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Fun
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New
England
- Massachusetts
Museums in Greater Metro BostonTotal found in this region of Massachusetts: 42Boardman House 17 Howard Street Saugus, MA Type: Historic House Status: Seasonal A National Historic Landmark built in 1692 with an addition added by 1696; The house is a very well preserved example of 17th an... Boston Children's Museum 300 Congress Street Boston, MA Type: Childrens Hands-on exhibits and activites for children to explore Browne House 562 Main Street (Route 20) Watertown, MA Type: Historic House Status: Limited Openings A farmhouse built around 1698; It was restored in 1919 in the first fully documented restoration in America Codman Estate 34 Codman Road Lincoln, MA Type: Historic House Status: Seasonal A Georgian style house originally built around 1740; The house and gardens feature two centuries of architecture, luxurious furn... Cooper-Frost-Austin House 21 Linnaean Street Cambridge, MA Type: Historic House The oldest surviving house in Cambridge; Built by Samuel Cooper in 1681; It was owned by one family for over 250 years Ad... Davis Museum and Cultural Center 106 Central Street (Wellesley College) Wellesley, MA Type: Art "One of the oldest and most acclaimed academic fine arts museums in the United States"; "collections that span global history fr... DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park 51 Sandy Pond Road Lincoln, MA Type: Art Modern and contemporary art and sculpture with emphasis on living artists Dillaway-Thomas House John Eliot Square (Roxbury Street) Boston, MA Type: Historic House Part of the Roxbury Heritage State Park; Built in 1750; Features exhibits on the history of Roxbury Discovery Museum 177 Main Street (Route 27) Acton, MA Type: Childrens A hands-on museum for children of all ages that teaches about nature and science; There is also an outdoor nature playscape and ... Dreamland Wax Museum 1 Washington Mall (City Hall Plaza) Boston, MA Type: Wax, Other Wax museum with over 100 figures including celebrities, sports heros, world leaders, and US Presidents. Visitors are allowed to ... Dreams of Freedom Museum 800 Boylston Street (Prudential Center) Boston, MA Type: History Located atop the Prudential Center along with the Skywalk Observatory and the Top Of The Hub restaurant; exhibits about Immigrat... Fairbanks House 511 East Street Dedham, MA Type: Historic House Status: Seasonal Believed to be the oldest standing timber frame house in North America confirmed by dendrochronology testing; The original secti... General Artemas Ward House Museum 786 Main Street Shrewsbury, MA Type: Historic House Status: Seasonal Former home of Artemas Ward, Major General in the American Revolutionary War and Congressman; House built in 1727; No admission ... Gore Place 52 Gore Street Waltham, MA Type: History Federal period mansion from 1806 that belonged to Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore; includes a small farm Gropius House 68 Baker Bridge Road Lincoln, MA Type: Historic House Family home of Walter Gropius, who founded the Bauhaus German design school and taught architecture at Harvard; The house, built... Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street (Harvard University) Cambridge, MA Type: Art In 2014 the Fogg (est. 1895), Busch-Reisinger (est. 1903), and Arthur M. Sackler (est. 1985) museums were combined into one reno... Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street (Harvard University) Cambridge, MA Type: Science Exhibits related to climate change, zoology, fossils, plants, glass flowers, minerals, geology Admission as of 2018: Adul... Harvard Semitic Museum 6 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA Type: History A center for archaeological exploration and artifacts from the Near East, especially Bible lands; artifacts include including po... Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 25 Evans Way (280 The Fenway) Boston, MA Type: Art A 3 story Venetian (15th century) style palace filled with "paintings, sculpture, tapestries, furniture, and decorative arts fro... John F Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum 220 Morrissey Boulevard (Columbia Point) Boston, MA Type: History Museum dedicated to the life and times of the 35th president of the United States and a better understanding of America's politi... John F. Kennedy National Historic Site 83 Beals Street Brookline, MA Type: Historic House The house preserved as the birthplace of America's 35th president Larz Anderson Auto Museum Larz Anderson Park, 15 Newton Street Brookline, MA Type: Technology America's oldest collection of automobiles Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters 105 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA Type: Historic House Status: Seasonal "The home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the world's foremost 19th century poets. The house also served as headquarters f... Longyear Museum 1125 Boylston Street Brookline, MA Type: History Dedicated to the life and work of the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy Lyman Estate 185 Lyman Street Waltham, MA Type: History A large country estate (mansion) which is a National Historic Landmark and is still used for weddings, meetings, and private par... Lynn Heritage Park 590 Washington Street Lynn, MA Type: History Features a Visitors Center with exhibits on the history of Lynn, especially the city's manufacturing history (shoes, electrical ... Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center 963 Washington Street Canton, MA Type: Art Collections of natural history art and photography; Connected with the Mildred Morse Allen Wildlife Sanctuary MIT Museum 265 Massachusetts Avenue (Bldg N51) Cambridge, MA Type: Technology "Home to renowned collections in science and technology, holography, architecture and design, nautical engineering and history, ... Museum of African American History (Boston Campus) 46 Joy Street Boston, MA Type: History Consists of the African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill, both of which are on the Black Heritage Trail. The... Museum Of Bad Art Dedham Community Theatre, 580 High Street (Dedham Square) Dedham, MA Type: Art Small collection of bad art; Gallery is located just outside the men's room in a 1927 movie theatre. Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Type: Art Fine art from Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Americas, Europe, the ancient world; also musical Instruments, prints, drawings, photog... Museum of Science 1 Science Park (Monsignor O'Brien Highway, Route 28) Boston, MA Type: Science Featuring "a revolving schedule of temporary exhibits, IMAX films, and Planetarium shows, plus details on more than 700 interact... Otis House 141 Cambridge Street Boston, MA Type: Historic House A Federal style house built in 1796, which is the last surviving mansion in Bowdoin Square; Open year-round Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue (Harvard University) Cambridge, MA Type: Science "One of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology and houses one of the most comprehensive records of human cultur... Peter Tufts House 350 Riverside Avenue Medford, MA Type: Historic House May be the oldest all-brick house in the U.S.; Built circa 1677; Owned by the Medford Historical Society Pierce House 24 Oakton Avenue Boston, MA Type: Historic House "Pierce House is one of the last surviving examples of seventeenth-century architecture in the city of Boston. Lived in by ten g... Quincy House 20 Muirhead Street Quincy, MA Type: Historic House Status: Seasonal A country estate built by Revolutionary War era leader Josiah Quincy in 1770; The Quincy family that lived here for generations ... Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History 235 Wellesley Street (Regis College) Weston, MA Type: Other The Old State House Museum 206 Washington Street (corner of State Street) Boston, MA Type: History Oldest public building in Boston; built in 1713; former seat of Massachusetts government; exhibits relating to the American Revo... The Plumbing Museum 80 Rosedale Rd Watertown, MA Type: Technology Exhibits about the evolution of plumbing systems and toilets; Relocated from Worcester in 2008 USS Constitution Museum 1 Constitution Road (Charlestown Navy Yard, Building 22) Boston, MA Type: Military Located next to the actual USS Constitution; the "Museum serves as the memory and educational voice of USS Constitution, by coll... Warren Anatomical Museum 10 Shattuck Street (Countway Library) Boston, MA Type: Science 5th floor of the Countway Library of Medicine; Holdings include anatomical and pathological specimens, models, photographs, prin... |