Looking for an interesting weekend museum jaunt? We were going through some of our listings of museums in Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island, and came up with this. Who know there was so much, tucked away in the nooks and crannies of the New England landscape?
We’re seeing some old friends here- The Peabody Essex, The Griffin Museum of Photography… but some unexpected gems, too, like The Fitchburg Art Museum- certainly one of the most impressive collections in New England.
Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
| Museum | Website |
| Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy | www.andover.edu/museums/addison/Pages/default.aspx |
| American Textile History Museum | www.athm.org/ |
| Andover Historical Society Museum | www.andoverhistorical.org |
| Art Complex Museum | www.artcomplex.org |
| Atwood House Museum | www.chathamhistoricalsociety.org |
| Bartlett Museum | www.bartlettmuseum.org |
| Beard and Weil Art Galleries Wheaton College | wheatoncollege.edu/Acad/Art/Gallery/ |
| Becket Land Trust Historic Quarry & Forest | www.becketlandtrust.org |
| Berkshire County Historical Society | www.mobydick.org |
| Berkshire Museum | www.berkshiremuseum.org |
| Beverly Historical Society & Museum | www.beverlyhistory.org |
| Boston Children’s Museum | www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org |
| Bostonian Society Old State House Museum | www.bostonhistory.org |
| Cahoon Museum of American Art | www.cahoonmuseum.org/ |
| Cantor Gallery College of the Holy Cross | www.holycross.edu/cantorartgallery |
| Cape Cod Maritime Museum | www.capecodmaritimemuseum.org/ |
| Cape Cod Museum of Art | www.ccmoa.org |
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | www.ccmnh.org |
| Children’s Museum in Easton | http://www.childrensmuseumineaston.org |
| Concord Art Association | http://www.concordart.org |
| Danforth Museum of Art | www.danforthmuseum.org |
| Davis Museum & Cultural Center | www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/ |
| Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park | www.decordova.org |
| Dedham Historical Society | www.dedhamhistorical.org |
| Egan Maritime Institute | www.eganmaritime.org/ |
| Emily Dickinson Museum | www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org |
| Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art | www.picturebookart.org/ |
| Fairbanks House | www.fairbankshouse.org |
| Falmouth Historical Society | www.falmouthhistoricalsociety.org/ |
| Fitchburg Art Museum | www.fitchburgartmuseum.org |
| Forbes House Museum | forbeshousemuseum.org/ |
| Fruitlands Museum | www.fruitlands.org |
| Fuller Craft Museum | www.fullercraft.org/ |
| George Peabody House Museum | http://www.peabodymuseums.org/ |
| Golden Ball Tavern Museum | www.goldenballtavern.org/ |
| Gore Place Society | www.goreplace.org/ |
| Griffin Museum of Photography | www.griffinmuseum.org |
| Hancock Shaker Village | www.hancockshakervillage.org/ |
| Harvard Art Museum | www.artmuseums.harvard.edu |
| Heritage Museums and Gardens | heritagemuseumsandgardens.org |
| Historic Deerfield | www.historic-deerfield.org |
| Historic New England | www.historicnewengland.org/ |
| Historical Society of Old Newbury | www.newburyhist.org |
| House of the Seven Gables | www.7gables.org/ |
| HRCNE | |
| Hull Lifesaving Museum | www.bostonharborheritage.org/ |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | www.icaboston.org |
| Ipswich Historical Society | www.ipswichmuseum.org |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | www.gardnermuseum.org |
| John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum | www.jfklibrary.org/ |
| Longyear Museum | www.longyear.org/ |
| Lynn Museum & Historical Society | www.lynnmuseum.org |
| Martha’s Vineyard Museum | www.mvmuseum.org |
| Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center | www.massaudubon.org/visualarts |
| Massachusetts Air & Space Museum | www.massairspace.org |
| Mead Art Museum Amherst College | www.amherst.edu/museums/mead |
| MIT List Visual Arts Center | listart.mit.edu/ |
| MIT Museum | web.mit.edu/museum/ |
| Mount Holyoke College Art Museum | www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/artmuseum/ |
| Museum of African American History | www.maah.org |
| Museum of Fine Arts | www.mfa.org |
| Museum of Russian Icons | www.museumofrussianicons.org |
| Museum of Science | www.mos.org |
| Museum of World War II | www.museumofworldwarii.com/ |
