John F. Kennedy Library & Museum
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
(877) 616-4599
www.jfklibrary.org
Focus on the life and presidency of John F. Kennedy.
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