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Amherst History Museum
The Strong House, 67 Amity Street
Amherst, MA 01002 
Phone: 413-256-0678
Open: May 17– October 28, Wednesday through Saturday noon-4 p.m. Call ahead for seasonal changes in hours.
Exhibits of 18th and 19th century art and furniture. Open seasonally. There is an admission charge.
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Berkshire Museum
39 South Street (Route 7)
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Phone: 413-443-7171
Open: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; closed Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day; December 24 and December 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
An all-in-one museum, featuring galleries of art, natural science and history exhibits, and a cinema. The museum schedules programs for children, lectures, and art classes throughout the year. Admission charge.
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Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
10 Willow Creek Road
Lenox, MA 01240
Phone: 413-637-2210
Open: Call for schedule of rides and events
Restored 1902 depot with railroading exhibits and model train displays; Berkshire Cottages exhibit in vintage railroad coach. On summer weekends and holidays the museum offers two 90-minute round trip excursions from Lenox Station to Stockbridge and a 45-minute round trip excursion from Lenox Station to Lee narrated by a uniformed conductor. Admission charge.
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Children's Museum at Holyoke
444 Dwight Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
Phone: 413-536-KIDS
Open: Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; closed Monday-Wednesday. Call for seasonal changes.
Hands-on exhibits for children. Admission charge.
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Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413-263-6800
Email: info@springfieldmuseums.org
Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Changing exhibits tell the story of the region from 1636 to the present through the museum's collection of hand-crafted furniture and silver by local craftsmen, motorcycles and antique autos made in Springfield, industrial objects from the region's factories, and historical firearms from the area's gun industry.
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Crane Museum of Papermaking
Housatonic Street
Dalton, MA 01226
Phone: 413-684-6481
Open: June to mid-October, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m.
Situated in Crane's historic 1845 old stone mill. Exhibits and displays of nearly 200 years of papermaking in Dalton.
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 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413- 658-1100
Email: info@picturebookart.org
Open: Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sundays, noon–5 p.m.
Founded in part by Eric Carle, the renowned author and illustrator of more than 70 books, including the 1969 classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is the first full-scale museum in this country devoted to national and international picture book art, conceived and built with the aim of celebrating the art that we are first exposed to as children.
The Museum features three Galleries dedicated to rotating exhibitions of picture book art, a hands-on Art Studio, an Auditorium for performances and lectures, a comfortable Library for reading and storytelling, a Café serving simple and delicious fare, and a Museum Shop stocked with creative gifts and old and new picture book favorites.
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George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413-263-6800
Email: info@springfieldmuseums.org
Open: Tuesday – Sunday, 11a.m.-4 p.m.
An outstanding collection of Japanese arms and Middle Eastern rugs, Chinese cloisonné and other Asian decorative arts, as well as 19th-century American paintings and a classical sculpture cast gallery. Create your own art in the Hasbro Games Art Discovery Center.
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Hadley Farm Museum
208 Middle Street
Hadley, MA 01035
Phone: 413-586-1160
Open: May-October, Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
Early New England farm equipment in restored 1782 barn: blacksmith tools, ox cart, stage coach, plows, early domestic appliances.
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 Historic Deerfield
88 Old Main Street
Deerfield, MA 01342
Phone: 413-775-7214
Email: info@historic-deerfield.org
Open: Daily, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; call for seasonal changes.
Historic Deerfield is “New England as you hope to find it!” Located in western Massachusetts off Routs 5 and 10 in the 330-year old village of Deerfield, the Museum has been called “the gem of rural New England,” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This Museum of New England’s history and art welcomes visitors of all ages from around the world to Deerfield’s mile-long thoroughfare, simply called, “The Street.” The Museum features twelve houses dating to the 18th and 19th centuries and three exhibition galleries within the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. Historic
Deerfield’s decorative arts treasures can be viewed on both the guided and self-guided tours. A full calendar of programs, special events, group tours and village walking tours are offered throughout the year. The Museum Store and Bookshop feature gifts for all occasions, museum reproductions and a wide selection of books about early America and the decorative arts. Open Daily, year round, 9:30-4:30 except Thanksgiving, Dec. 24 & 25.
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Indian Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame
33 Hendee Street
Springfield, MA 01104
Phone: 413-737-2624
Open: March 1-November 30, daily, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; December 1-February 28, daily 1-4 p.m.; closed New Year’s Day, thanksgiving, Christmas.
Exhibits of motorcycles and memorabilia. Includes a photo gallery. Admission charge.
