The Massachusetts Observer

There are many fine museums in Massachusetts. Some celebrate our nation's beginnings and growth. Others are wonderful gateways to art and craftsmanship. There are museums devoted to our sea heritage. No matter what your interest, there is probably a museum for you in Massachusetts. These museums are arranged by county. Be sure to check out the websites.

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Berkshire County

Berkshire Museum - Pittsfield
The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
Chesterwood Museum - Stockbridge
Clark Art Institute - Williamstown
Crane Museum - Dalton
Hancock Shaker Village - Pittsfield
Museum of the Gilded Age - Lenox
Norman Rockwell Museum - Stockbridge
Williams College Museum of Art - Williamstown

Franklin County

Historic Deerfield Museum
Memorial Hall Museum - Deerfield
The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Hampshire County

Amherst History Museum
Bisbee Hill Museum and Chesterfield Historical Society
Edwards Memorial Museum - Chesterfield
Emily Dickinson Museum - Amherst
Historic Northampton Museum
Kingman Tavern Historical Museum - Cummington
Mead Art Museum - Amherst
Amherst College Museum of Natural History
Smith College Museum of Art - Northampton

Hampden County

The Basketball Hall of Fame - Springfield
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
Holyoke Children's Museum
Museum of Fine Arts - Springfield
Springfield Science Museum
Storrowton Village Museum - West Springfield
Volleyball Hall of Fame - Holyoke
Titanic Museum - Indian Orchard
Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center-Springfield

Worcester County

Boylston Historical Society Museum
EcoTarium - Worcester
Fruitlands Museums - Harvard
Higgins Armory Museum - Worcester
Old Sturbridge Village - Sturbridge
Southwick's Zoo-Mendon
Sutton Historical Society Museum
Willard House and Clock Museum - North Grafton
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester Historical Museum

Suffolk County

Arnold Arboretum - Jamaica Plain
Children's Museum of Boston
Franklin Park Zoo
Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston
Massachusetts State House - Boston
Museum of African American History - Boston
Museum of Bad Art - Boston
Museum of Fine Arts - Boston
Museum of Science - Boston
New England Aquarium - Boston
The Sports Museum of New England - Boston
USS Constitution Museum - Charlestown Navy Yard

Middlesex County

Arthur M. Sackler Museum - Cambridge
Boott Cotton Mills Museum - Lowell
Busch-Reisinger Museum - Cambridge
Charles River Museum of Industry - Waltham
Concord Museum - Concord
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum - Arlington
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park - Lincoln
The Devens Historical Museum
The Discovery Museums - Acton
Fogg Art Museum - Cambridge
Arlington Historical Society
Harvard Museum of Natural History - Cambridge
The Jackson Homestead Museum - Newton
Longfellow's Wayside Inn - Sudbury
Middlesex Canal Museum - North Billerica

MIT Museum - Cambridge
American Textile History Museum- Lowell
Museum of Our National Heritage - Lexington
Natick Historical Society and Museum
New England Quilt Museum - Lowell
Old Academy Museum - Framingham
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Cambridge
Public Health Museum - Tewksbury
Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University - Waltham
The Semitic Museum at Harvard University - Cambridge
Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History - Weston
Stone Zoo-Stoneham
Westford Museum
Whistler House Museum of Art - Lowell

Essex County

Addison Gallery of American Art - Andover
Bartlett Museum - Amesbury
Brocklebank Museum - Georgetown
Buttonwoods Museum - Haverhill
Cape Ann Historical Museum - Gloucester
Cushing House Museum & Garden - Newburyport
Custom House Maritime Museum of Newburyport
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Grand Army of the Republic Museum - Lynn
Hammond Castle - Gloucester
Lynn Museum
Marblehead Museum
Museum of Printing - North Andover
New England Pirate Museum - Salem
Peabody Essex Museum - Salem
Salem 1630: Pioneer Village
Salem Wax Museum
Salem Witch Museum
Sargent House Museum - Gloucester
Walker Transportation Collection
Wenham Museum
Witch Dungeon Museum - Salem
Witch History Museum - Salem

Norfolk County

Blue Hills Trailside Museum - Milton
Davis Museum - Wellesley
Longyear Museum - Chestnut Hill
Maritime Museum - Cohasset
Massachusetts Audubon Society Visual Arts Center - Canton
Museum of Transportation - Brookline
United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum - Quincy

Bristol County

Attleboro Area Industrial Museum
Attleboro Arts Museum
Lizzie Borden Museum - Fall River
Massachusetts Golf Museum - Norton
New Bedford Art Museum
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum
Old Colony Historical Society Museum - Taunton
Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum - New Bedford

Plymouth County

Fuller Craft Museum - Brockton
Hull Lifesaving Museum
John Alden House Museum - Duxbury
Scituate Historical Society
Mayflower Society Museum - Plymouth
Old Ordinary - Hingham
Pilgrim Hall Museum - Plymouth
Plimoth Plantation - Plymouth
Plymouth National Wax Museum

Barnstable County

Cape Cod Maritime Museum - Hyannis
Cape Cod Museum of Art - Dennis
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History - Brewster
Centerville Historical Museum
Children's Museum in Easton
Falmouth Museums On The Green
Heritage Museums & Gardens - Sandwich
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum - Provincetown
Provincetown Art Association & Museum
Sandwich Glass Museum
Thorton W. Burgess Museum - Sandwich
Woods Hole Historical Museum

Dukes County

Children's Lighthouse Memorial - Edgartown
Martha's Vineyard Museums - Edgartown

Nantucket County

Natural Science Museum in Hinchman House- Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Association Aquarium - Nantucket
Nantucket Lifesaving Museum
Nantucket Whaling Museum and Historic Sites