Unique & Hidden Gem Activities for Families
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Museum of Illusions Boston
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Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Floating museum with live reenactments. Floating history museum with live reenactments, multimedia exhibits & a tearoom.
Trapology Boston
Escape room center with multiple rooms. Interactive escape room game center offering several room themes, plus team-building workshops.
Childrens Wharf Harborwalk
Waterside locale with tables & views. This channel-side park with tables features a giant Hood milk bottle & views of the Tea Party Ship.
Boston Children's Museum
Hands-on exhibits & play spaces. Fun, hands-on educational exhibits aimed at kids 11 & under, plus a play space for toddlers.
Boston Waterfront
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The Fenway Garden Society
WWII group garden operating since 1942. This literal WWII victory garden from 1942 is now made up of 7.5 acres of produce & flowers.
LEGO Discovery Center Boston
Amusement center inspired by Lego toys. Family entertainment center featuring toy displays, rides & 4D films, plus a gift shop.
Hall's Pond Sanctuary
Secluded urban area with a pond & garden. 3.5-acre urban park featuring a pond, formal garden & walking trail in a secluded, lush setting.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Anthropological collections at Harvard. Harvard museum with ancient cultures' artifacts & archeology, plus access to Natural History Museum.
Emerson Garden
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Loring Greenough House
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The Village Playspace
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Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Exhibits on 1st U.S. city water system. Exhibits on the engineering behind U.S.'s 1st metro water system, with walking & bus tours.
Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Elizur Wright's Tower
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Joey’s Park
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Menotomy Rocks Park
Fishing pond, wooded trails & fields. Spread among the grounds are wooded trails, ball fields, a 3-acre fishing pond & a playground.
Mass Audubon's Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Quincy Quarries Reservation
Granite pits popular for rock climbing. Former granite quarry known for its colorful murals, popular for rock climbing & picnicking.
Millennium Park
Miles of walking trails & scenic views. Natural retreat with 6 miles of accessible trails, playing fields, a canoe launch & scenic views.
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
Hands-on exhibits on famous inventions. Riverside museum in an 1814 building offering interactive exhibits on famed inventions plus events.
Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate
Historic house museum & grounds. Elegant country home built in 1886, now a museum with period furnishings & landscaped grounds.
The Old Belfry
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XtremeCraze - Woburn
Vibrant spot for laser tag & other games. Buzzy fun center offering laser tag, indoor play equipment & an arcade, plus a snack bar with pizza.
Ropes Mansion and Garden
Georgian Colonial mansion with a garden. House museum in an 18th-century Georgian Colonial mansion with a garden in the back.
Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery Monster Museum
Museum with horror movie wax figures. Museum displaying wax figures of vampires, zombies & other characters from horror & monster films.
Real Pirates Salem
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International Monster Museum
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Thoreau Farm
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Bloom and Grow Creative
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Wenham Museum
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Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
Locale for wildlife views & canoeing. Sanctuary offering trails through forest, meadows & wetlands, with wildlife views & canoeing.
Moncrieff Cochran Bird Sanctuary
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Andover Center for History & Culture
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Kidz Wishing Well
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Discovery Museum
Hands-on exhibits for toddlers on up. Interactive science exhibits for children of all ages, as well as adults.
Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens
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Den Rock Park
Park for rock climbing & nature walks. 120-acre nature preserve with wooded walking trails & a granite face for rock climbing.
Jack Kerouac Park
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Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Industrial museum with guided tours. Museum in an old mill with historical exhibits on industry & manufacturing, plus guided tours.
National Streetcar Museum at Lowell
Trolley museum with displays & rides. Park-based street railway history museum with original & replica cars and free rides in season.
Whistler House Museum Of Art
Regional works of art in a historic home. Birthplace of artist James McNeill Whistler featuring exhibits of 19th- & 20th-century American art.
Deer Jump Reservation - A.V.I.S
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STEMspot
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Lowell Heritage State Park
Riverfront park with lots of activities. Park located on the Merrimack River with recreation such as boating, fishing, hiking & swimming.
Greycourt State Park
Scenic space with castle ruins & trails. 24-acre hilltop park with the remains of an 1890 chateau-style castle, trails & grassy picnic lawns.
Buttonwoods Museum
Museum complex with hands-on exhibits. Interactive museum featuring historic residences, workshops & Native American artifacts.
Winnekenni Castle
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Field of Dreams, Inc.
Big playground, hiking trails & stage. Wooded park featuring a large playground for all ages, fitness & hiking trails & performance stage.
Attleboro Arts Museum
Exhibitions of modern & historic art. Exhibitions of contemporary and historic artwork. Gallery may be closed during exhibit transitions.
Capron Park Zoo
Animals from many continents, plus tours. Circa-1937 zoo offers wildlife buffs themed tours & educational programs, plus water playground.
Wonderland Park
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Happy Place
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The Nook
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Benson Park
Spacious park with a playground. Roomy park featuring forest space with trails plus a playground & small animal farm.
Lovewell Pond Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area
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Reflection Garden & Labyrinth
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Museum of Work & Culture
History exhibits on mill workers. Exhibits on Rhode Island's 18th- & 19th-century mill workers, with hands-on activities & games.
Itsy Bitsy Zone
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