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Massachusetts State History information, Historical Societies, Research Resources, Museums, Historical Maps and Historic Places.


Massachusetts State Historical Information

Constitution: 6th State

Massachusetts was the birthplace of Thanksgiving. Pilgrims sailed to America on the Mayflower and started the Plymouth Colony. Plymouth rock is where the Pilgrims first docked in the New World.

Historical Societies

Museums, Halls of Fame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston Museum of Science
Children's Museum, Boston
Deerfield Museum: Deerfield, MA
 
Old Salem Museums and Gardens: 4 Museums

  • the Historic Town of Salem
  • the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)
  • the Old Salem Children's Museum
  • theh Old Salem Toy Museum

  • Nantucket
    The Whaling Museum
    Peter Foulger Museum and Research Center
    Oldest House
    Old Mill
    Hadwen House
    Quaker Meeting House
    Macy- Christian House
    The Coffin School
    Nantucket Life Saving Museum
    Maria Mitchell Aquarium
    Maria Mitchell Birthplace: Maria Mitchell Association
    Hinchman House
    Maria Mitchell Observatory
    Science Library
    Nantucket Atheneum
    The First Congregational Church
    The Unitarian Universalist Church
    Great Point Lighthouse: Far Northern Tip of the Island
    Sankaty Head Lighthouse: Easternmost Point of the Island
    Brant Point Lighthouse: Built in 1746. The second lighthouse built in America.
    The African School and Church - 228-4058
    Native American Burial Ground

    Presidental Birthplace:
    John Adams, 1797-1801
    John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963
    George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993

    Sports History
    The game of Basketball was conceived in Massachusetts by James Naismith


     



     

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