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Historic SitesBlack Heritage Trail New Bedford
The Underground Railroad in New Bedford - brochure (pdf) by the The National Park Service Paul Cuffe House - Westport - Underground Railroad Nathan and Mary Johnson Properties - 21 Seventh St. (and Spring St.), New Bedford - Underground Railroad Hobbamock's Homesite - at Plimoth Plantation. P.O. Box 1620, Plymouth, MA 02360 Tel: (508) 746-1622 - Hobbamock's Homesite is not a village, but rather a representation of how one Wampanoag family might have lived in the 1600s. Traditional skills are practiced throughout the site, such as belt weaving, hide tanning, and the burning out of mishoonash (boats). Native People speak in their own modern words about the experiences of the Wampanoag. Backroads of the South Shore- a collaborative project of 13 leading historic sites in 8 towns along the south shore of Massachusetts. MuseumsRobbins Museum of Archaeology - 17 Jackson Street, Middleboro, MA 02346 Tel: 508-947-9005 - Mission is to increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the rich prehistory of New England's Native Americans through education, research, collections management, and exhibits focusing on "People and the Land: 11,000 years in New England." Expedition Whydah Pirate Museum - P.O. Box 493, 16 MacMillan Wharf, Provincetown, MA 02657 Tel:(508) 487-8899 Email: support@whydah.com Women At Work Museum - 35 County Street, Attleboro, MA 02703 Tel: (508) 222-4430 Attleboro Area Industrial Museum - 42 Union Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts 02703-2911 Tel: 508-222-3918 E-mail: info@industrialmuseum.com Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum - P.O. Box 3455, Fall River, MA 02722 Tel: (508) 674-9340 Marine Museum - 70 Water Street, Fall River, MA
Historical SocietiesSouthcoast
Attleboro Area Industrial Museum - 42 Union St., Attleboro, MA 02730 Email: info@industrialmuseum.com Brockton Historical Society - 216 North Main Street Brockton, MA 02301 Tel: (508) 583 1039 Duxbury Historical Society - 479 Washington Street, P.O. Box 2865, Duxbury, MA 02331 Tel: (781)934-6106 Fax: (781)934-5730 Email: pbrowne@duxburyhistory.org Fall River Historical Society - 451 Rock Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 Tel:(508) 679-1071 Fort Taber Historical Association - A community non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Fort Taber and its history, as a part of the city of New Bedford's past. Contact: P.O. Box 40058, New Bedford, MA 02744 Foxborough Historical Commission - located in Memorial Hall facing the Foxborough Common. This is a free museum and contains archives. Memorial Hall is open on Wednesdays from 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST and the 2nd Saturday of each month from 9:00 - noon EST except holidays. Telephone is (508) 543-1248. Mailing address is 40 South Street, Foxboro, MA 02035. Freetown Historical Society - P.O. Box 253 Assonet Ma 02702 Friends of Historic Preservation Freetown - PO Box 302, Assonet, MA 02702 Email: preservation@assonetriver.com Mattapoisett Historical Society - Museum and Carriage House, 5 Church Street, Mattapoisett, MA Tel:(508)758-2844. New Bedford Historical Society - P.O. Box 40084, New Bedford, MA 02744 Tel: (508) 979-8828 Fax (508) 979-8836 New Bedford Preservation Society - 5 Dover Street, Suite 104, New Bedford, MA 02740. Tel/fax: 508-997-6425 Norton Historical Society - 18 West Main Street, PO Box 1711, Norton, MA 02766 Tel: (508) 28507979 Old Bridgewater Historical Society - Howard Street, West Bridgewater, MA Mailing address: P.O. Box 17, West Bridgewater, MA 02379 Tel: 508-559-1510 Hours: Wednesday 12:00-3:00 pm, or by appointment (please call 508-588-0066 to arrange a visit) Old Colony Historical Society - 66 Church Green, Taunton, Massachusetts 02780 Tel: 508-822-1622 Email: OldColony@oldcolonyhistoricalsociety.org Rochester Historical Society, Inc. - Meetings are held on the third Wednesday evening of most months at 7:00 PM at the East Rochester Church at 355 County Road in Rochester. Scituate Historical Society - P. O. Box 276, Scituate, MA 02066 Tel: 781 545-1083 Email: director@scituatehistoricalsociety.org Westport Historical Society - 25 Drift Rd., P. O. Box 3031, Westport, MA 02790-0700 Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 am - noon Tel: 508-636-6011 Email: westhist@gis.net Cape & IslandsBarnstable Historical Society Bourne Historical Society - 30 Keene Street Bourne, MA 02532 Tel: 508-759-8167 Email: BourneHistoricalSociety@adelphia.net Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:00am to 2:30pm, Wednesdays from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Brewster Historical Society - PO Box 1146, Brewster, Massachusetts 02631 Phone: (508) 896-9521 EMail: E-mail: brewsterhistoricalsociety@comcast.net Cape Cod Maritime Historical Association - PO Box 176, Yarmouthport, MA 02675 (508)362-1222 Centerville Historical Society - 513 Main Street, Centerville, (508) 775-0331 Chatham Historical Society - 345 Stage Harbor Road, Chatham, MA (508) 945-2493 Dennis Historical Society - P.O. Box 607, South Dennis, MA 02660 Falmouth Historical Society - 55-65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth, MA 02541, Tel: 508-548-4857 Harwich Historical Society - 80 Parallel Street, Harwich, MA 02645 Phone: 508-432-8089 Tel: (508) 432-8089 Heritage Plantation of Sandwich - 67 Grove St., Sandwich MA 02563 (508)888-3300 Historical Society of Old Yarmouth - PO Box 11, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 Email: info@hsoy.org - Library & Archives is open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment. Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit - 1148 Main Street (P.O. Box 1484), Cotuit, MA 02635 Tel: 508-428-0461 Orleans Historical Society - 3 River Road, P.O.Box 353 Orleans, MA 02653 Tel: 508-240-1329 Osterville Historical Society - Parker and West Bay Roads, Osterville, Cape Cod, MA 02655, Tel: 508-428-5861 Fax: 508-428-2241 E-mail: welcome@osterville.org Martha's Vineyard Historical Society - P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 Tel: 508-627-4441 Reception Desk and general Information: ext. 110 Fax: 508-627-4436 Nantucket Historical Association - 7 Fair Street, Nantucket, MA 02554, 508-228-1894, Truro Historical Society, Inc. - 27 Highland Road, P.O. Box 486, Truro, MA 02666 Wellfleet Historical Society - 266 Main Street (P.O. Box 58), Wellfleet, MA 02667 Phone: 508-349-9157 National Railway Historical Society, Cape Cod Chapter - P.O. Box 1912 West Barnstable, MA 02668 Thorton W. Burgess Society - 6 Discovery Hill Road East Sandwich, MA 02537 Tel: 508-888-6870 |