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May is National Museum Month |
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Contributed by AECadmin
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May is National Museum Month. What better excuse to explore one of the many museums in Massachusetts? Besides the world-class Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum there are dozens of other interesting and offbeat museums throughout the state. Discover a hidden gem, revisit an old favorite!
Here, in no particular order, are links to some of the many museums in Massachusetts. Please add your favorite museums and galleries in the comments or tell us something about your favorite one on the list.
MIT Museum: 265 Massachusetts Avenue, N52-200, Cambridge, MA 02139
MassMoCa: 87 Marshall Street in North Adams, Massachusetts
Museum of Science: Science Park, Boston, MA 02114
Children's Museum: 300 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
Harvard University Art Museums (Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Straus Center for Consevation) Cambridge, MA, 02138
John F. Kennedy Library and Museum: Columbia Point - Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Roadside America's guide to unusual museums and attractions in Massachusetts. Features links to various locations including the Mapparium, located at the Christian Science Monitor Building, the Ether Dome at Mass General, Dedham's Museum of Bad Art, the Lizzie Borden "Murderabilia," museum, Gardner's "World's Largest Chair" and other oddities.
Smith College Museum of Art: Northampton, MA 01063
Commonwealth Museum: Massachusetts Archives: 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
Museum of Afro-American History: 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park: 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA 01773
Fuller Craft Museum: 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA 02301
Peabody Essex Museum: East India Square, Salem, MA 01970
Addison Gallery of America Art: 180 Main Street, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810
Hancock Shaker Village: located at the intersection of routes 20 & 41, Pittsfield, MA 01201
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge: 9 Glendale Rd., Stockbridge, MA 01262
Clark Art Institute: 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA 01267
American Textile History Museum: 491 Dutton Street, Lowell, MA 01854 |
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