Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

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Buttonwoods Museum

Buttonwoods Museum

Museum complex with hands-on exhibits. Interactive museum featuring historic residences, workshops & Native American artifacts.

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Museum of Printing

Museum of Printing

Printing & typesetting technology museum. Museum telling the story of printing & typesetting technology, from letterpresses to digital.

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STEMspot

STEMspot

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Field of Dreams, Inc.

Field of Dreams, Inc.

Big playground, hiking trails & stage. Wooded park featuring a large playground for all ages, fitness & hiking trails & performance stage.

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Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens

Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens

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Addison Gallery of American Art

Addison Gallery of American Art

Exhibits from the 18th century to today. Rotating exhibits from a vast collection of American artworks, from the 18th century to today.

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Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site

Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site

New England farmhouse home of the poet. This classic 1880s New England farmhouse & orchard was home to the noted poet from 1900-1911.

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Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

Locale for wildlife views & canoeing. Sanctuary offering trails through forest, meadows & wetlands, with wildlife views & canoeing.

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Public Health Museum in Massachusetts

Public Health Museum in Massachusetts

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Boott Cotton Mills Museum

Boott Cotton Mills Museum

Industrial museum with guided tours. Museum in an old mill with historical exhibits on industry & manufacturing, plus guided tours.

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National Streetcar Museum at Lowell

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.

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Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center

Folksy industrial revolution museum. Down-to-earth museum complex & exhibits about the human element of the industrial revolution.

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Whistler House Museum Of Art

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.

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Wenham Museum

Wenham Museum

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Lowell Heritage State Park

Lowell Heritage State Park

Riverfront park with lots of activities. Park located on the Merrimack River with recreation such as boating, fishing, hiking & swimming.

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Benson's Wild Animal Farm Museum & Park Store

Benson's Wild Animal Farm Museum & Park Store

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North Shore Children's Museum

North Shore Children's Museum

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International Monster Museum

International Monster Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum

Modern venue for American/Asian artwork. Modern museum features regional American/Asian art & artifacts, plus an atrium & garden restaurant.

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Real Pirates Salem

Real Pirates Salem

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The Butterfly Place

The Butterfly Place

Indoor garden with butterflies & birds. Regional & tropical butterflies, birds & koi fish housed in an indoor garden with a walking path.

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Aviation Museum of New Hampshire

Aviation Museum of New Hampshire

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SEE Science Center

SEE Science Center

Kids' museum with hands-on exhibits. Small science center, popular with kids, offering an array of educational & interactive exhibits.

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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Art museum with 30 acres of sculptures. Museum focusing on American contemporary & modern artists, with a 30-acre sculpture park outside.

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Seacoast Science Center

Seacoast Science Center

Marine museum with touch tanks & more. Science center featuring fish & marine mammals, plus touch tanks & a Discovery Dock for kids.

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Albacore Park

Albacore Park

Submarine tours & visitor center. Museum offering tours of the decommissioned Albacore submarine as well as historical exhibits.

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Strawbery Banke Museum

Strawbery Banke Museum

Large, outdoor living-history museum. Outdoor living-history museum on 10 acres featuring numerous buildings, gardens & crafts.

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Monson Center

Monson Center

Remnants of an 18th-century village. The ruins of a late-1700s village represent on an archeological site with recreational options.

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Fort Stark State Historic Site

Fort Stark State Historic Site

Early 20th-century fort & museum. Developed in the early 20th century, this fort has a visitor center explaining military history.

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The Harvard Museum of Natural History

The Harvard Museum of Natural History

Glass flowers, zoology & minerals. Extensive natural-science collections, including animals, minerals & the famous Glass Flowers.

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Anthropological collections at Harvard. Harvard museum with ancient cultures' artifacts & archeology, plus access to Natural History Museum.

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Bunker Hill Museum

Bunker Hill Museum

Exhibits about the American Revolution. Small museum with displays exploring the American Revolution & the founding of Charleston.

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USS Constitution Museum

USS Constitution Museum

Exhibits about the circa-1797 warship. Interactive museum near the 1797 wooden frigate made famous as "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812.

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Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums

Diverse European & American works. Harvard's oldest museum, featuring European & American art from the Middle Ages to the present day.

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Museum of Science

Museum of Science

Interactive exhibits & an IMAX theater. Venerable institution with interactive exhibits, dome-shaped IMAX/3-D film theater & a planetarium.

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The Paul Revere House

The Paul Revere House

Revolutionary War hero's famed residence. Revere's legendary ride began at this restored Colonial-era home, which includes family furnishings.

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MIT Museum

MIT Museum

Exhibits on science & technology. Highlights of MIT's science & technology exhibits include kinetic sculptures, robots & holograms.

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Kittery Historical & Naval Museum

Kittery Historical & Naval Museum

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Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum

Hands-on exhibits for toddlers on up. Interactive science exhibits for children of all ages, as well as adults.

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Great Dome

Great Dome

Iconic domed library building at MIT. Built in 1916, this iconic Neoclassical building at MIT houses a library & a lecture hall.

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Museum of Illusions Boston

Museum of Illusions Boston

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WNDR Museum

WNDR Museum

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Institute of Contemporary Art

Institute of Contemporary Art

Striking waterfront modern art museum. Striking contemporary art & performance space with glass-filled walls overlooking the Harbor.

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Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Floating museum with live reenactments. Floating history museum with live reenactments, multimedia exhibits & a tearoom.

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Boston Children's Museum

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.

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Boston Fire Museum

Boston Fire Museum

Firefighting history in an old firehouse. Small museum in an old firehouse featuring exhibits pertaining to Boston's firefighting history.

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Studio at Andres Institute of Art

Studio at Andres Institute of Art

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Impressionist art & Egyptian treasures. Neoclassical & modern wings house a vast collection from ancient Egyptian to contemporary American.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Art treasures in a Venetian-style palace. Evocative of a 15th-century Venetian palace, this museum houses a world-class art collection.

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