List of museums in Massachusetts

See also: List of museums in Boston, Massachusetts

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This list of museums in Massachusetts is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art and university art galleries.

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1749 Court House and Museum | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Local history | Early Plymouth history, open seasonally
Abbot Hall | Marblehead | Essex |  North Shore | Maritime | Operated by the Marblehead Historical Commission, includes cases with local history displays and the Maritime Room Museum
Abigail Adams Birthplace | Weymouth | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | website
Adams National Historical Park | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Preserves the homes 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 | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Art | American art, photography and decorative arts, part of Phillips Academy
African Meeting House on Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | African American | website, part of Museum of Afro-American History
Agawam Historical Fire House & Museum | Agawam | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Fire | website
Alden House Historic Site | Duxbury | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | National Historic Landmark; Includes 1659 John Alden House and 1632 original Alden Homestead
Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Children's | Dedicated to the art of Dr. Seuss, opened in 2017
Amelia Park Children's Museum | Westfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Children's | website, formerly Discover Westfield Children's Museum
American Heritage Museum | Stow | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Military history | website, large collection of tanks and other military artifacts of the 20th and early 21st centuries
Amesbury Carriage Museum | Amesbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Transportation | website
Amherst Center for Russian Culture | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Art | Includes gallery for the display of over 50 works of Russian art
Amherst History Museum | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | History | Operated by the Amherst Historical Society in the Simeon Strong House, includes decorative arts, paintings, household implements, agricultural tools and other historic items
Amos Blanchard House and Barn Museum | Andover | Essex | Merrimack Valley | History | website, recreates the life and times of a typical middle-class family of the early 19th century, operated by the Andover Historical Society
Animagic | Lee | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Art | website, museum of animation, special effects and art
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum | Bourne | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Open air | website, operated by the Bourne Historical Society, includes replica 17th-century trading post, Gray Gables Railroad Station, replica 19th-century saltworks, and a wooden windmill
Aquinnah Cultural Center | Aquinnah | Dukes | Martha's Vineyard | Native American | History and culture of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Armenian Library and Museum of America | Watertown | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Ethnic |
Arrowhead | Pittsfield | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Home of Herman Melville
Art Complex Museum | Duxbury | Plymouth | Plymouth | Art | Collections include American painting, prints, Shaker furniture and Asian art
Arthur M. Sackler Museum | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Part of Harvard, ancient, Islamic, Asian, and later Indian art
Ashfield Historical Society Museum | Ashfield | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | website
Athol Historical Society Museum | Athol | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | Open on Sunday afternoons in June and July
Attic Children's Museum | Uxbridge | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Children's | website, operated by Uxbridge Public Schools
Attleboro Arts Museum | Attleboro | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Art | website, contemporary visual and performing arts
Attleboro Area Industrial Museum | Attleboro | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Industry | website, refiner of gold, silver and copper by-products for jewelry
Atwood House Museum | Chatham | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | 18th-century house reflecting Cape Cod life, art, and culture of the 18th and 19th centuries, run by the Chatham Historical Society
Auburn Historical Museum | Auburn | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | Housed in a historic school building
Bare Cove Fire Museum | Hingham | Plymouth | Plymouth | Fire | website
Barrett-Byam Homestead | Chelmsford | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Operated by the Chelmsford Historical Society
Bartlett Museum | Amesbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Multiple | 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 | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Natural history |
Basketball Hall of Fame | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Sports |
Battleship Cove | Fall River | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Maritime | Includes the World War II battleship USS Massachusetts, PT Boat Museum, destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., submarine USS Lionfish, German corvette Hiddensee
Baxter Mill | Yarmouth | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Mill | Restored grist mill, open seasonally
Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House | Gloucester | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, early 20th-century house with dozens of rooms decorated to evoke different historical and literary themes
Beebe Estate | Melrose | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Features changing exhibits of local art
Beer Can Museum | East Taunton | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Collection | Beer cans
Belchertown Firefighters Museum | Belchertown | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Firefighting | [1]
Bell School | Westport | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | website, operated by the Westport Historical Society
Beneski Museum of Natural History | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Natural history | Part of Amherst College, large collection of dinosaur fossils, area minerals
Benjamin Caryl House | Dover | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Operated by the Dover Historical Society, which also owns the Sawin Museum and Fisher Barn, late 18th-century period house
Benjamin Nye Homestead | East Sandwich | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | 18th-century period home
Benjamin Thompson House-Count Rumford Birthplace | Woburn | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Birthplace of scientist and inventor Benjamin Thompson
Berkshire Athenaeum | Pittsfield | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Library | Library, literary, Herman Melville Collection
Berkshire Museum | Pittsfield | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Multiple | Art, natural history, culture of ancient civilizations, science, aquarium
Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum | Lenox | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Railroad | Museum and heritage railroad
Bernardston Historical Society Museum | Bernardston | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | [2]
Bidwell House Museum | Monterey | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | 18th-century period house, also has hiking trails
Bisbee Mill Museum | Chesterfield | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | History | Reconstructed 19th-century grist mill, blacksmith shop, woodworking shop, historic artifacts
Blackstone Historical Museum | Blackstone | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | [3]
Blanchard's Colonial Tavern | Avon | Norfolk | Southeastern Massachusetts | Historic house | website, 18th-century tavern, also Captain Sam Robbins House
Blue Hill Observatory & Science Center | Milton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Science |
Blue Hills Trailside Museum | Milton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Nature center | Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, natural history of the Blue Hills Reservation, live animals, programs
Boardman House | Saugus | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, open two days a year, late 17th-century saltbox
Boylston Historical Society Museum | Boylston | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website, located in the former town hall
Brewster Historical Society Museum | Brewster | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | website
Briggs-McDermott House | Bourne | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | Operated by the Bourne Historical Society
Brockton Historical Society Homestead | Brockton | Plymouth | Plymouth | History | website, also see Brockton Historical Society other site, includes the Brockton Shoe Museum, Brockton Fire Museum, Rocky Marciano and Thomas Edison exhibits
Brocklebank Museum | Georgetown | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | 18th-century period house operated by the Georgetown Historical Society
Brooks Academy Museum | Harwich | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | website, operated by the Harwich Historical Society
Brooks Estate | Medford | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Victorian manor and carriage house
Browne House | Watertown | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Open twice a year
Buckland Historical Society Museum | Buckland | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | website, open on a limited basis
Buckman Tavern | Lexington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Tavern | 18th-century tavern
Bullard House | Berlin | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Historic house | Open by the Berlin Art and Historical Society for special events
Burlington Historic Museum | Burlington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Local history | website, operated by the Burlington Historical Commission
Busch-Reisinger Museum | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Part of Harvard, art of Northern and Central Europe, focusing on German-speaking cultures