| Nantucket Historical Association | www.nha.org |
| National EMS Museum Foundation | www.emsmuseum.org |
| Newton History Museum At the Jackson Homestead | www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson |
| Nichols House Museum | www.nicholshousemuseum.org/ |
| Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation | www.ncchp.org |
| Norman Rockwell Museum | www.nrm.org/ |
| North Andover Historical Society | www.northandoverhistoricalsociety.org |
| Old Colony Historical Society | www.oldcolonyhistoricalsociety.org/ |
| Old Dartmouth Historical Society New Bedford Whaling Museum | www.whalingmuseum.org |
| Old South Meeting House | www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/default.aspx |
| Orchard House Home of The Alcotts | www.louisamayalcott.org |
| Paul Revere Memorial Association | www.paulreverehouse.org |
| Peabody Essex Museum | www.pem.org |
| Peabody Historical Society & Museum | www.peabodyhistorical.org |
| Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology | www.peabody.harvard.edu |
| Pilgrim Society & Pilgrim Hall Museum | www.pilgrimhall.org |
| Provincetown Art Association and Museum | www.paam.org |
| Rockport Art Association & Museum of Art | www.rockportartassn.org/ |
| Rose Art Museum Brandeis University | www.brandeis.edu/rose/ |
| Rowe Historical Society | |
| Sandwich Glass Museum | www.sandwichglassmuseum.org |
| Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library | www.monh.org |
| Semitic Museum at Harvard University | www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/ |
| Shirley-Eustis House Association | www.shirleyeustishouse.org |
| Smith College Botanic Garden | www.smith.edu/garden/home.html |
| Smith College Museum of Art | www.smith.edu/artmuseum |
| South Shore Natural Science Center | www.ssnsc.org |
| Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History | www.spellman.org |
| Springfield Museums | www.springfieldmuseums.org |
| Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute | www.clarkart.edu |
| Tower Hill Botanic Garden Worcester County Horticultural Society | www.towerhillbg.org |
| University Gallery University of Massachusetts | www.umass.edu/fac/universitygallery/ |
| Wenham Museum | www.wenhammuseum.org/ |
| Whistler House Museum of Art | www.whistlerhouse.org/ |
| Whittier Home Association | www.essexheritage.org/sites/amesbury_whittier-home.shtml |
| Willard House and Clock Museum | www.willardhouse.org/ |
| Williams College Museum of Art | www.wcma.org |
| Wilmington Town Museum | www.wilmingtonma.gov/Pages/WilmingtonMA_Museum/index |
| Wistariahurst Museum | www.wistariahurst.org/ |
| Woods Hole Historical Collection | www.woodsholemuseum.org |
| Worcester Art Museum | www.worcesterart.org/ |
| Worcester Historical Museum | www.worcesterhistory.org |
| Barrington Preservation Society | |
| Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University | www.culinary.org/ |
| David Winton Bell Gallery Brown University | www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/ |
| Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology | www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/ |
| Heritage Harbor Museum | www.heritageharbor.org/ |
| International Tennis Hall of Fame | www.tennisfame.com |
| Little Compton Historical Society | www.littlecompton.org |
| Museum of Natural History, RWP | www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org |
| National Museum of American Illustration | www.americanillustration.org |
| Naval War College Museum | www.nwc.navy.mil/museum |
| New England Wireless and Steam Museum | www.newsm.org/ |
| Newport Art Museum | www.newportartmuseum.org |
| Preservation Society of Newport County | www.newportmansions.org |
| Rhode Island Historical Society | www.rihs.org |
| RISD Museum | www.risdmuseum.org/ |
| South County Museum Cononchet Farm | www.southcountymuseum.org |
| Abbe Museum | www.abbemuseum.org |
| Bates College Museum of Art | www.bates.edu/museum-about.xml |
| Bowdoin College Museum of Art | www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/ |
| Colby College Museum of Art | www.colby.edu/museum |
| Maine Historical Society | www.mainehistory.com |
| Maine Maritime Museum | www.mainemaritimemuseum.org |
| Maine State Museum | www.maine.gov/museum/ |
| Owls Head Transportation Museum | www.owlshead.org |
| Portland Museum of Art | www.portlandmuseum.org |
(Photo: The Atrium, Peabody Essex Museum)