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Joseph Skinner Museum
35 Woodbridge Street
South Hadley, MA 01075
Phone: 413-538-2245
Open: May through October, Wednesdays and Sundays, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Set in a church built in 1846, this museum feature 19th century glassware, furniture and musical instruments. An exhibit of locally unearthed minerals is also of interest. Open seasonally.
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Kingman Tavern Historical Museum
41 Main Street
Cummington, MA 01026
Phone: 413-634-5527
Open: July and August, Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Museum features an exhibit of miniature rooms and antique furniture. Open seasonally. There is an admission fee.
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Mead Art Museum
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-542-2335
Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and until 9 on Thursday; closed Monday and college holidays. Call for seasonal changes
More than 16,000 works; collections range from antiquity to present; portraits by Gilbert Stuart, Italian Renaissance paintings, Japanese woodblock prints, Mediterranean antiquities, and pre-Columbian ceramics. Free admission.
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Memorial Hall Museum
8 Memorial Street
Deerfield, MA 01342
Phone: 413-774-3768
Open: May 1-October 30
Occupying a building originally constructed in 1798 for Deerfield Academy, Memorial Hall Museum holds over 31,000 items and includes the Old Deerfield Children's Museum, offering family activities in a reproduction of a 1690s house. Exhibits focus on the life and world of an agricultural economy from the earliest Native Americans to the arrival of Europeans.
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Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Lower Lake Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Phone: 413-538-2245
Open: Tuesday–Friday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1–5 p.m., closed Mondays and certain college holidays. Call ahead for seasonal changes.
Beautifully exhibited and critically acclaimed broad-based permanent collection. Comprehensive scope ranges from ancient to contemporary art and represents diverse cultures. Imaginative special exhibitions; scavenger hunts for kids. Docent-led tours available with advance notice. Collections focus on Asian art; 19th- and 20th-century European and American paintings and sculpture; Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art; Medieval sculpture; and early Italian Renaissance paintings. 6-8 exceptional special exhibitions annually. Visit the college's botanical gardens next door too. Free admission.
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Museum of Fine Arts
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413-263-6800
Email: info@springfieldmuseums.org
Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
This classic art deco building houses a fine collection of European and American paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and decorative arts, including paintings by Homer, O'Keeffe, Corot, Monet and Degas. Changing exhibitions and a community gallery.
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Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Glendale Road (Route 183)
Stockbridge, MA 01262
Phone: 413-298-4100
Open: November-April, weekdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; weekends and holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m; May-October and holidays, daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
Largest collection of original work by Norman Rockwell, the quintessential American illustrator famous for his "Saturday Evening Post" covers. Artist's studio; exhibitions of Rockwell's work, his contemporaries, and modern illustrators. Admission charge.
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Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum
130 River Drive
Hadley, MA 01035
Phone: 413-584-4699
Open: May 15-October 15, Saturday through Wednesday, 1-4:30 p.m.; closed Thursdays and Fridays. Open mornings by appointment.
Historic house museum preserving the material possessions and papers of six generations of one of Hadley's founding families. Tours and interpretations of the house and its contents. Concert series and afternoon teas. There is an admission fee.
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Pratt Museum of Natural History
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-542-2165
Open: September through mid-June; weekdays, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. July- August, Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Exhibits at this museum focus on dinosaurs, vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, minerals, crystals, and other geologic specimens.
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Smith College Museum of Art
Elm Street
Northampton, MA 01063
Phone: 413-585-2760
Open: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon – 4 p.m.; Second Fridays, 10 a.m.– 8 p.m. (4 – 8 p.m., free admission); closed Mondays and major holidays
More than 25,000 art objects from a variety of cultures from 2500 B.C. to present. Special exhibitions. Internationally known for collection of 19th- and 20th- century European and American art.
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 Springfield Museums
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413-263-6800
Email: info@springfieldmuseums.org
Visit New England’s own “mini-Smithsonian,” four outstanding museums arranged around a beautiful park that is also the site of the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden. For a single admission fee, you’ll have the opportunity to view French Impressionist paintings, take a “safari” through Africa, visit the country’s only permanent exhibit gallery of Currier & Ives prints, see the largest collection of Chinese cloisonné in the Western world, wander among larger-than-life figures of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters, enjoy American art from Colonial to contemporary times, encounter exact replicas of the world’s great Classical and Renaissance sculptures, and much more. Four museums. One admission fee. Free parking. Museum Store.