Buttonwoods Museum | Haverhill | Essex | Merrimack Valley | History | Operated by the Haverhill Historical Society, includes John Ward House, the Duncan House and the Daniel Hunkins Shoe Shop, collections include furniture, ceramics, clothing, photographs, paintings, tools, banners, books, documents and Native American artifacts
Cahoon Museum of American Art | Cotuit | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Art | American art
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum | Northampton | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Biographical |
Cape Ann Museum | Gloucester | Essex | North Shore | Multiple | Fisheries & maritime, fine art, granite quarrying & decorative arts galleries
Cape Cod Children's Museum | Mashpee | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Children's | website
Cape Cod Museum of Art | Dennis | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Art | Collection of artists with regional association
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | Brewster | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Natural history | Bird and wildlife mounts, Native American displays, aquariums, marsh trails
Captain Bangs Hallet House | Yarmouth | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | website, 19th-century period house, operated by the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Captain John Wilson House | Cohasset | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | 19th-century period house operated in the summer by the Cohasset Historical Society
Carpenter Museum | Rehoboth | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | Collections of the Rehoboth Antiquarian Society
Castle Hill | Ipswich | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | 59-room Stuart-style mansion and extensive grounds
Centerville Historical Museum | Centerville | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | website, includes an 1840 house with historic costumes, maritime and military artifacts, quilts, 18th- and 19th-century decorative arts, paintings, tools, and children's toys and dolls
Charles River Museum of Industry | Waltham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Industry | Area textile and watch industries, steam power, early transportation, recreated early 20th-century machine shop, antique machines
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center | Chatham | Barnstable | Cape Cod | History | History of maritime wireless communication
Chatham Railroad Museum | Chatham | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Transportation | 1887 railroad depot, features New York Central model locomotives used at the 1939 New York World's Fair, HO model railroad
Chesterwood Estate & Museum | Stockbridge | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Home of sculptor Daniel Chester French
Children's Museum at Holyoke | Holyoke | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Children's | website
Children's Museum in Easton | Easton | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Children's |
Claflin-Richards House | Wenham | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by Wenham Museum, open by appointment
Clara Barton Birthplace Museum | North Oxford | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Biographical | 19th-century home of Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross
Clara Sexton House | Billerica | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | website, operated by the Billerica Historical Society
Clark Art Institute | Williamstown | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Art | Also known as Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Clinton Historical Society Museum | Clinton | Worcester | North County | Historic house | website, open on Saturday morning by tour
Coast Guard Heritage Museum | Barnstable | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Maritime | History of the United States Coast Guard and its predecessor organizations, includes the Old Jail
Codman House | Lincoln | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, estate with furnishings from many periods, also gardens
Coffin House | Newbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, Colonial American house
Cogswell's Grant | Essex | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, 18th-century farmhouse with collection of American decorative arts
Cohasset Historical Society Museum | Cohasset | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Local history | Features textile collection, 19th-century furniture and decorative arts, ephemera capturing Cohasset's theatrical past and paintings depicting the town's seascapes, landscapes, people and places
Cohasset Maritime Museum | Cohasset | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Maritime | Operated in the summer by the Cohasset Historical Society
Concord Museum | Concord | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Local history | Includes collection of artifacts from authors Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, 17th, 18th, and 19th-century decorative arts
Cooper-Frost-Austin House | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, 17th-century Colonial American house, open twice a year
Cottage Museum | Oak Bluffs | Dukes | Martha's Vineyard | Religious | website, typical Campground cottage, operated by the Martha's Vineyard Campmeeting Association
Crane Museum of Papermaking | Dalton | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Industry | Paper-making and the history of Crane & Co.
Crowninshield-Bentley House | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by the Peabody Essex Museum, restored 1794 period Colonial house
Crosby Mansion | Brewster | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | website, late 19th-century mansion open for tours on specific dates
Cushing House Museum and Garden | Newburyport | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | 19th-century Federal mansion with collection of decorative arts
Custom House Maritime Museum | Newburyport | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Maritime | Operated by the Newburyport Maritime Society, maritime heritage of the Merrimack Valley and its role in American history
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum | Arlington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Many works by sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Danforth Art | Framingham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Collection of American art, changing exhibits of contemporary artists, classes and workshops
Dan Raymond House | Sheffield | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | website, operated by the Sheffield Historical Society
Danvers Historical Society | Danvers | Essex | North Shore | History | website, operates Page House, Tapley Memorial Hall, Glen Magna Farms and General Israel Putnam House
Davis Museum and Cultural Center | Wellesley | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Art | Part of Wellesley College, collections include ancient to contemporary sculptures, paintings, decorative objects, and works on paper
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park | Lincoln | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Modern and contemporary art, American sculpture and 35-acre (140,000 m2) sculpture park
Dedham Historical Society Museum | Dedham | Norfolk | Greater Boston | History | website, features collection of Dedham and Chelsea pottery, furnishings, Civil War artifacts and a number of important paintings
Discovery Museums | Acton | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Children's, Science | Two museums in separate facilities, Children's Discovery Museum and Science Discovery Museum
Dole-Little House | Newbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Operated by Historic New England, 18th-century house
Dwight-Derby House | Medfield | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Open by appointment, 17th-century house
East Brookfield Historical Museum | East Brookfield | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | History | website, operated by the East Brookfield Historical Commission in the Hodgkins School
Eastham Windmill | Eastham | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Mill | Windmill dating back to the late 17th century
Easthampton Historical Society Museum | Easthampton | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | History | information
EcoTarium | Worcester | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Multiple | Natural history, science, live animals
Edmund Fowle House and Museum | Watertown | Middlesex | Greater Boston | History | Operated by the Historical Society of Watertown,
Edward Gorey House | Yarmouth | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | Also known as Elephant House, home of illustrator Edward Gorey
Edward Devotion House | Brookline | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Museum and home to the Brookline Historical Society, features 18th- and 19th-century furnishings and Brookline-related artifacts
Edwards Memorial Museum | Chesterfield | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | History | website, operated by the Chesterfield Historical Society
Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate | Canton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | 1902 country house and garden belonging to the Cabot family
Elizabeth Cassidy Folk Art Museum | Peabody | Essex | North Shore | Art | website, operated by the Peabody Historical Society in the Osborne-Salata House, permanent and rotating folk art exhibits including architectural embellishments, funerary art, pottery, portraits and needlework
Emily Dickinson Museum | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | Birthplace of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson and adjacent home of her brother, lawyer William Austin Dickinson
E. N. Jenckes Store Museum | Douglas | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | History | Operated by the Douglas Historical Society, photos[usurped]
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Art | Art in picture books and children's books, works of Eric Carle
Erving House Museum | Erving | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | Housed in the former Erving Fire Station[4]
Essex Shipbuilding Museum | Essex | Essex | North Shore | Industry | Area shipbuilding, includes antique shipbuilding tools, photographs
Eustis Estate | Milton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Late Victorian house, operated by Historic New England
Fred Holland Day House | Norwood | Norfolk | Greater Boston | History | Operated by the Norwood Historical Society, Arts & Crafts-style home of photographer F. Holland Day
Fairbanks House | Dedham | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | built c. 1637, is the oldest wood-frame house in America
