GUIDE TO MUSEUMS & LIBRARIES IN MASSACHUSETTS

Do you want to see Boston without spending a lot of money? The Go Boston Card gives you discounted access to 70 of Boston's top sites and tours for one low price. You can save up to 55% over the cost of buying individual tickets. Alden House Museum & Historical Site American Textile History Museum The Art Complex Museum Boston Athenaeum Boston Fire Museum Boston Public Library Cape Museum of Fine Arts Charles River Museum Of Industry The Children's Museum The Commonwealth Museum The Computer Museum Concord Museum Davis Museum & Cultural Center Decordova Museum And Sculpture Park Discovery Museums Dreams of Freedom: Boston's Immigration Museum Ecotarium Fuller Craft Museum Garden In The Woods Gibson House Museum Hancock Shaker Village Harvard University Art Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History Higgins Armory Museum House of Seven Gables Hull Lifesaving Museum Institute Of Contemporary Art Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The Jackson Homestead Museum John F. Kennedy Library Kendall Whaling Museum Longyear Museum Lynn Museum Massachusetts Audubon Society Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Mit Museum Museum of Bad Art Museum of African American History Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Our National Heritage Museum of Science Museum of Transportation Museum of Useful Things Nantucket Historical Association Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame New Bedford Whaling Museum New England Aquarium New England Sports Museum Nichols House Museum Old South Meeting House Old State House Orchard House Paul Revere House Peabody Essex Museum Plimoth Plantation The Robbins Museum Schlesinger Library On The History Of Women Society For The Preservation of New England Antiquities Spellman Museum Of Stamps & Postal History Springfield Museums/Springfield Science Museum Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate USS Constitution Museum Worcester Art Museum MIT MUSEUM 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 MIT Museum presents exhibitions and programs that explore the foundations and frontiers of science and technology. You can learn about robots and artificial intelligence. Free admission to the MIT Museum every day for Children under 5 (does not apply to groups), and Sundays 10 a.m. - noon and the 2nd Friday of each month, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Call (617) 253-4444 for more information. Back MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill - Boston The Museum of Afro American History (MAAH) is a not-for-profit history institution dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African Americans during the colonial period in New England. Admission to the museum is free (Suggested Donation $5). For more information call (617) 725-0022 Back MUSEUM OF NATIONAL HERITAGE 33 Marrett Rd. (Route 2A), Lexington, MA 02421 Featuring changing exhibitions on American history and popular culture. For more information call (781) 861-6559 Back THE COMPUTER MUSEUM Museum Wharf, 300 Congress St. Boston, MA Features include four galleries of historical and hands-on computer exhibits. For more information call (617)423-6758 or (617)-426-2800 Back THE NEW ENGLAND SPORTS MUSEUM First Street, Cambridge Galleria, East Cambridge MA. This new museum features video and audio tapes as well as sports artifacts and memorabilia to view and to purchase. For more information call (617)-621-0520 Back NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740-6398 The world's foremost museum devoted to the historic interaction of humans with whales worldwide. For more information call (508) 997-0046 Back NICHOLS HOUSE MUSEUM 57 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA This museum offers a unique glimpse into 19th and early 20th century Bostonian life in a historic Beacon Hill townhouse. For more information call (617) 227-6993 Back OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE 310 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 No tax on tea! This is where the Boston Tea Party began. Built in 1729, as a meeting place and a haven for free speech and assembly. Old South Meeting House has been in continuous use for over 250 years. Today you can visit this National Historic Landmark and experience events that shaped our country through the new multimedia exhibition, Voices of Protest. For more information call (617) 482-6439 Back OLD STATE HOUSE, THE BOSTONIAN SOCIETY'S HISTORY MUSEUM The Bostonian Society, Old State House, 206 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02109-1713 Founded in 1881 to save the Old State House from being moved to Chicago, The Bostonian Society is the historical society for the city of Boston. For more information call (617) 720-1713 Back ORCHARD HOUSE, HOME OF THE ALCOTTS 399 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts. Orchard House was home to the Alcott family from 1858 to 1877. It is generally believed that Louisa May Alcott set her classic work, "Little Women", here. For more information call (978) 369-4118 