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| 1 Battleship Cove | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Battleship USS Massachusetts, several other ships and airplanes | Address 5 Battleship Cove Fall River, Massachusetts 02721 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Providence, RI (15 mi) Closest Interstate: I-195 exit 5 Closest Airport: Providence, RI T F Green PVD | Contact Phone 508 678-1100 Toll free 800 533-3194 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Boston African American National Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 15 pre-Civil War structures linked by a trail through the Beacon Hill neighborhood, all relating to 19th century African-American history, including the African Meeting House | Address 14 Beacon St Boston, Massachusetts 02108 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston Closest Interstate: I-93 Exit 24 or 25 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 617 742-5412 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Boston National Historical Park Visitor Center | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Visitor center and eight historic sites include Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Charlestown Navy Yard, Old North Church, USS Constitution | Address 15 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02129 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Downtown Boston Closest City: Boston Closest Interstate: I-93 exit 25 (Causeway Street/North Station) Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 617 242-5642 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 Essex Shipbuilding Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 1835 Central School House, Hearse House, Old Burying Ground, Shipyard, Evelina M Goulart schooner, Lewis H Story | Address 66 Main St Essex, Massachusetts 01929 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston (35 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 133 to Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 978 768-7541 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Fort Independence | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: five pointed granite fort used primarily for coastal defense, eighth fort on same location | Address Castle Island Day Blvd South Boston, Massachusetts 02403 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston Closest Interstate: I-93 exit 16 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 617 727-5250 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Fort Warren | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Granite fort on Georges Island in Boston Harbor, Civil War prison for captured Confederates | Address Georges Island Boston, Massachusetts 02403 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston Closest Interstate: on an island in Boston Harbor Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 617 727-5290 | ||||||||||||
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| 7 Hancock Shaker Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 20 original Shaker buildings on 1200 acres, working farm | Address Route 20 PO Box 898 Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Albany, NY (30 mi) Closest Major Road: US 20, SR 41 to I-90 exit 1 Closest Airport: Albany County NY ALB | Contact Phone 413 443-0188 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Historic Deerfield | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Guided tours of 14 museum houses, & the Flint Center of Early New England Life | Address Hall Tavern Information Center 84 Old Main St Deerfield, Massachusetts 01342 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Springfield (30 mi) Closest Interstate: I-91 exit 26 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 413 774-5581 | ||||||||||||
| 9 Lowell National Historical Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: The heart of Lowell's Industrial past in large collection of mill buildings and canals | Address 67 Kirk St Lowell, Massachusetts 01852 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston, MA (30 mi) Closest Interstate: I-495 & US 3 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 508-978-5000 | ||||||||||||
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| 10 Minute Man National Historical Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Hartwell Tavern 20 minute program w/musket firing, Wayside House -- home of numerous well-known authors, Minute Man Visitor Center | Address Visitor Center Route 2A Lexington, Massachusetts (null) | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston (15 mi) Closest Interstate: I-95 exit 30 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 781 862-7753 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Nantucket Historical Association | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 6 buildings, most on walking tour: Hadwen House, Jethro Coffin House, The Old Mill, The Old Gaol, Fire Hose Cart House, Macy-Christian House | Address 2 Whalers Lane Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston Closest Interstate: Island -- ferry to Hyannis Closest Airport: Nantucket Memorial ACK | Contact Phone 508 228-1894 | ||||||||||||
| 12 New Bedford Whaling Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Largest museum in the US devoted to whaling. One of the sites at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park | Address 18 Johnny Cake Hill New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Providence, RI (30 mi) Closest Interstate: I-195 exit 15 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 508 997-0046 | ||||||||||||
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| 13 New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park VC | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Linked series of museums | Address 33 William St New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Providence, RI (30 mi) Closest Interstate: I-195 exit 15 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 508 996-4095 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Old Sturbridge Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Village made of buildings moved from all over New England. Costumed interpreters | Address 1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Springfield (30 mi) Closest Interstate: US 20 to I-94 exit 3A Closest Airport: Worcester Mncpl ORH | Contact Phone 508 347-5383 Toll free 800 733-1830 | ||||||||||||
| 15 Plimoth Plantation | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Recreated settlement of the early years. Costumed interpreters adopt persona of actual members of the colony, and will admit knowing only what they knew | Address 137 Warren Ave Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston (40mi) Closest Interstate: US 44 to SR 3 Closest Airport: Hyannis Barnstable HYA (Boston Logan Intl BOS) | Contact Phone 508 746-1622 | ||||||||||||
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| 16 Salem Maritime National Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Derby Wharf, 1/2 long, 18th century garden, visitor center, Orientation Center | Address 174 Derby St Salem, Massachusetts 01970 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston (40 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 1A Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 978 740-1680 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Saugus Ironworks National Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: First integrated ironworks in North America, with reconstructed ironworks complex including blast furnace and working waterwheels. | Address 244 Central St Saugus, Massachusetts 01906 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Boston (13 mi) Closest Major Road: US 1 Closest Airport: Boston Logan Intl BOS | Contact Phone 781 233-0050 | ||||||||||||
| 18 Storrowton Village Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Buildings, all 1850 or before, assembled from all over New England: church, meeting house, law office, houses, tavern, school | Address 1305 Memorial Ave West Springfield, Massachusetts 01089 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Springfield (1 mi) Closest Interstate: I-91 exit 8 Closest Airport: Hartford CT Bradley BDL | Contact Phone 413 787-0136 | ||||||||||||
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