Fall River Firefighters Memorial Museum | Fall River | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Firefighting | Facebook site
Fall River Historical Society Museum | Fall River | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | website, city history with an emphasis on 19th-century decorative arts
Falls Fire Barn Museum | Attleboro Falls | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Firefighting | Located in a historic fire station
Falmouth Museums on the Green | Falmouth | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Open air | website, operated by the Falmouth Historical Society, includes 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House, 1724 Conant House, Hallett Barn
Faulkner House | Acton | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Operated by Iron Work Farm, 18th-century house with ties to the American Revolutionary War
Field Farm | Williamstown | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | The Folly, a Modernist house, designed by Ulrich Franzen in 1966
Fisher Barn | Dover | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic site | website, tools and agriculture equipment, operated by the Dover Historical Society, which also owns the Benjamin Caryl House and Sawin Museum
Fisher Museum Harvard Forest | Petersham | Worcester | North County | Natural history | Located in Harvard Forest, 3,000 acres (12 km2) with trails, museum with 23 dioramas portraying the history, conservation and management of central New England forests
Fisher School | Westwood | Norfolk | Greater Boston | History | website, headquarters of the Westwood Historical Society
Fitchburg Art Museum | Fitchburg | Worcester | North County | Art | Includes American and European paintings, prints, and ceramics, Egyptian, Classical, and pre-Columbian antiquities
Fitchburg Historical Society Museum | Fitchburg | Worcester | North County | History | website
Florence Higginbotham House | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Historic house | website, part of Museum of African American History
Fogg Art Museum | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Part of Harvard University, history of western art from the Middle Ages to the present
Forbes House Museum | Milton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | 19th-century period mansion
Fort Warren | Milton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Military | 19th-century fort, located on Georges Island
Fort Taber Historical Association Museum | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Military |
Framingham History Center | Framingham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | History | website, local history and culture
Franklin Historical Museum | Franklin | Norfolk | Greater Boston | History | website, operated by the Franklin Historical Commission
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site | Brookline | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Biographical | Victorian home of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
Freetown Historical Society Museum | Assonet | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | History | website
French Cable Station Museum | Orleans | Barnstable | Cape Cod | History | Collection of original Atlantic undersea telegraphic cables, instruments, maps and memorabilia
Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio | Lenox | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Home of American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, collection of American and European Cubist Art
Fruitlands Museum | Harvard | Worcester | North County | Multiple | Historic house museum with exhibits about transcendentalism, buildings with Native American, Shaker and American art collections on 200 acres (0.81 km2)
Fuller Craft Museum | Brockton | Plymouth | Plymouth | Art | Contemporary crafts including furniture, glass, ceramics, jewelry, wood and textiles
G.A.R. & Civil War Museum | Marblehead | Essex | North Shore | Military | website
The Gardner Museum (Gardner, Massachusetts) | Gardner | Worcester | North County | History | website, local history, household artifacts, firefighting equipment, paintings by local artists, locally-made furniture and silver
Gardner-Pingree House | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | 19th-century period townhouse, operated by the Peabody Essex Museum
Gedney House | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, open two days a year, 17th-century home
General Artemas Ward House Museum | Shrewsbury | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Historic house | 18th-century home of the First Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolution, owned by Harvard University
General Gideon Foster House | Peabody | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Home to Peabody Historical Society which also operates Osborne - Salata House, Nathaniel Felton Houses, Peabody Historical Fire Museum which are open by appointment
George A. Smith Museum | Arlington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | History | website, operated by the Arlington Historical Society, local history, also 18th- and 19th-century period Jason Russell House
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Art | Includes Japanese Samurai armor, Middle Eastern rugs, ceramics, an authentic Shinto shrine and Oriental cloissonné work
George Peabody House Museum | Peabody | Essex | North Shore | Biographical | Life of 19th-century U.S. entrepreneur and philanthropist George Peabody
Gershom Bradford House | Duxbury | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | 1840s period house, operated by the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society
Gilbert Bean Museum | Braintree | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Local history | website, home to 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
Gill Historical Commission Museum | Gill | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | [5]
Girl Scout Museum (Massachusetts) | Waltham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | History | website, open to Girl Scout troops, also located in North Andover and Middleboro
Glen Magna Farms | Danvers | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Historic country estate with grounds for touring
Golden Ball Tavern Museum | Weston | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | website
Gore Place | Waltham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Early 19th-century estate of Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore, also small farm with animals
Governor Bellingham-Cary House | Chelsea | Suffolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | 17th-century mansion
Grand Army of the Republic Museum | Lynn | Essex | North Shore | Military | Artifacts and memorabilia from the Civil War and other wars
Great Barrington Historical Society Museum at the Wheeler Family Farmstead | Great Barrington | Berkshire | The Berkshires | History |
Great Falls Discovery Center | Turners Falls | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Multiple | website, Connecticut River watershed's natural, cultural and industrial history
Gropius House | Lincoln | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, designed by and family home of architect Walter Gropius
Groton Historical Society Museum | Groton | Middlesex | Greater Boston | History | website
Grout-Heard House | Wayland | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | website, home to the Wayland Historical Society
Hadley Farm Museum | Hadley | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | History | website, household tools, furnishings, vehicles and equipment used on New England farms and farmhouses from the late 1700s to the early 20th century
Hadwen House | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Historic house | website, operated by the Nantucket Historical Association, 19th-century period mansion
Hammond Castle Museum | Gloucester | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Homeand laboratory of inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr., features collection of Roman, medieval, and Renaissance artifacts, and exhibits about his life and inventions
Hancock–Clarke House | Lexington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 18th-century period home, played a prominent role in the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Hancock Shaker Village | Hancock | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Religious | Open air Shaker village with 20 historic buildings
Handy House | Westport | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | History | Operated by the Westport Historical Society, 18th and 19th-century house
Harlow Old Fort House | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | 17th-century period house
Hart Nautical Museum | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Maritime | Operated by the MIT Museum, includes drawings and ship models
Harvard Historical Society | Harvard | Worcester | North County | History | Town history including furniture, artifacts, and paintings
Harvard Museum of Natural History | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Natural history | Part of Harvard University, includes Harvard University Herbaria and Botanical Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology and Harvard Mineralogical Museum
Haverhill Fire Fighting Museum | Haverhill | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Firefighting | website
Heald House | Carlisle | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | website, operated by the Carlisle Historical Society
Heard House Museum | Ipswich | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | website, operated by the Ipswich Historical Society, 19th-century period house
Heath Historical Society Museum | Heath | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | [6]
Hedge House | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | Also known as Plymouth Antiquarian House, 19th-century period house
Helen Bumpus Gallery | Duxbury | Plymouth | Plymouth | Art | website, art gallery at the Duxbury Free Library
Heritage Museums and Gardens | Sandwich | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Multiple | History, industry, art, automobiles and horticulture, 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
Highland House Museum | Truro | Barnstable | Cape Cod | History | Operated by the Truro Historical Society
Historic Deerfield | Deerfield | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Open air | Includes seven historic house museums and a modern museum with changing exhibits
Highfield Hall | Falmouth | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Multiple | website, late 19th-century mansion, features art exhibits, culture and nature programs
