Yesterday was International Museum Day. Regardless of the day, however, you should always find the time to visit museums! Here is a list of great museums in the Boston area.

1. Great Museums in
the Boston Area
By Marilyn Gardner Milton MA

2. Museum of Science
• Over 700 interactive
exhibits!
• Live presentations!
• Planetarium shows!
• Indoor zoo!
• Hands-on activities
encourage interaction
and learning for all ages

3. Plimoth
Plantation
• A living history
museum dedicated
to the story of
Plymouth!
• Features a
recreation of what
the settlement
would have looked
like in 1624, a
replica of the
Mayflower, a grist
mill, a farm and a
Wampanoag village!
• Some staff members
are trained to act,
speak and dress
exactly like the
original settlers
would have

4. Museum of Fine Arts
• Fourth-largest
museum in the
US!
• The art
collections vary
from ancient to
Italian
Renaissance to
modern

5. New England
Holocaust
Memorial
• Dedicated to the
memory of the six
million innocent
people who were
murdered during
the Holocaust

6. Peabody
Museum of
Archaeology
and
Ethnology
• One of the largest
and oldest
anthropological
museums in the
world!
• Focuses on the
ethnography and
archaeology of the
Americas

7. Harvard
Museum of
Natural History
• Admission to the Peabody Museum
gets you into the Harvard one as well!
• Small space, but packed well and
brilliantly curated!
• Features “glass flowers”, a
collection of beautiful and highly
detailed models

8. Boston Children’s
Museum
• Geared towards
younger
children!
• Clean and well-
supervised!
• Offers spaces
for younger
children to play
and learn