Massachusetts - Museums

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MOCA) - 87 Marshall Street - N. Adams, MA 01247 (413) 664-4481

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute - 225 South Street - Williamstown, MA 01267 (413) 458-2303

Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum - Congress St. Bridge - Boston, MA 02210 (617) 338-1773

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - 280 The Fenway - Boston, MA 02115 (617) 566-1401

Old South Meeting House Museum & Historic Site - 310 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108 (617) 482-6439

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - 11 Divinity Avenue - Cambridge, MA 02128 (617) 496-1027

USS Constitution Museum - Charlestown Navy Yard, Box 1812 - Charlestown, MA 02129 (617) 426-1812

Cahoon Museum of American Art - 4676 Falmouth Rd., Box 1853 - Cotuit, MA 02635 (508) 428-7581

Benjamin Nye Homestead Museum - Box 134 - E. Sandwich, MA 02537 (508) 888-2368

Green Briar Jam Kitchen - 6 Discovery Hill Rd. - E. Sandwich, MA 02537 (508) 888-6870

Cape Cod Children's Museum - Falmouth Mall, Rt. 28 - Falmouth, MA 02536 (508) 457-4667

Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum - High Pole Hill - Provincetown, MA 02657 / (800) 247-1620

Yankee Candle-Making Museum - I-91, Exit 24 - South Deerfield, MA 01373 (413) 665-2929

Fruitlands Museums
102 Prospect Hill Rd. - Harvard, MA 01451 (978) 456-3924 x38
Email: fruitland@ma.ultranet.com

Four museums offer a look at the lives of people who shared a respect for living
in harmony with nature:
Fruitlands Farmhouse The Shaker Museum The Indian Museum Picture Gallery
Also visit our Tea Room restaurant, Museum Store, and nature Trails!

Open Daily, mid-May through mid-October, 10am to 5pm.

Wistariahurst Museum - 238 Cabot St. - Holyoke, MA 01040 (413) 534-2216 / FAX 413-534-2344

Maria Mitchell Science Museum - 7 Milk St. - Nantucket, MA 02554 (508) 228-0898

Porter Thermometer Museum - Box 944, 49 Zarahemla Road - Onset, MA 02558 (508) 295-5504

Children's Museum of Plymouth - 46-48 Main St. - Plymouth, MA 02360 (508) 747-1234

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Salem Witch Museum
Washington Square - Salem, MA 01970 (978) 744-1692
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She afflicts me! She comes to me at night and torments me! She's a witch!
Words such as these struck terror into the hearts of Salem townspeople in the early spring of 1692 as hysterical young girls called out names. By summer, hundreds had been accused and imprisoned - defenseless against accusations of witchcraft in a society driven by superstition and fear. The court, formed to try the victims, acted quickly. Bridget Bishop was tried on June 2 and hanged on June 10 thereby setting the precedent for a summer of executions.

The Salem Witch Museum brings you there, back to Salem 1692. Visitors are given a dramatic history lesson using stage sets with life-size figures, lighting and a narration - an overview of the Witch Trials of 1692.