Historic Northampton | Northampton | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | History | website, Northampton and Connecticut Valley history
Historical Society of Phillipston Museum | Phillipston | Worcester | North County | History | website, located in a 19th-century church
Holden Historical Society | Holden | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | History | website, housed in Hendrick's House
Holyoke Heritage State Park | Holyoke | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Industry | Exhibits about area paper and textile industry, local cultural heritage
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Colonial American house, operated by the Cambridge Historical Society
Hopkinton Center for the Arts | Hopkinton | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | website, art gallery, performing arts, arts education
Hose Cart House | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Fire | website, operated by the Nantucket Historical Association, vintage 19th-century hose carts and pumpers
Hosmer House | Acton | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | website, operated by the Acton Historical Society, restored mid-18th-century house, open for special events
House of the Seven Gables | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Colonial mansion, property includes Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace
Hoxie House | Sandwich | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | 17th-century saltbox house, open seasonally
Hull Lifesaving Museum | Hull | Plymouth | Plymouth | Maritime | 1889 Point Allerton U.S. Lifesaving Station with exhibits about the maritime history of Boston Harbor
The Icon Museum and Study Center | Clinton | Worcester | North County | Art | Includes icons and Eastern Christian art from the 13th century to the present
Imagine: A Center for Community & the Arts | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Children's | website, Children's Museum; Indoor Playground; Art Gallery; Party & Event Venue
Indian House Children’s Museum | Deerfield | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Children's | website, operated by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, focuses on history
International Paper Museum | Brookline | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Industry | website, active papermaking studio, history of paper making, books, operated by the Research Institute of Paper History and Technology
Isaac Winslow House | Marshfield | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | Early 18th-century period house and Daniel Webster Law Office
Jabez Howland House | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | 17th-century period house
Jacob Thompson House | Monson | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | website, operated by the Monson Historical Society, 18th-century period house
Jason Holbrook Homestead | Weymouth | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | website, operated by the Weymouth Historical Society, includes antiques, a shoe shop, military room, carriage house with antique sleighs, ice harvesting tools and antique farm tools
Jason Russell House | Arlington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 18th- and 19th-century period house
Jenney Grist Mill | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Mill | Working grist mill
Jeremiah Lee Mansion | Marblehead | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | 18th-century period mansion with early American furniture and decorations,
Jericho Historical Center | West Dennis | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | website, operated by the Dennis Historical Society, features exhibits of antiques, glassware, costumes
Job Lane House | Bedford | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 18th-century period house
John Adams Birthplace | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Part of Adams National Historical Park, next door to John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Colonel John Ashley House | Sheffield | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | 18th-century house with 18th- and early-19th-century furnishings
John Balch House | Beverly | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Operated by the Beverly Historical Society, 17th-century house
John Cabot House | Beverly | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Operated by the Beverly Historical Society, 18th-century house with rotating exhibits
Rev. John Hale Farm | Beverly | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Operated by the Beverly Historical Society, early 17th-century house with room containing witchcraft-related artifacts, also called John Hale House
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum | Hyannis | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Biographical | Collection of photographs relating to the Kennedy family and the times they spent vacationing nearby
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum | Boston | Suffolk | Greater Boston | History | Official repository for original papers and correspondence of the Kennedy Administration, as well as special bodies of published and unpublished materials, such as books and papers by and about Ernest Hemingway.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site | Brookline | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Birthplace and childhood home of President John F. Kennedy restored to 1917 appearance
John Greenleaf Whittier Home | Amesbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead | Haverhill | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Birthplace of John Greenleaf Whittier
John Quincy Adams Birthplace | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Next door to John Adams Birthplace, part of Adams National Historical Park
John Ward House | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | 17th-century period house, operated by the Peabody Essex Museum
Jonathan Bourne Historical Center | Bourne | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | website, operated by the Bourne Historical Society
Jones Tavern | Acton | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Tavern | Operated by Iron Work Farm, 18th-century home and tavern
Joseph Allen Skinner Museum | South Hadley | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Multiple | website, owned by Mount Holyoke College, collection of American and European furniture, decorative arts, crafts, tools, and geological specimens
Josiah Day House | West Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | 18th-century house with artifacts from 1754–1902
Josiah Dennis Manse Museum | Dennis | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | 18th-century period house, open in the summer, operated by the Dennis Historical Society
Josiah Quincy House | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, 18th-century home open 5 days a year
Judge Samuel Holten House | Danvers | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Open by appointment, 17th-century house
Keep Homestead Museum | Monson | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | History | website, known for its button collection
Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum | Rowe | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | History | website[usurped], operated by the Rowe Historical Society, includes antique quilts, 19th-century dolls, period costumes, china and glassware, sleighs, furniture, photographs, cookware, tools, farm implements
King Caesar House | Duxbury | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | Early 19th-century period home, operated by the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society
Kingman Tavern Historical Museum | Cummington | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | website, includes early 19th-century house, replica of a 1900 country store, a two-story barn, a carriage shed and an 1840s cider mill
Lafayette-Durfee House | Fall River | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Historic house | 18th-century period house
Larz Anderson Auto Museum | Brookline | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Automotive | Early automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles
Lawrence Heritage State Park | Lawrence | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Industry | Exhibits include life of 19th-century textile mill workers and the industrial history of Lawrence
Lawrence History Center | Lawrence | Essex | Merrimack Valley | History | website
Leominster Historical Society Museum | Leominster | Worcester | North County | History | website
Lesley University Galleries | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | website, includes the Roberts Gallery and Raizes Gallery in the Lunder Arts Center, VanDernoot Gallery in University Hall, Marran Gallery
Leverett Family Museum | Leverett | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | website, operated by the Leverett Historical Society, also operates the Moore’s Corner Schoolhouse
List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Contemporary art gallery of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum | Brockton | Plymouth | Plymouth | Local history | Operated by the Little Red Schoolhouse Association in the two-story schoolhouse on the grounds of Brockton High School
Little Red Shop Museum | Hopedale | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website, exhibits of local history, area textile company looms
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and former headquarters of George Washington during the Siege of Boston
Long Plain Friends Meetinghouse | Acushnet | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Religious | 18th-century Quaker meetinghouse with exhibits about Quakers
Long Plain Museum | Acushnet | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | website, operated by the Acushnet Historical Society
Longyear Museum | Chestnut Hill | Suffolk | Greater Boston | Biographical | website, life and work of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science
Lowell National Historical Park | Lowell | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Industry | Includes visitor center, Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center, Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit
Lura Woodside Watkins Museum | Middleton | Essex | North Shore | History | Home of Middleton Historical Society[7][8]
Luther Museum | Swansea | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | History | photos, home to Swansea Historical Society
Lynn Heritage State Park | Lynn | Essex | North Shore | Local history | Exhibits on area shoe manufacturing, pioneering developments in electronics, 19th-century reformers, Lydia Pinkham's medicinals
