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New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park33 William Street New Bedford, MA 02740 (508) 996-4469
Includes a 13-city-block National Historic Landmark District and works with a variety of local partners to preserve and interpret America’s whaling and maritime history. New England Aquarium Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110-3399 (617) 973-5200 www.neaq.org Has exhibits, films, and programs that can be used in a geography curriculum. Newburyport Maritime Society Custom House Maritime Museum 25 Water Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 Lowell’s Boat Shop 459 Main Street, Amesbury, MA 01913 (978) 388-0162 www.lowellsboatshop.org Maritime heritage of the Merrimack River Valley. Norman Rockwell MuseumP.O. Box 308, Route 183Stockbridge, MA 01262(413) 298-4100 x 220www.normanrockwellmuseum.org Features the work of Norman Rockwell, whose paintings and illustrations helped to define American identity in the 20th century, and has temporary exhibitions of other magazine and book illustrators.Old Colony Historical Society66 Church Green Taunton, MA 02780 (508) 822-1622
Collections of artifacts, documents, and archives related to the history of the Taunton area. Old South Meeting House 310 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108 (617) 482-6439 www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org Built in 1729, Old South Meeting House was an important site of the American Revolution. Old Sturbridge Village One Old Sturbridge Village Road Sturbridge, MA 01566 (508) 347-3362 www.osv.org At OSV, the largest living history museum in the Northeast, students of all ages interact with authentically costumed interpreters as they demonstrate and discuss daily life, work, and celebrations of the early 19th century. The website’s History Learning Laboratory includes primary sources, curriculum material, a virtual tour, and research information. Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site 99 Warren Street Brookline, MA 02445 (617) 566-1689 www.nps.gov/frla Olmsted or his firm designed Boston’s Emerald Necklace, the U. S. Capitol and White House Grounds, Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks, Yosemite Valley, and New York’s Central Park. Orchard HouseLouisa May Alcott Memorial Association 399 Lexington Road Box 343 Concord, MA 01742 (978) 369-4118 www.louisamayalcott.org Orchard House belonged to the Alcotts and was the setting for Little Women. Has programs on their lives and involvement in 19th century reform movements. Paul Revere House 19 North Square Boston, MA 02113 (617) 523-1676 www.paulreverehouse.org Originally built in 1680, this house was owned by Paul Revere from 1770 to 1800.Peabody Essex Museum East India Square Salem, MA 01970 (978) 745-9500 or (800) 745-4054 x 3060 www.pem.org Collection of maritime instruments and Asian export, African, and Oceanic art. Many examples brought to New England by 18th and 19th century ship captains.Pilgrim Hall Museum 75 Court Street Plymouth, MA 02360 (508) 746-1620
Collection includes items owned by the Pilgrims and tells the story of the Pilgrims’ journey, early days in Plymouth, relations with indigenous peoples, and how these events have been reinterpreted by subsequent generations. Website provides primary documents, including the Mayflower Compact, the ship’s passenger list, provisions lists, and William Bradford’s journal. Plimoth Plantation P.O. Box 1620 Plymouth, MA 02362 (508) 746-1622 www.plimoth.org A living history museum that recreates the Pilgrim village of 1627 and a Wampanoag homesite of the same period. Also portrays life at sea through the recreated 17th century ship, Mayflower II. The website includes resources for teachers on the colony’s two cultures and the history of Thanksgiving. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association 10 Memorial Street P.O. Box 428 Deerfield, MA 01342 (413) 774-7476 x 28
Website features New England history from 17th through 20th centuries through images, artifacts, and documents supported by interpretive labels and essays. Lessons designed by teachers based on museum collections include inquiry into family life, native peoples, African Americans, landscape, immigration, and the 1704 attack on Deerfield. Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor 107 Providence Street Putnam, CT 02620 860-963-7226 www.nps.gov/qush www.thelastgreenvalley.org This area of Connecticut and Massachusetts is composed of 35 small towns; has the mission of preserving the natural landscape of the rivers. Rhode Island School of Design Museum 224 Benefit Street Providence, RI 02903 (401) 454-6500 www.risd.edu/museum.cfm Ancient, European, Asian, and American art. Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum 396 County Street New Bedford, MA 02740 (508) 997-1401 www.rjdmuseum.org An 1834 house and formal gardens, this museum interprets 150 years of New Bedford history. Salem Maritime National Historic Site 174 Derby Street Salem, MA 01970 (978) 740-1660 www.nps.gov/sama Contains documents on the Atlantic triangular trade during the colonial period, privateering during the Revolutionary War, and the international maritime trade, especially with the Far East, which established American economic independence after the Revolution. Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
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