- Plimoth Plantation@ - Plymouth
Discover Plimoth Plantation, the living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts which reconstructs the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established by the Pilgrims. Sites offer background information, collection of pilgrim possessions, reproductions, educational material, and reconstructions of the first permanent European settlement in southern New England.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
- Old Sturbridge Village@ - Sturbridge
dir.yahoo.com/.../Sturbridge/Community
- Collings Foundation
- Stow
Founded to support living history events involving transportation, especially automotive and military aviation history.
www.collingsfoundation.org
- Armenian Library and Museum of America
- Watertown
Works to preserve Armenian heritage through collecting, conserving, and documenting artifacts, books, textiles, archives, stories, and works of art.
www.almainc.org
- Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History
- Weston
Dedicated to learning about the world's cultures through stamps and postal history.
www.spellman.org
- Hammond Castle Museum@ - Gloucester
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
- Wenham Museum@ - Wenham
dir.yahoo.com/.../Wenham/Community
- Longfellow National Historic Site@ - Cambridge
dir.yahoo.com/.../Entertainment_and_Arts/Literature
- Boston African American National Historic Site@ - Boston
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Museums_and_Memorials
- Nye
- East Sandwich
Official site of the Nye Family of America Association and of the historic Benjamin Nye Homestead in East Sandwich, Massachusetts.
www.nyefamily.org
- Blanchard's Tavern / Blanchard Museum House
- Avon
Historic tavern serving Colonial period food and drink, and associated house restored as a public museum.
www.blanchardstavern.com
- Natick Historical Society & Museum, The
- Natick
Features artifacts of the Natick Indian Community, as well as memorabilia relating to the Natick community's daily life in earlier periods.
www.natickhistory.com
- Smithsonian: Within These Walls
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- Ipswich
A look at a colonial home with a 200-year legacy, now located at the Smithsonian's National Museum of History.
www.americanhistory.si.edu/house
- Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Home of the Boy Who Would Be President
- Brookline
Lesson plan with photos and documents.
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/33jfk/33jfk.htm
- American Independence Museum
- Exeter
www.independencemuseum.org
- Dedham Historical Society
- Dedham
Houses a genealogical library, as well as local historical collections. Exhibits include furnishings, artifacts, paintings, photographic materials, and silver.
www.dedhamhistorical.org
- The Wayside: Home of Authors
- Concord
National Historic Landmark and home once owned by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who purchased the house from the Alcott family. Includes profiles of Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney, as well as visitor information.
www.nps.gov/mima/wayside
- Museum of Our National Heritage
- Lexington
American history museum founded and supported by Scottish Rite Freemasons.
www.monh.org
- Strawbery Banke Museum
- Portsmouth
Over 300 years of history in one of America's oldest continuously occupied neighborhoods.
www.strawberybanke.org
- Old Manse, The
- Concord
Visitor information and history of the property, whose previous residents include Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Emerson family.
www.concord.org/town/manse/old_manse.html
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