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The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
When The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum opened in 2017, I traveled to Springfield to see it for myself. I may have been the only adult visiting without a child that day, but I was just as interested in discovering the person and history behind the familiar stories. I have since returned with Marty, […]
Norman Rockwell Museum
I love returning to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge. The museum holds the world’s largest collection of Rockwell’s work, along with changing exhibitions that examine American illustration and the artists who used pictures to tell stories. Because the special exhibitions change, each visit offers something different, even when the familiar paintings remain the reason […]
Berkshire Museum
While spending time in the Berkshires, I visited the Berkshire Museum in downtown Pittsfield. A special exhibition devoted to guitars added an enjoyable musical element to the visit, but it was the museum’s varied permanent collection that made the strongest impression on me. The Berkshire Museum was founded in 1903 by local businessman and philanthropist […]
Glass Museum
In December 2020, I was searching for something meaningful to do for my birthday. COVID-19 had brought much of the MetroWest Boston area to a standstill, and nearly everything was closed. After months of restrictions and canceled plans, even a simple day trip felt like a welcome escape. When I learned that the Sandwich Glass […]
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Marty and I journeyed to Mount Auburn Cemetery because on a beautiful fall day. Surrounded today by the communities of Cambridge and Watertown, it is difficult to imagine that when it was created in 1831, this was countryside outside Boston. Walking through it on a beautiful autumn day, we quickly understood why Mount Auburn became much more […]
Heritage Museums & Gardens
One of the things I enjoy about exploring museums is discovering that the museum itself often has a story that is just as interesting as the collections inside. Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich is a perfect example. Spread across 100 acres, it brings together Cape Cod history, gardens, art, automobiles and the stories of […]
Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is one of those museums I have returned to a few times over the years. Located on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, it is not simply a collection of natural curiosities. It brings together specimens and objects from Harvard’s enormous scientific collections and provides a public window into […]
Plimouth Patuxet Museums
During my homeschooling years, we made many trips to what was then called Plimoth Plantation. It was one of those places where history became much more than something we read about in a book. As we walked through the recreated 17th-century English village, the people we met remained in character, speaking and responding as though […]
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Just a few blocks from the Plymouth waterfront stands Pilgrim Hall Museum, another place where the story of Plymouth becomes tangible. Founded by the Pilgrim Society in 1824 and opened the following year, it is the oldest continuously operating public museum in the United States. The imposing granite building was designed specifically to preserve the […]
1749 Court House
Standing at the top of Town Square is Plymouth’s historic 1749 Court House, a building that has witnessed nearly three centuries of the town’s civic life. Erected in 1749, when Plymouth was still part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay under British rule, it served as the courthouse for Plymouth County and is believed to […]
Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has been part of our family story for as long as I can remember. Our oldest daughter, Emily, loved going there from the time she was very young. Even as a toddler, she would climb the great steps of the museum and make her way to the Impressionist […]
The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
Tucked onto the campus of Regis College in Weston is a museum unlike almost any other: the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History. Founded in 1960, the museum is devoted to stamps, postal history, and the many stories that can be discovered through something as small as a postage stamp. My connection to the […]