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Springfield Science Museum
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413-263-6800
Email: info@springfieldmuseums.org
Open: Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Discover the wonders of science through the live animal Solutia Eco-Center, the cultures and animals in R.E. Phelon African Hall, Dinosaur Hall with its towering Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Seymour Planetarium, Mineral Hall, early aviation in Springfield, and other exhibits.
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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
225 South Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
Phone: 413-458-2303
Open: September-June, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays; July and August, open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Clark Art Institute boasts one of this country's most impressive and prestigious fine art collections, including many French Impressionist paintings, with more than thirty by the esteemed painter Renoir. Also gracing the walls are noteworthy Old Master paintings and a significant group of American works by Homer, Sargent, Cassatt and Remington. Admission charge.
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Stone House Museum
20 Maple Street
Belchertown, MA 01007
Phone: 413-323-6573
Open: Guided tours mid-May-October, on Wednesday and Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
19th century artifacts and exhibits, featuring a carriage shed with carriages, sleighs, and early furniture. Open seasonally. There is an admission fee.
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Storrowton Village Museum
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield, MA 01089
Phone: 413-205-5051
Open: June 19-August 24, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; group tours by appointment year-round.
A restored New England village, featuring blacksmith shop, homes, schoolhouse, and a meetinghouse. Open seasonally. There is an admission fee.
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Williams College Museum of Art
Main Street (Route 2)
Williamstown, MA 01267
Phone: 413-597-2429
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m., free admission
Modern and contemporary art, American art from the late 18th century to the present, and the art of world cultures. Maurice and Charles Prendergast gallery.
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Wistariahurst Museum
238 Cabot Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
Phone: 413-322-5660
Fax: 413-534-2344
Open: Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, noon- 4 p.m.
Twenty-six-room Beaux Arts mansion of silk manufacturer William Skinner featuring many outstanding architectural details and a house tour that weaves the tale of the people who lived and worked there. Dinosaur footprints and gardens. Admission charge.
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Arthur M. Sackler Museum
485 Broadway Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-9400
Open: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday,1-5 p.m.; closed on national holidays.
Ancient, Asian, Islamic, and Later Indian art: Chinese jades, bronzes, and cave temple sculpture; Korean ceramics; Japanese wood block prints; and Greek and Roman sculptures, vases, and ancient coins. Admission fee.
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Busch-Reisinger Museum
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-9400
Open: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Closed on national holidays
Collections of art from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and related cultures. Major holdings of Austrian Secession art, German expressionism, 1920s abstraction, and Bauhaus archives. Post-war and contemporary art from German-speaking Europe including work by Joseph Beuys. Of particular interest is the lovely sculpture garden. Admission charge.
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Commonwealth Museum
220 Morrissey Boulevard, Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: 617-727-9268
Open: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; second and fourth Saturday of the month, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The entire state of Massachusetts is on display: Places around the state, famous people who were born or have resided in the state, in addition to its politics and special role in America's history. Free admission.
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 Concord Museum
200 Lexington Road
Concord, MA 01742
Phone: 978-369-9763
Fax: 978-369-9660
Email: cm1@concordmuseum.org
Open: January-March, Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday,1-4 p.m.; April-December, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; June, July, August, Sundays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Renowned as the site of the battle that began the American Revolution and as the home of the most original thinkers and writers of the American literary renaissance, the town of Concord has played a remarkable part in the history of New England and the nation. The Concord Museum is the one place where all of Concord' s past is brought to life through a nationally-significant historical collection including the famed Revere lantern, literary treasures such as Emerson's Study and Thoreau' s Walden desk, Concord-made clocks, silver and furniture -- all in engaging, self-touring galleries with hands-on family activities and the award-winning Exploring Concord film.
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Fogg Art Museum
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617- 495-9400
Open: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday,1-5 p.m.; closed on national holidays.
Collections illustrate the history of Western art from Middle Ages to the present with major focus on Italian early Renaissance, British pre-Raphaelite, and nineteenth-century French art. Major collection of Impressionist and post-impressionist work and works by Picasso. Admission charge.
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Gibson House Museum
137 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-267-6338
Open: Year-round; visits are by guided tour, Wednesday-Sunday, 1, 2, 3 p.m.; closed New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
This Victorian home is open for visitors to observe the 19th century lifestyle and culture in Boston. There is an admission charge.
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Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617- 495-3045
Open: Open daily, 9 a.m to 5 p.m.; closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
Presenting Harvard's zoological, mineralogical, and botanical collections. Don't miss the world famous Ware Collection of Glass Flowers. Explore halls of animals and dinosaurs from around the world. Admire a 1,642-pound amethyst geode and other gems.
