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Massachusetts - Kids Trails in Greater Boston and Cambridge

Boston Children's Museum
Boston, MA  02210
Phone: 617-426-8855

The museum’s interactive exhibits focus on early childhood development and have three themes: arts, culture, and science. Exhibits that encourage children to have fun while they learn are extensive, including the New Balance Climb, a climbing maze made up of brightly painted towers and tubes; Science Playground, a series of sensational physical science exhibits; Hall of Toys, filled with intricate dollhouses, and much more.



Boston Duck Tours
Boston, MA  02116
Phone: 617-267-DUCK

The Boston Duck Tours “duck” is a renovated World War II amphibious landing vehicle. Tours are led by ConDUCKtors who describe Boston landmarks as the duck motors past places like State House, Bunker Hill, Boston Common, Copley Square, and Quincy Market. Next comes the Splashdown, when your duck hops into the Charles River for a river-level tour of the city.



Franklin Park Zoo Boston MAFranklin Park Zoo
One Franklin Park Road
Boston, MA  02121
Phone: 617-541-LION (5466)
Fax: 617-989-2025

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This zoo, a 72-acre site in Boston’s Franklin Park that is considered the jewel of Emerald Necklace Park System, is the place to relax with the animals (yours and the zoo’s). Habitats include Serengeti Crossing, an African savannah; the Franklin Farm’s petting zoo; the Kalahari Kingdom, with its eyeball-to-eyeball visits with lions; the Giraffe Savannah; the gorillas of the Tropical Forest; and Outback Trail.



Museum of Science
Boston, MA  02114
Phone: 617-723-2500

More exhibits on science topics than you would have thought possible. Current featured exhibits featured are Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France; Butterfly Garden; Countdown to Supernova Planetarium Show; and Catch Bugs!, a 3-dimensional film. The museum has a five-story-tall Imax® Dome at the Mugar Omni Theater and it presents planetarium and laser shows at the Charles Hayden Planetarium.



United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Quincy, MA  02169
Phone: 617-479-7900

This museum is home to the USS Salem, the world’s only preserved heavy cruiser and place for children and families to explore this unique fighting vessel. In addition to day trips, kids can camp overnight on the USS Salem and take part in hands-on activities like radar tracking, damage control, simulated fire fighting, scavenger hunts, cold water survival, and first aid lessons.



USS Constitution Museum
Boston, MA  02129
Phone: 617-426-1812

In addition to touring the USS Constitution, kids and families can explore exhibits that chronicle the ship’s first 200 years and explain why the US Navy still preserves Old Ironsides as a commissioned warship. In “Sailors Speak: A Sailor’s Life for Me?” children can learn about sailors’ experiences at sea by taking part in traditional seafaring work. Also, the museum is home to the USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild, whose members discuss their work with visitors



Shawn Colvin -- Salisbury
November 20, 2009
Trey McIntyre Project -- Cambridge
November 20, 2009 to November 22, 2009
Bill Blagg III: A Night of Magic -- Springfield
November 20, 2009 to November 21, 2009
America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration -- Plymouth
November 20, 2009 to November 22, 2009
Tupelo Night of Comedy – Salisbury
November 21, 2009
Homes for the Holidays Tour -- Gloucester
November 21, 2009
Harvey Robbins's Royalty of Doo Wopp and Stars of Motown -- Worcester
November 21, 2009
Sara Tavares -- Cambridge
November 21, 2009
Dark Star Orchestra -- Lowell
November 21, 2009
Cuisine of Provençale dinner – Deerfield
November 21, 2009
Thanksgiving Parade -- Plymouth
November 21, 2009
Lighting Ceremony at Faneuil Hall Marketplace -- Boston
November 21, 2009
Open Hearth Cooking Class: A Thanksgiving Menu -- Deerfield
November 21, 2009
Festival of Wreaths – Nantucket
November 25, 2009 to November 29, 2009
Thanksgiving Day Celebration -- Sturbridge
November 26, 2009
That's Amore: A Celebration of Dean Martin and Friends -- Springfield
November 27, 2009
Vineyard Artisans Holiday Festival – West Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard
November 27, 2009 to November 28, 2009
Gallagher -- Salisbury
November 27, 2009
Not Another Bite. Dining in the Early 19th Century -- Waltham
November 27, 2009
Parade of the Big Balloons -- Springfield
November 27, 2009
Season of Thanks 2009 -- Deerfield
November 28, 2009
Charles Dickens's Great-Great-Grandson Performs "A Christmas Carol" – Sutton
November 28, 2009 to November 29, 2009
Wynonna Judd Holiday Show – New Bedford
December 1, 2009
“The Nutcracker” -- Worcester
December 4, 2009 to December 6, 2009
Hansel and Gretel -- Boston
December 4, 2009 to December 6, 2009
Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas
December 5, 2009 to December 6, 2009
A Holiday Celebration for Families – Stockbridge
December 5, 2009
“A Christmas Carol 2009” – New Bedford
December 5, 2009
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn -- Worcester
December 11, 2009
seARTS Wearable Arts Show & Sale – Gloucester
December 11, 2009 to December 12, 2009
Craft Boston Holiday 2009 -- Boston
December 11, 2009 to December 13, 2009
Cultural Survival Bazaar – Cambridge
December 12, 2009 to December 13, 2009
US Air Force Holiday Show – New Bedford
December 12, 2009
Vienna Boys Choir -- Worcester
December 13, 2009
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra Family Holiday Pops – New Bedford
December 19, 2009
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