Lynn Museum & Historical Society | Lynn | Essex | North Shore | Multiple | website, art, history, library, collections of art, tools, decorative arts & textiles
Macy-Colby House | Amesbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | 18th-century period saltbox house
Major John Bradford Homestead | Kingston | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | Home to Jones River Village Historical Society
Manchester Historical Museum | Manchester-by-the-Sea | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | website, includes the 19th-century period Trask House and the Seaside No. 1 Fire House
Marblehead Arts Association | Marblehead | Essex | North Shore | Art | Located in historic Robert "King" Hooper Mansion, features four galleries for changing art exhibits
Marblehead Museum | Marblehead | Essex | North Shore | Multiple | website, local history, Frost Folk Art Gallery, operates the Jeremiah Lee Mansion and G.A.R. & Civil War Museum
Marine Museum at Fall River | Fall River | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Maritime | Memorabilia, artifacts, and ship models of the Fall River Line and RMS Titanic
Marion Natural History Museum | Marion | Plymouth | Plymouth | Natural history | website, located on the 2nd floor of the town library
Martha's Vineyard Museum | Edgartown | Dukes | Martha's Vineyard | Local history | website, island's history, art and culture
Martin House and Farm | Swansea | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Historic house | Run by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, early 18th-century house and early 19th-century farm
Mary Baker Eddy Historic House | Stoughton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Owned by Longyear Museum, one of several homes associated with Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy Historic House | Swampscott | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by Longyear Museum, one of several homes associated with Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum | Mashpee | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Native American | History and culture of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Massachusetts Air and Space Museum | Hyannis | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Air and space | Its collection includes aircraft, aerospace systems, space craft, photographs, and artifacts
MassArt Art Museum | Boston | Suffolk | Greater Boston | Contemporary and visual performing arts | website, Boston's newest and only free contemporary art museum. The teaching museum for Massachusetts College of Art and Design, referred to as MAAM
Massachusetts Golf Museum | Norton | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Sports | website, operated by the Massachusetts Golf Association
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | North Adams | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Art | Contemporary visual and performing arts, commonly referred to as MASS MoCA
Massachusetts National Guard Museum | Concord | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Military | website, history of the Massachusetts National Guard
Mattapoisett Historical Society Museum | Mattapoisett | Plymouth | Plymouth | Local history | website
Mayflower House Museum | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | 18th-century period mansion
McMullen Museum of Art | Chestnut Hill | Suffolk | Greater Boston | Art | Part of Boston College
Mead Art Museum | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Art | Part of Amherst College, collection includes American art, Russian Modernist works, decorative arts
Meeting House Museum | Orleans | Barnstable | Cape Cod | History | Local history, operated by the Orleans Historical Society in a 19th-century meeting house
Memorial Hall Museum | Deerfield | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | History | website, operated by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, includes furnishings, paintings, textiles and Indian artifacts
Mendon Historical Museum | Mendon | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | Operated by the Honeoye Falls-Town of Mendon Historical Society[9]
Merwin House | Stockbridge | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, 19th-century period home
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Art | Includes American art, contemporary art glass, lithographs of Currier & Ives, fine European art
Middleborough Historical Museum | Middleborough | Plymouth | Plymouth | Local history | Features collection on Tom Thumb
Middlesex Canal Museum | North Billerica | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Transportation | website, history of the Middlesex Canal
Milford Historical Museum | Milford | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | History | Local history, operated by the Milford Historical Commission
Milton Art Museum | Milton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Art | website[usurped], collections include fine art, limited prints, sculpture, photography and Asian art, located at Massasoit Community College
Minute Man National Historical Park | Lexington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | History | Visitor center exhibits and several famous historic sites of the American Revolutionary War
Mission House | Stockbridge | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | 18th-century period home
Mitchell House | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Historic house | 19th-century period home of astronomer Maria Mitchell
MIT Museum | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Science | Part of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ongoing and changing exhibitions on science and technology, holography, artificial intelligence, robotics and history of MIT
The Mount | Lenox | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Early 20th-century mansion and gardens, home of author Edith Wharton
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum | South Hadley | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Art | Collections include ancient Egypt, China, Peru, contemporary American art
Munroe Tavern | Lexington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 18th-century tavern that played a prominent role in the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Murdoch-Whitney House Museum | Winchendon | Worcester | North County | Historic house | website, home of Winchendon Historical Society, Victorian-period house
Museum of Antiquated Technology | Hanson | Plymouth | Plymouth | Technology | website, open by appointment, includes antique telephones, radios, antique cars and miscellaneous household items
Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon | Canton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Art | website, museum and nature center with collections of natural history art and photography
Museum of Bad Art | Dedham | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Art | "art too bad to be ignored", location currently closed
Museum of Bad Art | Somerville | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | "art too bad to be ignored"
Museum of Fairhaven History | Fairhaven | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | website, operated by the Fairhaven Historical Society
Museum of Lenox History | Lenox | Berkshire | The Berkshires | History | website, operated by the Lenox Historical Society
Museum of Our Industrial Heritage | Greenfield | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Industry | website, area industrial history and impact
Museum of Madeiran Heritage | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Ethnic | website, dedicated to the history and heritage of the islands of Madeira that lie 600 miles (970 km) southwest of Portugal
Museum of Printing | North Andover | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Industry | History of printing technologies and practices
Museum of Springfield History | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | History | City's history and culture, includes Indian motorcycles from the former Indian Motorcycle Museum
Museum of World War II | Natick | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Military | World War II history, photos, documents and memorabilia
Nahant Historical Society | Nahant | Essex | North Shore | Local history | website, located in the Nahant Community Center
Nantucket Life-Saving Museum | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Maritime | History of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound
Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Decorative arts | History of Nantucket lightship baskets
Narragansett Historical Society | Templeton | Worcester | North County | Local history | website
Nash Dinosaur Track Site and Rock Shop | South Hadley | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Paleontology | website, features dinosaur tracks and dinosaur fossils
Nathaniel Felton Houses | Peabody | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Colonial period houses, operated by the Peabody Historical Society
Natick Historical Society Museum | Natick | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Local history | website, housed on the lower level of the Bacon Free Library
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library | Lexington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Multiple | American and Massachusetts history, culture, decorative arts and American fraternalism and Freemasonry. website
National Streetcar Museum | Lowell | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Transportation | Historic streetcars, influence of street railways on the development of cities
National Yiddish Book Center | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Ethnic | Yiddish and Jewish culture
Natural Science Museum in Hinchman House | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Natural history | Part of the Maria Mitchell Association museums, Nantucket animals, insects, plants
Naumkeag | Stockbridge | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Turn-of-the-century mansion and grounds
New Bedford Art Museum | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Art | website, changing exhibits of art, no permanent collections
New Bedford Fire Museum | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Firefighting |
New Bedford Museum of Glass | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Multiple | Glass from ancient Mediterranean to contemporary with a special focus on the glass of New Bedford
New Bedford Whaling Museum | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Multiple | Exhibits include whaling industry, local history, local fine art and decorative arts, maritime history