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Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Ave.
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: 617-478-3101
Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. with free admission on Thursdays from 5-9 p.m.
The Institute of Contemporary Art unveiled its new home on Fan Pier on Boston's waterfront in December 2006. The building's dramatic cantilevered design integrates the city's HarborWalk into the museum and offers shifting views of the harbor. The design weaves together interior and exterior space, producing shifting perspectives of the waterfront throughout the museum's galleries and public spaces.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-566-1401
Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
This 15th-century Venetian palace, created at the turn of the century by Isabella Stewart Gardner, houses more than 2,500 art objects, among them works by Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and Matisse. The Museum was the creation of Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) “for the education and enjoyment of the public forever.” Since opening to the public in 1903, the Gardner has served as a center for ideas and life-long learning in its community--a tradition that is kept alive today through an array of interpretive, creative, educational, horticultural, artistic, and scholarly programs.
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 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: 617-514-1600
Toll-Free: 866-JFK-1960
Fax: 617-436-3395
Email: kennedy.library@nara.gov
Open: Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed New Year’s, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Situated on a 10-acre park overlooking Boston Harbor, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's official memorial to John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. The museum at the Kennedy Library enables visitors to step back into the recreated world of the early 1960s and experience first-hand the life and legacy of John F. Kennedy. In 25 dramatic exhibits, including three theaters and 20 video presentations, visitors are inspired by the stirring eloquence of John F. Kennedy and by the grace of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
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List Visual Arts Center at MIT
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-253-4680
Open: Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, noon-6 p.m.; Friday, noon-8 p.m.; closed Mondays and holidays
Exhibitions explore challenging, intellectual contemporary art making in all media: painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation, and architecture/design. Map available for self-guided tour of MIT’s public art works and architecture.
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Longyear Museum and Historical Society
1125 Boylston Street (Route 9)
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone: 617-278-9000
Open: Monday, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; closed Tuesdays and holidays
Exhibits focus on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science Church. Admission is free.
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 Mary Baker Eddy Library™
200 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Toll-Free: 888-222-3711
Home of the world-famous Mapparium®
The Mary Baker Eddy Library features some of the most thought-provoking and fun exhibits in the city, exploring the life and achievements of Mary Baker Eddy. She was a controversial New England woman who defied conventional 19th-century thinking to become an influential religious leader, author, teacher, and founder of the Christian Science Monitor at age 87. The museum also houses the world-famous Mapparium®, an achievement in art and architecture from 1935 giving visitors a unique look at how ideas have the power to change the world. The Lending & Reference Services and Research Room provide access to further subject reading, books, archival documents, photographs, and artifacts of the Mary Baker Eddy Library Collections.
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Museum of African American History, Boston campus
46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-725-0022
Open: Call for hours
The African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill, both built in the early 1800s, are two of the Museum of Afro-American History's most valuable assets. Located in what once was the heart of Boston's 19th-century African American community, these buildings remain a showcase of black community organization and enduring testimony to black craftsmanship. Once a church, a school, a vital community meeting place, the African Meeting House is open to the public. The Abiel Smith School, the nation's first public school for African American children, currently houses a first-class exhibit space and the museum store.
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Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-267-9300
Open: Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
The largest museum in New England, and considered one of the top art museums in the world. The Museum of Fine Arts houses exhibits from almost all periods in history, and covering an extensive portion of cultural material. There is an admission charge.
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 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-267-9300
Email: customerservice@mfa.org
Come to the MFA and see masterpieces from around the world and across the ages. At every turn, you’ll find breathtaking works of art, from masters of American painting to the icons of Impressionism, from exquisite Asian scrolls to ancient Egyptian mummies. We have a rich collection of American art including such icons as Paul Revere’s silver Liberty bowl and masterpieces by John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Winslow Homer. Our collection of Asian art is unrivaled in size, scope, and distinction in the Western world, and we own the finest collection of Monets outside of Paris. Gallery tours, audio tapes, and maps of the Museum are available in foreign languages. Open daily, the MFA also offers films, concerts, artist lectures, and family programs. Visit mfa.org for more information.
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Nichols House Museum
55 Mount Vernon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-227-6993
Open: May 1 - October 31, Tuesday through Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; November 1 - April 30, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; closed most major holidays
Built in 1804, this home on Beacon Hill features exhibits of antique furniture and household items. Admission charge.
