Museums in Massachusetts
Collections with a door and posted hours, from county history to aviation and rail. What the record knows about each is what the page says.
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431 museums are published in Massachusetts. The list below holds the 320 best-documented.
- Rose Art Museum
- Bronson Alcott School of Philosophy
- Old Schwamb Mill
- Danforth Art
- The Institute of Contemporary Art
- Hancock-Clarke House Museum
- Bellingham-Cary House
- Oldest House
- William Hickling Prescott House
- Museum of Science
- Boston Children's Museum
- Cape Cod Museum of Art
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
- Gropius HouseBuilt 1938
- Loring-Greenough House
- The Witch House
- Peak House MuseumNational Register
- Dole-Little HouseBuilt 1715
- Ralph Waldo Emerson HouseBuilt 1828 · National Register
- USS ConstitutionBuilt 1797 · National Register
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
- Danforth Art Museum\School
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Museum
- United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
- Codman House Museum
- Norman Rockwell Museum
- Wakefield History Museum
- The Sports MuseumBuilt 1977
- New England Historic Genealogical SocietyBuilt 1845-01-01
- Emily Dickinson Museum
- Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
- Orchard House Museum
- Arrowhead
- French Cable Station Museum
- Boston & Maine Railroad Freight HouseBuilt 1877
- Paul Revere HouseBuilt 1680
- Ether Dome
- Fitchburg Art Museum
- Armenian Museum of America
- Fruitlands Museum
- Museum of African American History
- Gibson House
- Willard House and Clock Museum
- New Bedford Fire Museum
- Holbrook Historical SocietyBuilt 1873 · National Register
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- USS Constitution MuseumNational Register
- James Blake House
- Williams College Museum of Art
- Maritime Museum - Samuel Bates Ship ChandleryBuilt 1754 · National Register
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
- Provincetown Art Association & Museum;Provincetown Art Association and Museum
- Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Captain John Wilson HouseBuilt 1810 · National Register
- Davis Museum and Cultural Center
- Shea Naval Aviation Museum
- G.A.R. Hall and Museum of Lynn, MA
- Future Home of the Massachusetts Air and Space Museum
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Jabez Howland House
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- USS Cassin YoungBuilt 1943 · National Register
- The Icon Museum and Study Center
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
- Harvard Art Museums
- Worcester Historical Museum
- The West End Museum
- Old Colony History MuseumBuilt 1853-05-04
- Hancock Shaker Village
- Addison Gallery of American ArtBuilt May 17, 1931
- Shirley-Eustis House
- Edward Bellamy House
- Friendship of Salem
- Wing Fort House
- John Canot House and Visitor Center
- Old South Meeting Place
- Custom House Maritime MuseumBuilt 1835 · National Register
- Berkshire Museum
- Richard Sparrow House
- Golden Ball Tavern Museum
- Beneski Museum of Natural History
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House
- Maritime and Mossing Museum
- Old Gaol
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum
- New England Quilt Museum
- Boston Marine Society Museum
- Harvard Museum of Natural History
- Jackson Homestead and Museum
- Plimoth Plantation
- Middleboro Historical Museum
- EcoTarium
- Wilmington Town Museum
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
- Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum
- Hart Nautical Gallery
- Old Harbor Life Saving MuseumNational Register
- Bartlett Museum
- Sargent House Museum
- Josiah Quincy House
- Buckman Tavern
- Beauport Museum
- Semitic Museum
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum
- Whistler House Museum of Art
- Fogg Museum
- Littlefield Library Museum
- Josiah Day House Museum
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
- Old State House20 m
- Sandwich Glass Museum
- Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
- Munroe Tavern
- MIT Museum
- Salem Witch Museum
- Mead Art Museum
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
- Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
- Highland House Museum
- US Coast Guard Heritage MuseumBuilt 1855 · National Register
- 1749 Courthouse
- Hammond Castle Museum
- The House of the Seven Gables
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Cape Ann Museum
- The Plimoth Grist Mill
- Coffin House
- Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
- Nichols House Museum
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
- Framingham Historical Society
- Fairbanks House
- American Textile History Museum
- Warren Anatomical Museum
- National Yiddish Book Center
- Wistariahurst Museum
- Pilgrim Hall Museum
- Pierce/Hichborn House Museum
- Pierce House
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
- Jason Russell House
- The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
- Dwight-Derby House Museum
- French Cable Station Museum
- Carpenter Museum
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Chester Railway Museum
- The Mount
- Cobb House Museum
- Daniel Webster Law Office Museum
