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Hancock Shaker Village


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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