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Multiple | Partner sites include the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum, Seamen's Bethel, Waterfront Visitor Center and Schooner Ernestina
New Braintree Historical Society | New Braintree | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website, operates the 1939 Grade School as a town post office and schoolroom museum that is open by appointment
New England Pirate Museum | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Pirate | website, famous pirates who operated in New England including Captains Kidd and Blackbeard
New England Quilt Museum | Lowell | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Textile | Art and craft of quilting
Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead | Newton | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Local history |
Norman Rockwell Museum | Stockbridge | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Art | Features largest collection of art by Norman Rockwell, also his painter's studio
North Adams Museum of History and Science | North Adams | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Multiple | Located in building 5A at Western Gateway Heritage State Park, area cultural history and industry
North Andover Historical Society Museum | North Andover | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Local history | website, also tours of the 18th-century period Parson Barnard House on a seasonal basis
Oakham Historical Museum | Oakham | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website, operated by the Oakham Historical Association
Old Bridgewater Historical Society Museum | West Bridgewater | Plymouth | Plymouth | History | website, also Keith House Parsonage is open by appointment
Old Castle | Rockport | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Open on Saturdays in July and August, 18th-century house
Old Chelmsford Garrison House | Chelmsford | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Includes Colonial period house, barn with tools and farm implements, blacksmith shop, Colonial summer kitchen and craft demonstration house
Old Colony Train Station | North Easton | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | History | website, operated by the Easton Historical Society
Old Colony Historical Society | Taunton | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history |
Oldest House | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Historic house | Also known as the Jethro Coffin House, 17th-century saltbox house, operated by the Nantucket Historical Association
Old Firehouse Museum | South Hadley | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Local history | website, operated by the South Hadley Historical Society, history of the people and industries of South Hadley, firefighting gear
Old Gaol (Nantucket, Massachusetts) | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Prison | website, operated by the Nantucket Historical Association
Old Greenfield Village | Greenfield | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Open air | website, replica turn-of-the-century village with a general store, church, school house, drugstore, blacksmith, tin shop, ice cream shop, medical offices and more
The Old Manse | Concord | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 18th- and 19th-century period home with links to authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Old Meeting House Museum | Wilbraham | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | History | website, operated by the Atheneum Society of Wilbraham
Old Mill | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Mill | Operated by the Nantucket Historical Association
Old Ordinary | Hingham | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | website, operated by the Hingham Historical Society, Colonial tavern dating to 1688
Old Red Carriage House | Gill | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Collection | website, baby and children's memorabilia, carriages, dolls, toys, and clothing from the 18th century through the present
Old Schwamb Mill | Arlington | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Industry | Working 19th-century woodworking factory
Old Sturbridge Village | Sturbridge | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Living | 1790 to 1830 period village
Orange Historical Society Museum | Orange | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | website
Orchard House | Concord | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 19th-century home of Louisa May Alcott family
Osterville Historical Museum | Barnstable | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Open air | website, operated by the Osterville Historical Society, includes Captain Jonathan Parker House, circa 1824, the Cammett House, circa 1730, and the Herbert F. Crosby Boat Shop, circa 1855
Pan-African Historical Museum | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Cultural | website, African culture and African-American history
Paper House | Rockport | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | website, house made entirely of paper
Parker Tavern | Reading | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 17th-century period tavern house, owned by the Reading Antiquarian Society
Parson Capen House | Topsfield | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | 17th-century Colonial house
Peabody Essex Museum | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Multiple | Includes Asian, Native American and folk art, maritime artifacts, collection, folk art and other art, 24 historic structures and gardens, and Yin Yu Tang House, an authentic Chinese merchant's house
Peabody Historical Fire Museum | Peabody | Essex | North Shore | Fire | website, open by appointment
Peabody Leather Museum | Peabody | Essex | North Shore | Industry | website
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Multiple | Archaeology and culture
Peacefield | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Part of the Adams National Historical Park, 18th-century home and farm of President John Adams
Peter Rice Homestead and Museum | Marlborough | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | website, 18th-century period house, home of Marlborough Historical Society
Pickering House | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by one family for over three centuries
Pilgrim Hall Museum | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Local history |
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum | Provincetown | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | 252-foot-tall monument to climb and a museum of the town's history at its base
Pioneer Village | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Living | 1630 period village of Salem's settlers
Platts-Bradstreet House | Rowley | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Home of the Rowley Historical Society, 17th-century house open for events and tours
Plimoth Patuxet (formerly Plimoth Plantation) | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Living | Reconstructs the original 17th-century settlement of the Plymouth Colony
The Plumbing Museum | Watertown | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Technology | website, features early examples of plumbing equipment with modern fixtures and techniques
Polish Center of Discovery and Learning | Chicopee | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Multiple | website, galleries with Polish folk art, local history, music collection, Polish-American exhibits, and a period Polish cottage
Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum | Hadley | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | 18th-century period house
Provincetown Art Association and Museum | Provincetown | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Art | Art by local artists
Public Health Museum | Tewksbury | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Medical | website, located on the historic grounds of Tewksbury Hospital
General Israel Putnam House | Danvers | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Open for tours by appointment with the Danvers Historical Society, house dating back to the late 17th century
Putterham School | Brookline | Norfolk | Greater Boston | School | One room schoolhouse
Quaboag Historical Museum | West Brookfield | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website, operated by the Quaboag Historical Society in the former West Brookfield railroad station
Quaker Meetinghouse (Nantucket, Massachusetts) | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Religious | website, operated by the Nantucket Historical Association
Quincy History Museum | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | History | Operated by the Quincy Historical Society, local history and culture
Quincy Homestead | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Operated by the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America, 17th- and 18th-century period house
Ralph Waldo Emerson House | Concord | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 19th-century period home of American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rebecca Nurse Homestead | Danvers | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | 17th-century period home
Reed Homestead | Townsend | Middlesex | North County | Historic house | 19th-century period home
Rider Tavern | Charlton | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Historic tavern | Operated by the Charlton Historical Society
Robbins Museum | Middleborough | Plymouth | Plymouth | Archaeology | Operated by the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, features arrowheads, Native American artifacts and culture displays
Robert Treat Paine Estate | Waltham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Also known as Stonehurst, late 19th-century estate
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology | Andover | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Native American | Part of Phillips Academy, paleo-Indian and Native American archeological artifacts
Rocky Hill Meeting House | Amesbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic church | Owned by Historic New England, open twice a year, 18th-century meeting house
Ropes Mansion | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Owned by Peabody Essex Museum
Rose Art Museum | Waltham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Art | Part of Brandeis University
Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Historic house | 19th-century whaling family period mansion