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The Museum of the National Center of Afro American Artists
300 Walnut Avenue
Boston, MA 02119
Phone: 617-442-8614
Open: Tuesday through Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
A total focus the art of Afro-Americans, including exhibits, tours, lectures, films, and concerts. Admission charge.
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USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown, MA 02129
Phone: 617-242-7511
Open: Open: April 15 –October 15, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; October 16-April 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The USS Constitution Museum is a non-profit museum that serves as the memory and educational voice of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat. The museum houses the ship's logs, weapons, charts, journals, arts, and more. Visitors fire a cannon, swing in a hammock, or command the USS Constitution in battle using a computer. Free admission.
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1869 Schoolhouse Museum
Route 6
Eastham, MA 02642
Open: July and August, daily, 1-4 p.m.; September, Saturday, 1-4 p.m.
One-room schoolhouse; school memorabilia, farm implements, and fishing industry artifacts, whaling and military artifacts. Admission is free.
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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum
24 Aptucxet Road
Bourne, MA 02532
Phone: 508-759-9487
Open: Seasonal hours. Call ahead for information.
This museum is set in a replica of a 17th century trading post. Exhibits feature a windmill, gardens and artifacts from the period. Open seasonally. There is an admission fee.This museum is set in a replica of a 17th century trading post. Exhibits feature a windmill, gardens and artifacts from the period. Open seasonally. There is an admission fee.
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Atwood House Historical Museum
34 Stage Harbor Road
Chatham, MA 02633
Phone: 508-945-2493
Open: June, September, October 1-14, Tuesday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m.; July and August, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Exhibits feature antiques and artifacts dating from 1635 and later. Of particular interest is a large collection of shells. Admission charge.
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Brooks Academy Museum
80 Parallel St.
Harwich Center, MA 02645
Phone: 508-432-8089
Open: Tours through the summer months, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 1-4 p.m. and at other times by appointment.
This 1844 building was the site of a school that offered some of the region's first courses in navigation. Maritime and Native American artifacts are featured, as are displays of antique glass, photographs, toys, clothing and more. Collection includes Charles D. Cahoon paintings, Crowell carved birds, the Cape's largest cranberry culture exhibit, historic photographs, manuscripts, and genealogical records.
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Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Road
Cotuit, MA 02635
Phone: 508-428-7581
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 p.m. closed January
Colonial farmhouse from 1775; primitive paintings by Ralph and Martha Cahoon; 19th- and early 20th- century American art; changing exhibits. Admission charge.
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Cape Cod Children's Museum
577 Great Neck Road
Mashpee, MA 02659
Phone: 508-539-8788
Open: Tuesday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, noon–5 p.m.; Memorial Day–Labor Day, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Call for holiday hours.
Children will find much to learn and do here. Hands-on exhibits, pirate ship, indoor planetarium; puppet theater, toddler play area, and daily programs. Admission charge.
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Cape Cod Museum of Art
Route 6A
Dennis, MA 02638
Phone: 508-385-4477
Open: Memorial Day-Columbus Day, Monday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; Thursdays until 8 p.m.
Paintings, graphics, and sculpture by Cape Cod artists. Sculpture garden.
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Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Route 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
Phone: 508-896-3867
Open: June 1- September 30, daily, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; October 1-March 31, Wednesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; April 1-May 31, Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed December 24, 25, 31, January 1.
Eighty-acre site abutted by 300 acres of conservation land; nature trails, exhibits, films, guided walks, lectures, and family activities. This museum features exhibits on the local flora and fauna, and nature trails. Events, classes and walks are scheduled throughout the year. There is an admission charge.
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Captain Bangs Hallet House
11 Strawberry Lane (off Route 6A)
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
Phone: 508-362-3021
Open: June 1 through October 15, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
The original part of this Greek Revival sea captain's house was built in 1740. A century later, additional portions of the house were built. The kitchen has its original 1740 brick beehive oven and butter churn. A nice collection of china, pewter, maritime artifacts, and clothing from the sea captain era are displayed here. The 50 acre property has nature trails. Open throughout the summer on select afternoons.
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Centerville Historical Society Museum
513 Main Street
Centerville, MA 02632
Phone: 508-775-0331
Open: May 2-December 15, Tuesday-Saturday, noon– 4 p.m.
In this late 19th century home, visitors will find exhibits concerning the history and historical life of Centerville and Cape Cod. Includes historical clothing and artifacts. Open seasonally. Admission is free.