Back PAUL REVERE HOUSE 19 North Square, Boston, MA 02113 A museum interpreting Revere's life and Boston's history of the 17th, 18th and 19th century. For more information call (617) 523-2338 Back SPELLMAN MUSEUM OF STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY 235 Wellesley Street, at Regis College, Weston MA 02493 The Spellman Museum engages diverse audiences in the opportunities to learn from stamps and postal history. For more information call (781) 768-8367 Back USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM The Museum is located adjacent to USS Constitution, in Building 22, Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston. The USS Constitution Museum brings to life the stories of the individuals who authorized, built, served on and preserved USS Constitution. For more information call (617) 426-1812 Back THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA This is an independent research library (by permission only!) with important collections of early American books and documents. Guided tours are available by appointment. For more information call (617)-536-5400 Back THE ARTHUR & ELIZABETH SCHLESINGER LIBRARY ON THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA 3 James Street, Cambridge A Research library contains one of the most extensive collections material on women's history. For more information call (617)-495-8647 Back THE ROBBINS MUSEUM 17 Jackson Street Middleborough, Massachusetts The Robbins Museum is named for Maurice Robbins. Dr. Maurice Robbins 1899-1990 was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society in 1939 and our first president. Back MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY LIBRARY 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA This horticultural library features exhibits and reference materials about all types of plants and flowers. For more information call (617)-536-9280 Back THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 666 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA This is THE library in Boston for sightseeing, research, events and relaxation. It has extensive research facilities, and original manuscripts, special collections and classic museum works of art. For more information call: (617)-536-5400 Back PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 A museum of art, architecture and culture. For more information call: (978) 745-9500 or (800) 745-4054 Back STONEHURST, THE ROBERT TREAT PAINE ESTATE 100 Robert Treat Paine Drive, Waltham, MA Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted, Stonehurst the Robert Treat Paine Estate, is the only museum devoted to these two pioneering figures in American architectural and landscape design history. For more information call: (781) 314-3290 Back LYNN MUSEUM @ the LYNN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Lynn Heritage State Park, 590 Washington St., Lynn, MA 01901 Founded in 1897 by the the Lynn Historical Society this museum preserves the historical past of Lynn as it has expanded and industrialized over the years. There are hands-on learning and informative lectures held there. For more information call: (781) 592-2465 Fax: (781) 592-0012 Back STONEHURST, THE ROBERT TREAT PAINE ESTATE 100 Robert Treat Paine Drive, Waltham, MA Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted, Stonehurst the Robert Treat Paine Estate, is the only museum devoted to these two pioneering figures in American architectural and landscape design history. For more information call: (781) 314-3290 Back WORCESTER ART MUSEUM Salisbury St. Worcester, MA The Worcester Art Museum first opened its doors in the spring of 1898. The institution, founded by Stephen Salisbury III "for the benefit of all the people," today houses more than 30,000 works of art representing more than 50 centuries of creative spirit. For more information call (508) 799-4406 Back CAPE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS 60 Hope Lane (Route 6A) Dennis, MA 02638 The Cape Museum of Fine Arts illustrates the role Cape Cod and the Islands have played in American art from 1899 to the present. For more information call (508) 385-4477 Back HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE Route 20 P.O. Box 927 Pittsfield, MA 01202 An historic site in Western Massachusetts who interpret the lives of the Shakers who lived here from 1783 to 1960. For more information call (800) 817-1137 Back MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 87 Marshall Street North Adams, MA 01247 For information call (413) 664-4481 Back NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION at the Quaker Meeting House 7 Fair Street Nantucket, MA 02554 For information call (508) 228-1894 Back THE MUSEUM OF USEFUL THINGS 49 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 For information call (617) 576-3322 Back SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS/SPRINGFIELD SCIENCE MUSEUM 220 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 A variety of activities and special exhibits. For information call (413) 263-6800

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