Royalston Historical Museum | Royalston | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website, operated by the Royalston Historical Society in a historic schoolhouse
Royall House and Slave Quarters | Medford | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | 18th-century period house and slave quarters
Rutland Historical Society | Rutland | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website
Salem Athenaeum | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Library | Exhibits of art, history and literary topics from its collections
Salem Wax Museum | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Wax | website
Salem Maritime National Historic Site | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Maritime | Tours of a replica late 18th-century ship, several houses and a customs house
Salem Witch Museum | Salem | Essex | North Shore | History | website, life-size dioramas of the Salem witch trials
Salem Witch Village | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Culture | website, indoor guided tour through a maze containing sets about the history of witchcraft
Salisbury Mansion | Worcester | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Historic house | 1830s period mansion and changing exhibits
Samuel Slater Experience  | Webster  | Worcester  | Blackstone Valley  | History  | website, interactive and immersive 4-D exhibits
Sanborn House Historical & Cultural Center | Winchester | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Multiple | Being restored by the Winchester Historical Society a historical and cultural center
Sandwich Glass Museum | Sandwich | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Glass | Glass from the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company and around the world
Sargent House Museum | Gloucester | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Late 18th-century period house, also known as Sargent-Murray-Gilman-Hough House
Saugus Historical Society Museum | Saugus | Essex | North Shore | History | website
Saugus Iron Works | Saugus | Essex | North Shore | Industry | Includes the reconstructed blast furnace, forge, rolling mill, and a restored 17th-century house
Sawin Museum | Dover | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Local history | website, operated by the Dover Historical Society, which also owns the Benjamin Caryl House and Fisher Barn
Schoolhouse Museum | Eastham | Barnstable | Cape Cod | School | website, operated by the Eastham Historical Society, restored 19th-century schoolhouse, includes local history displays
Schooner Ernestina | New Bedford | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Maritime | Part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, museum ship
Scituate Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum | Scituate | Plymouth | Plymouth | Maritime | website, operated by the Scituate Historical Society
Semitic Museum at Harvard | Cambridge | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Archaeology | Archaeological materials from the Ancient Near East
Sewall Scripture Museum | Rockport | Essex | North Shore | History | Operated by the Sandy Bay Historical Society, local history
Sharon Historical Society Museum | Sharon | Norfolk | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | website, also known as the Yellow Schoolhouse Museum
Sheffield Historical Society | Sheffield | Berkshire | The Berkshires | History | website, includes the late 18th-century Dan Raymond House Museum, a carriage barn with agriculture and household equipment
Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum | Shelburne Falls | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Railroad |
Shelburne Historical Society Museum | Shelburne Falls | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | History | Located in old Arms Academy[10]
Shirley Historical Society Museum | Shirley | Middlesex | North County | Local history | website
Sippican Historical Society | Marion | Plymouth | Plymouth | Local history | website
Smith College Museum of Art | Northampton | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Art | Collections include paintings, sculptures, works on paper (prints, drawings, photographs, and books), antiquities, decorative arts, and non-Western art
Somerset Historical Society | Somerset | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | website
Somerville Museum | Somerville | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Multiple | website, exhibitions featuring local visual arts, history and culture in the context of neighborhoods and community
Southborough Historical Society Museum | Southborough | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | History | website
South Shore Natural Science Center | Norwell | Plymouth | Plymouth | Nature center | website, live native animals, ecozone exhibits, located on 30 acres surrounded by 200 acres of town conservation/recreation land
Sparrow House | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | 17th-century house and art gallery
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History | Weston | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Philatelic | Located at Regis College, stamps and postal history
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm | Newbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Owned by Historic New England, Colonial farm and house
Spooner House | Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | website, operated by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society, mid-18th-century house reflecting 200 years of ownership
Springfield Armory National Historic Site | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Military |
Springfield Science Museum | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Natural history | Natural history dioramas, dinosaurs, science
Stephen Phillips House | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Operated by Historic New England, contains a family collection that spans five generations
Stevens-Coolidge Place | North Andover | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Operated by The Trustees of Reservations, early 20th-century house with Asian artifacts including Chinese porcelain, American furniture, European decorative arts and gardens
Stoneham Historical Society Museum | Stoneham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Local history | website
Stone House Museum | Belchertown | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | website, home of the Belchertown Historical Association, features mid-17th- and 18th-century American furniture, china and decorative accessories
Stony Brook Grist Mill and Museum | Brewster | Barnstable | Cape Cod | History | Working grist mill, exhibits include weaving demonstrations, Native American stone tools, artifacts from 19th-century Cape Cod life, open seasonally[11]
Storrowton Village Museum | West Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Open air | Recreated village of 18th- and 19th-century buildings assembled around a traditional town green, open seasonally
Storrs House | Longmeadow | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | website, operated by the Longmeadow Historical Society, mid-18th-century house
Stoughton Historical Society | Stoughton | Norfolk | Southeastern Massachusetts | Local history | website, Society's home hosts exhibits of manuscripts, art, period clothing and artifacts from its archives
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum | Adams | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Home of Susan B. Anthony
Sutton Historical Society Museum | Sutton | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | website, located in the General Rufus Putnam Hall, includes antique clothing, tools, household items
Swett-Ilsley House | Newbury | Essex | Merrimack Valley | Historic house | Operated by Historic New England as a study museum
Swift-Daley House | Eastham | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | website, includes Chester Ranlett Tool Museum behind the house, 18th-century period house, operated by the Eastham Historical Society
Swift River Valley Historical Society Museum | New Salem | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | website, includes the Whitaker Clary House and Prescott Museum
Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace | Braintree | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Historic house | Operated by the Braintree Historical Society, 17th-century period house
Titanic Museum | Springfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Maritime | Artifacts and history of the Titanic
Toad Hall Classic Sports Car Museum | Hyannis Port | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Automotive | website, private collection of over 50 classic sports cars
Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum | Fitchburg | Worcester | North County | Toy | website, aviation-related toys
Tsongas Industrial History Center | Lowell | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Industry | website, part of Lowell National Historical Park, American Industrial Revolution through hands-on history and science programs for students
Turn Park Art Space | West Stockbridge | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Art | Sculpture park and gallery of Soviet Nonconformist art.
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum | Quincy | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Maritime | Home to USS Salem (CA-139), world's only preserved heavy cruiser
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum | Lenox | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Historic house | Late 19th-century period mansion
Vincent House (Edgartown, Massachusetts) | Edgartown | Dukes | Martha's Vineyard | Historic house | website, operated by Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust, 17th-century house depicts Island life throughout the last four centuries
Volleyball Hall of Fame | Holyoke | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Sports |
The Waltham Museum | Waltham | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Local History | History of Waltham.
Wakefield Historical Society Museum | Wakefield | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Local history | website
Warwick Historical Society Museum | Warwick | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | http://www.whs.steamkite.com/ website]
Waters Farm | Sutton | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Farm | 19th-century period farm, open for special events
Waterworks Museum | Chestnut Hill | Suffolk | Greater Boston | Technology | website, Site of the original Chestnut Hill Reservoir and pumping station, housing three historic, steam-powered pumping engines. Exhibits about technology, local history and public health.