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Chatham Railroad Museum
Depot Road
Chatham, MA 02633
Open: Tuesday- Saturday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Paradise for railroad enthusiasts features thousands of train models, restored train depots, railroad artifacts and a 1910 caboose. Open seasonally. Admission is free.
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Donald G. Trayser Memorial Museum
Route 6A
Barnstable, MA 02668
Phone: 508-362-2092
Open: July-mid-October, Tuesday-Saturday afternoons
Located in an 1855 brick Customs House the museum showcases a Native American arrowhead display, a 1690 jail cell, marine exhibits, scrimshaw, Barnstable silver, historic documents.
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Falmouth Historical Society Museums and Colonial Garden
55 Palmer Avenue, adjacent to the Village Green
Falmouth, MA 02540
Phone: 508-548-4857
Open: June 27-October 7, Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Two 18th-century houses showcase period furnishings, china, toys, vintage clothing (including a laundry room filled with Victorian underwear), fine art and heritage quilts. Special exhibits capture the excitement of Falmouth’s 19th-century whaling industry, the science of pre-Civil War medicine, and the life of Katharine Lee Bates, Falmouth-born author of America the Beautiful.
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French Cable Station Museum
Cove Road and Route 28
Orleans, MA 02653
Phone: 508-240-1735
Open: June, Friday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; July-early September, Monday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m.
One of the most significant developments of the 19th century was the transatlantic cable connecting North America to Europe by telephone. This museum houses the original equipment used to lay that cable. Admission fee.
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 Heritage Plantation
Pine and Grove Streets
Sandwich, MA 02563
Phone: 508-888-3300
Open: April 1-October 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; November 1-December 31, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The gardens, on 76 acres of gently rolling hills next to Upper Shawme Pond, are a showplace of distinctive rhododendrons with larger flowers in vivid colors. They usually bloom from late may through mid-June. Other items of horticultural interest include: a holly dell and day lily, herb, hosta, and heather gardens. About 900 daylilies bloom from mid-July to August. The property also includes a labyrinth.
Hours: January, February, March, by appointment or program registration; April 1-October 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fee charged.
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Highland House Museum – Cape Cod Highland Lighthouse
27 Highland Road
Truro, MA 02666
Phone: 508-487-3397
Open: The Museum: June 1 -September 30, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday, 1- 4:30 p.m. The Lighthouse: May-mid-October, daily, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Located near Cape Cod Highland Lighthouse, the Highland House Museum is an example of a turn-of-the-century summer hotel. The museum illustrates everyday life of the past, from the time of the Pamet Native Americans to the early days of this century. The museum contains 17th-century firearms, shipwreck mementos, early fishing and whaling gear, household tools, farming implements, furniture, Sandwich glass, a pirate’s chest and more. The Cape Cod Lighthouse includes an Interpretive Center offering a 10-minute video and an observation deck on one of the highest cliffs on the Cape. Aadmission charge.
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John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
397 Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-3077
Open: Mid-April-Memorial Day, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Memorial Day-Columbus Day, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; Columbus Day-October 31, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Nov
This museum focuses on Kennedy's life and activities during the times he vacationed in Hyannis. There is an admission charge.
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Osterville Historical Society Museum
Parker and West Bay Roads
Osterville, MA 02655
Phone: 508-428-5861
Open: Mid-June-mid-September, Thursday-Sunday 1:30-4:30 p.m.; other times by appointment
Set in the home of a sea captain built in the 18th century, the museum features home-oriented exhibits, a boat shop and outdoor gardens. seasonally. There is an admission fee.
Hours: June-September, Thursday-Sunday, 1:30 -4:30 p.m. Fee charged.
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Provincetown Art Association and Museum of Art
460 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Phone: 508-487-1750
Open: October - May, Thursday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; Memorial Day-September, Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Since 1914, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum has served as a collecting museum and a professional artists association. PAAM houses five galleries, two sculpture gardens, more than 2,000 works by more than 500 artists, and a museum school run by professional artists. Year-round programs include a concert series, a film series, auctions, galas, readings, lectures, and Friday night exhibition openings.
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Provincetown Museum
High Pole Hill
Provincetown, MA
Phone: 508-487-1310
The history of the Cape is detailed here, including a granite tower monument commemorating the Pilgrim's first landing on the Cape in 1620. Open seasonally. There is an admission fee.
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Sandwich Glass Museum
129 Main Street
Sandwich, MA 02563
Phone: 508-888-0251
Open: February-March, Wednesday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; April-December, daily, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed January, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
Sandwich was home to a glass factory throughout much of the 19th century. This museum features exhibits of glassware m | |