- Otis House Museum
- Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House
- Amherst History Museum
- Nantucket Whaling Museum
- Edward Gorey House
- Old Town HallBuilt 1828 · National Register
- Witch History Museum
- Narbonne HouseBuilt 1670 · National Register
- Martha's Vineyard Museum
- Stone House Museum
- Cape Cod Children's Museum
- Vincent House MuseumBuilt 1672
- Josiah Mayo House
- Holyoke Children's Museum
- Fitchburg Historical Society
- Maritime Museum at Battery WharfBuilt 2009
- Alexander Graham Bell Room Museum
- Mariner's Home
- The Carnegie Heritage Center
- First Corps of Cadets Museum
- Doll Museum
- Scale HouseBuilt 1829 · National Register
- Fire Hose Cart House
- Methuen Historical Society
- Rausch Mineral Gallery
- Essex Institute Museum Building
- Harlow Old Fort House
- Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center
- Edward Winslow House Museum
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
- Lunder Center at Stone Hill
- Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum
- Alden House Historic Site
- Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit
- Peter Foulger Museum
- Chester Historical Museum (Old Jail)
- Captain Bangs Hallet House
- Phillips School
- Smith Museum Archives
- Horeseneck Point Lifesaving StationBuilt 1888
- St. Joseph HallBuilt 1909 · National Register
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum
- Titanic Museum
- Cape Ann Historical Museum
- Rebecca Nurse Homestead
- West School Museum
- Leverett Family MuseumBuilt 1916
- Custom HouseBuilt 1819 · National Register
- Maria Mitchell Natural Science Museum
- Lower Green SchoolhouseBuilt 1877
- Blacksmith Museum
- MassArt Art Museum
- Essex Shipbuilding Museum
- The Telephone Museum
- Children's Museum Easton
- Crane Museum of Papermaking
- Commonwealth Museum
- Trask House Museum
- Springfield Armory Museum
- Waltham Museum
- Chester Historical Museum (Methodist Church)
- Procter Museum & Archives
- Thoreau Cabin replica
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
- International Paper Museum
- Winthrop Public Library and Museum
- Bidwell House Museum
- Deborah Sampson House Museum
- Gallows Hill Museum & Theater
- Gabel Museum of Archaeology
- Witch Dungeon Museum
- Knight Hall
- Cohasset Historical Society Building
- Marblehead Police Museum
- Guyer Barn
- Hawkes HouseBuilt 1801 · National Register
- Falmouth Museums on the Green
- Harvard Historical SocietyBuilt 1832
- Tsongas Industrial History Center
- Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum
- Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History
- Hedge House Museum
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
- Abigail Adams House Museum
- Kendrick House Museum
- Josiah Dennis Manse Museum
- Hatfield Historical Museum
- Springfield Science Museum
- Atwood House Museum
- Museum of the Grand Army of The Republic
- CAM Green
- Greater Light
- Hosmer House Museum
- Woods Hole Historical Museum
- The Patriots Hall of Fame
- New Bedford Art Museum
- West India Goods StoreBuilt 1800s · National Register
- Old machinery exhibit
- World of Wizardry
- Benjamin Lincoln House
- The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments
- Discovery Museum
- Boston Fire Museum
- Pioneer Valley Live Steamers
- Childrens Museum
- Hoxie House
- Storrowton Village Museum
- Cottage Museum
- Pioneer Village
- Museum of Printing
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum
- Windsor House Museum
- Major Taylor Museum
- Medford Historical Society
- Somerville Historical Museum
- Boot Cotton Mills Museum
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum
- National Streetcar Museum
- Busch-Reisinger Museum
- Job Lane Farm MuseumBuilt 1973
- Tech Model Railroad Club
- Hunt House Museum
- Museum of Illusions BostonBuilt 2024-11-23
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
- Franklin Historical Museum
- Kingman Tavern Museum
- The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum
- Chatham Railroad Museum
- Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center
- Wenham Museum
- Old Academy BuildingBuilt 1838
- Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library
- Lowell's Boat ShopBuilt 1793 · National Register
- Cahoon Museum of American Art
- Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery
- Farm Museum
- Historic Northampton
- Longmeadow Historical Society
- Codman Estate
- Longyear Museum
- Dorothy Quincy Homestead
- Ipswich MuseumBuilt 1992-06-02
- Joseph Skinner Museum
- Historic Mitchell House
- Bob Stiles House Museum
- Childrens Museum
- Worthington Historical Society
- Public StoresBuilt 1819 · National Register
- Boston Tea Party - Ships and Museum
- Traylor Trask Museum
- American Heritage Museum
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole
- Lynn Museum & Arts Center
- Chesterwood Museum
- Naumkeag Museum
- Hadley Farm Museum
- New England Pirate Museum
- Mary Baker Eddy Historic House
- Pedrick Store HouseBuilt 1770 · National Register
- Royalston Post Office
- Derby HouseBuilt 1761 · National Register
- Mary Baker Eddy Historic House
- Great Falls Discovery Center
- Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation
- Old Firehouse Museum
- George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum