Museums in Massachusetts
810 museums across Massachusetts, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Armenian Museum of America · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Willard House and Clock Museum · museum · Worcester · Must-see
- Norman Rockwell Museum · museum · Berkshire · Must-see
- Concord Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- University Hall · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Heritage Museums & Gardens · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Sandwich Glass Museum · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Semitic Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Beneski Museum of Natural History · museum · Hampshire · Must-see
- Berkshire Museum · museum · Berkshire · Must-see
- Golden Ball Tavern Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Harvard Museum of Natural History · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- MIT Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Nichols House Museum · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Busch-Reisinger Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Museum · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Maritime Museum - Samuel Bates Ship Chandlery · museum · Norfolk · Must-see
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- New England Historic Genealogical Society · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art · museum · Berkshire · Must-see
- Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum · museum · Berkshire · Must-see
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Williams College Museum of Art · museum · Berkshire · Must-see
- Museum of Fine Arts · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Shea Naval Aviation Museum · museum · Norfolk · Must-see
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Pratt Building · museum · Norfolk · Must-see
- USS Constitution Museum · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- French Cable Station Museum · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Hancock-Clarke House Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Harvard Art Museums · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- The Clark Art Institute · museum · Berkshire · Must-see
- Gibson House · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Fruitlands Museum · museum · Worcester · Must-see
- Paul Revere House · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Orchard House Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Mayflower II · museum · Plymouth · Must-see
- Danforth Art · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- 1749 Courthouse · museum · Plymouth · Must-see
- Edward Gorey House · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Middleboro Historical Museum · museum · Plymouth · Must-see
- Old State House · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Fogg Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Mead Art Museum · museum · Hampshire · Must-see
- Munroe Tavern · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- The Plimoth Grist Mill · museum · Plymouth · Must-see
- American Heritage Museum · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- Armory · museum · Worcester · Must-see
- Baxter Grist Mill · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Edmund Fowle House · museum · Middlesex · Must-see
- John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Winslow Crocker House · museum · Barnstable · Must-see
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour · museum · Franklin · Must-see
- Museum of Bad Art · museum · Suffolk · Must-see
- Codman House Museum · museum · Middlesex
- Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library · museum · Middlesex
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art · museum · Hampshire
- The Institute of Contemporary Art · museum · Suffolk
- Peak House Museum · museum · Norfolk
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500 · museum · Barnstable
- Arrowhead · museum · Berkshire
- Davis Museum and Cultural Center · museum · Norfolk
- The Icon Museum and Study Center · museum · Worcester
- William Hickling Prescott House · museum · Suffolk
- Worcester Historical Museum · museum · Worcester
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House · museum · Middlesex
- Boston Children's Museum · museum · Suffolk
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum · museum · Middlesex
- Cape Cod Museum of Art · museum · Barnstable
- Emily Dickinson Museum · museum · Hampshire
- Hancock Shaker Village · museum · Berkshire
- Bellingham-Cary House · museum · Suffolk
- Peabody Essex Museum · museum · Essex
- Shirley-Eustis House · museum · Suffolk
- Oldest House · museum · Nantucket
- Jabez Howland House · museum · Plymouth
- USS Salem · museum · Norfolk
- Old Schwamb Mill · museum · Middlesex
- USS Cassin Young · museum · Suffolk
- Rose Art Museum · museum · Middlesex
- The Witch House · museum · Essex
- Gropius House · museum · Middlesex
- Ether Dome · museum · Suffolk
- The Mapparium · museum · Suffolk
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum · museum · Norfolk
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum · museum · Suffolk
- Plimoth Patuxet · museum · Plymouth
- Witch History Museum · museum · Essex
- Cahoon Museum of American Art · museum · Barnstable
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum · museum · Barnstable
- McMullen Museum of Art · museum · Suffolk
- The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments · museum · Middlesex
- University Museum of Contemporary Art · museum · Hampshire
- Jones Tavern · museum · Middlesex
- Words & Pictures Museum · museum · Hampshire
- Robbins Museum · museum · Plymouth
- Old Jail · museum · Barnstable
- Mount Lebanon Shaker Village · museum · Berkshire
- Parker Tavern · museum · Middlesex
- Museum of World War II · museum · Middlesex
- Thornton W. Burgess Museum · museum · Barnstable
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate · museum · Suffolk
- G.A.R. Hall and Museum of Lynn, MA · museum · Essex
- Captain John Wilson House · museum · Norfolk
- Wakefield History Museum · museum · Middlesex
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame · museum · Hampden
- Provincetown Art Association & Museum;Provincetown Art Association and Museum · museum · Barnstable
- United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum · museum · Norfolk
- Future Home of the Massachusetts Air and Space Museum · museum · Essex
- Addison Gallery of American Art · museum · Essex
- Bronson Alcott School of Philosophy · museum · Middlesex
- John Quincy Adams Birthplace · museum · Norfolk
- The Guild of Boston Artists · museum · Suffolk
- Museum of Science · museum · Suffolk
- Old Colony History Museum · museum · Bristol
- New Bedford Fire Museum · museum · Bristol
- Loring-Greenough House · museum · Suffolk
- John Adams Birthplace · museum · Norfolk
- Museum of African American History · museum · Suffolk
- Co|So: Copley Society of Art · museum · Suffolk
- Edward Bellamy House · museum · Hampden
- Fitchburg Art Museum · museum · Worcester
- Dole-Little House · museum · Essex
- James Blake House · museum · Suffolk
- The Sports Museum · museum · Suffolk
- USS Constitution · museum · Suffolk
- The West End Museum · museum · Suffolk
- Holbrook Historical Society · museum · Norfolk
- Boston & Maine Railroad Freight House · museum · Middlesex
- Old Harbor Life Saving Museum · museum · Barnstable
- US Coast Guard Heritage Museum · museum · Barnstable
- Clara Barton Homestead · museum · Worcester
- Custom House Maritime Museum · museum · Essex
- Old Town Hall · museum · Worcester
- Judge Samuel Holten House · museum · Essex
- Eastham Windmill · museum · Barnstable
- List Visual Arts Center · museum · Middlesex
- Universalist Society Meetinghouse · museum · Barnstable
- Chatham station · museum · Barnstable
- Mary Baker Eddy Library · museum · Suffolk
- Mayflower House Museum · museum · Plymouth
- The Octagon at Amherst College · museum · Hampshire
- Columbian Museum · museum · Suffolk
- Beebe Estate · museum · Middlesex