Saugus, MA 01906
(781) 233-0050
www.nps.gov/sair
Site of first ironworks in Massachusetts, 1646-1668, shows technology of colonial ironmaking.
Schooner Ernestina Commission
PO Box 2010
New Bedford, MA 02741-2010
(508) 992-4900
www.ernestinA.org
A Grand Banks schooner built in 1894, the Ernestina is now used for student and teacher education programs.
Shirley Place
33 Shirley Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
(617) 442-2275
www.shirleyeustishouse.org
Built in 1747 by William Shirley, Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony for 15 years, the mansion was occupied by, among others, Minutemen during the Siege of Boston, China trade Captain James Magee, and William Eustis, the 10th Governor of Massachusetts. The carriage house displays the governor’s coach.
Slater Mill Historic Site
P.O. Box 696
67 Roosevelt Ave.
Pawtucket, RI 02862
(401) 725-8638
www.slatermill.org
Museum dedicated to the study of industrial manufacturing in America, featuring historic Samuel Slater Mills. Extensive collection of artifacts and educational programs designed to help students experience the lives of mill workers in the 1830s.
Smith College Art Museum
Northampton, MA 01063
(413) 584-2700
www.smith.edu/artmuseum
Collection of ancient, Asian, African, European, American and American Indian art and artifacts.
Society for the Preservation of
New England Antiquities (SPNEA)
www.spneA.org
SPNEA is a museum of cultural history that preserves landscapes, historic homes, and material culture of New England from the 17th century to the present.
Codman House, “The Grange,” Lincoln; Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston; Josiah Quincy House, Quincy; Pierce House
141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
(617) 227-3956
Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, Newbury;
Coffin House Museum, Newbury
5 Littles Lane, Newbury, MA 01951
(978) 462-2634
Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History
235 Wellesley Street at Regis College
Weston, MA 02493
781-768-8367
www.spellman.org
Focuses on stamps and postal history; includes stamps from around the world.
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
One Armory Square
Springfield, MA 01105-1299
(413) 734-6477
www.nps.gov/spar
Site of the first national armory, it focuses on firearms, the industrial revolution, and military history.
Springfield Museums
220 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
(413) 739-3871
www.quadrangle.org
The Museum of Fine Arts has collections of 18th to 20th century American art and 14th to 20th century European art. The George Walter Smith Museum exhibits his collection of Japanese arms and armor, one of the largest collections of cloisonné outside China, plaster casts of the great sculptures of the world from antiquity to the Renaissance, and 19th-century American paintings. The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum has collections related to local history. The Science Museum includes exhibits on North American Indians.
The Stephen Phillips Trust House
34 Chestnut Street
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 744-0440
www.phillipsmuseum.org
This Federal Period mansion has collections from five generations of Salem history.
100 Robert Treat Paine Drive
Waltham, MA 02452
(781) 314-3290
www.stonehurstwaltham.org
A prime example of late 19th century architecture designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, designer of Trinity Church in Boston, with grounds by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Storrowton Village Museum
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield, MA 01089
(413) 205-5051
www.thebige.com/storrowton.html
Recreation of a 19th century New England village.
Thoreau Institute
44 Baker Farm
Lincoln, MA 01773-3004
(781) 259-4712
www.walden.org
Research collections and programs related to Henry David Thoreau and his legacy in the areas of social action, conservation, literature, and ethics.
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
400 Foot of John Street
Lowell, MA 01852
(978) 970-5080
www.uml.edu/tsongas
Provides activities and tours for students and curriculum materials and workshops for teachers. Themes include immigration, invention, technology, water power, labor history, and industrial pollution. Website includes teaching activities and documents.
U.S.S. Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Shipyard
P.O. Box 1812
Boston, MA 02129
(617) 426-1812
www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org
The museum collects, preserves, and interprets the stories of the nation’s oldest commissioned warship, “Old Ironsides,” and the people associated with her.
Wadsworth Athenæum
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
(860) 278-2670
www.wadsworthatheneum.org/
Established in 1842, the Wadsworth Athenæum is America’s oldest public art museum. Its collections include ancient Egyptian to modern works, Hudson River School painters, American decorative arts, and the Amistad Foundation African American collection.
Wenham Museum
132 Main Street
Wenham, MA 01984
(978) 468-2377
www.wenhammuseum.org
A 17th century house provides exhibits on 17th century life; also collections of dolls, model trains, and toys.
Westminster Historical Society
110 Main Street, P.O. Box 177
Westminster MA 01473
(978) 874-5569
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