The Wayside | Concord | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | Part of Minute Man National Historical Park, home to authors Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Sidney
Wayside Inn | Sudbury | Middlesex | Greater Boston | Historic house | property includes several historic buildings: the Old Grist Mill, the Martha-Mary Chapel and the Redstone Schoolhouse, reputed to be the school in nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb
Webster-Dudley Historical Society Museum | Webster | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | Located in a historic school building
Wellfleet Historical Society Museum | Wellfleet | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | website[usurped], whaling, fishing, oystering, farming, shipping (and wrecking), surf lifesaving, salt making, and the worldwide voyages of its residents
Wenham Museum | Wenham | Essex | North Shore | Multiple | Local history, doll and toy collection, model train gallery, costumes & textiles, photographs, historic Claflin-Richards House
West Barnstable Railway Station and Museum | West Barnstable | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Railway | Heritage railroad and restored early 20th-century railroad station
West Dennis Graded School House | West Dennis | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | Operated by the Dennis Historical Society, open in summer, historic school house
Western Gateway Heritage State Park | North Adams | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Multiple | History, science, industry, Hoosac Tunnel, location of North Adams Museum of History and Science
Westfield Athenaeum Library Museum | Westfield | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Multiple | Includes Jasper Rand Art Museum and Edwin Smith Historical Museum
Westford Museum | Westford | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Local history | website, operated by the Westford Historical Society
Weymouth Historical Museum | Weymouth | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Local history | website, operated by the Weymouth Historical Society
Whaling Museum | Nantucket | Nantucket | Nantucket | Industry | Includes restored 1847 candle factory, whaling industry artifacts, local maritime and historic artifacts, operated by the Nantucket Historical Association
Whately Historical Society Museum | Whately | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Local history | website
Whipple House Museum | Ipswich | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | Operated by the Ipswich Historical Society, 17th- and 18th-century period house
Whistler House Museum of Art | Lowell | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | Art | Birthplace of James McNeill Whistler
Whydah Pirate Museum | Provincetown | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Maritime | website, collection from the excavated shipwreck of the pirate ship Whydah Gally, which sank with 4.5 tons of pirate treasure in 1717
Wilder House | Buckland | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | Operated by the Buckland Historical Society on open house days
Willard House and Clock Museum | North Grafton | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Horology | Clock museum and 18th-century farm homestead
William Cullen Bryant Homestead | Cummington | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | 19th-century period summer home of poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant
Williams College Museum of Art | Williamstown | Berkshire | The Berkshires | Art |
Wilmington Town Museum | Wilmington | Middlesex | Merrimack Valley | History | 18th-century tavern
Winslow Crocker House | Yarmouth | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Historic house | Operated by Historic New England, 18th-century house with hooked rugs, ceramics, and pewter, and furniture from many early American styles, from Jacobean, William and Mary, and Queen Anne to Chippendale
Wistariahurst Museum | Holyoke | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | Historic house | Late 19th-century house, reflects owners through the 1950s, exhibits of local history, art, culture
Witch Dungeon Museum | Salem | Essex | North Shore | History | website
Witch History Museum | Salem | Essex | North Shore | History | History of the area witch hysteria in 1692
The Witch House | Salem | Essex | North Shore | Historic house | 17th-century home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, with direct ties to the Salem witch trials of 1692
Women at Work Museum | Attleboro | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | Women's | website
Woods Hole Historical Museum | Falmouth | Barnstable | Cape Cod | Local history | website
Worcester Art Museum | Worcester | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Art | Collections include American and European art, Asian art, Greek and Roman sculpture and mosaics, and Contemporary art
Worcester Center for Crafts | Worcester | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Art | Gallery of crafts and center for craft education
Worcester Historical Museum | Worcester | Worcester | Blackstone Valley | Local history | City's history and culture

## Defunct museums

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* American Textile History Museum in Lowell closed in June 2016.
* Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, closed in 2009, building will house the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
* FDR Center Museum, Worcester[12]
* A Frugal Woman's Museum, New Bedford, about Hetty Green, no current information
* Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turners Falls, closed in 2012,[13] student work still on display at Hallmark Institute of Photography
* Hands-On Art Museum, Shirley[14]
* Higgins Armory Museum \- closed in 2014, collection will be absorbed into Worcester Art Museum[15]
* Hollywood House of Wax, Salem - no current information
* Indian Motorcycle Museum, Springfield,[16][17]
* Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, closed in 2001 as a public museum, now archive and research center, collections now reside at New Bedford Whaling Museum
* National Plastics Center & Museum, Leominster, closed in 2008[18]
* New England Fire and History Museum, Brewster[19]
* Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum, Fall River, closed in September 2016 after years of low attendance. All railcar exhibits moved to other museums or sold to railroads.
* Plymouth Wax Museum, Plymouth, Cape Cod Visitor information,[20]
* Santarella, Tyringham, also formerly known as Henry Kitson Museum and Sculpture Gardens, no longer operates as a museum or gallery
* Porter Thermometer Museum, Onset, reported closed in 2012,[21] photos
* Revolving Museum, Lowell, closed in 2012[22]
* Thornton W. Burgess Museum, East Sandwich, closed in 2013[23]
* Words & Pictures Museum in Northampton
* Yesteryear's Doll Museum, Sandwich[24]

## See also

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* List of museums in Boston, Massachusetts
* Nature centers in Massachusetts
* List of historical societies in Massachusetts

## References

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1. ^ "Belchertown Firehouse Museum. Belchertown, MA". Waymarking. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
2. ^ "Bernardston Town Profile". Franklin County Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
3. ^ "Historical Commission". Town of Blackstone. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
4. ^ "Museums". North Quabbin Woods. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
5. ^ "Attractions". Gill, Massachusetts. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
6. ^ "Heath Historical Society". Town of Heath. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
7. ^ "Profile of the Middleton Historical Society". Flint Public Library. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
8. ^ "Remembering Middleton's Lura Woodside Watkins - author, historian". Wicked Local Middleton. January 17, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
9. ^ "Museums". Village of Honeoye Falls. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
10. ^ "Shelburne Historical Society". Greater Shelburne Falls Area. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
11. ^ "Brewster Mill Sites Committee". Town of Brewster. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
12. ^ "The contents of Drs. Joseph J. and Deborah M. Plaud's American Heritage Center Museum, likely the finest, most comprehensive, interesting and historic FDR and New Deal collection in private hands. It comprises the personal and professional life and times of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, including his family, friends, acquaintances, political allies and antagonists, from youth to the president of the United States of America". Heritage Auctions.
13. ^ "Gallery at Hallmark to close, shows for professionals to go on". The Recorder. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
14. ^ "Hands-On Art Museum". Yelp. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
15. ^ "The Final Day of Higgins Armory Museum". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
16. ^ http://www.wimausa.org/WMA_Indian.html The Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA, April 5, 1998, p. T1, Archived 2004.
17. ^ http://www.wgby.org/localprograms/indian/index.html WGBY, Springfield, Indian Motorcycle Memories, 1997
18. ^ "National Plastics Center and Museum - Closed". Roadside America. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
19. ^ http://firewhirl.com/archives/history/index.php Fire Museum to Close, posted June 30, 2006
20. ^ http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/10/03/closing_time_for_wax_museum/ Boston Globe article about closing, October 3, 2004
21. ^ "Onset, Massachusetts: World's Largest Thermometer Collection - Closed". Roadside America. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
22. ^ "Revolving Museum comes to a stop". Boston Globe. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
23. ^ "About us". Thornton W. Burgess Society. Retrieved July 18, 2016. "The former Thornton W. Burgess Museum in Sandwich Village is now permanently closed to the public."
24. ^ http://www.hersmine.com/turner_sisters.htm Article about Turner Sisters, doll creators

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