Museums
Local Museums
Museums Within a Day's Drive
- Battleship Cove - The museum includes the
battleship USS Massachusetts and several other vessels. This museum features excellent exhibits
detailing life and work aboard the vessels. Located in Fall River, MA (approximately one hour from Worcester, MA).
- Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum - home to "an
exceedingly large collection of Boy Scout memorabilia and an exceptional Scouting Library". Located
in Manchester, NH (about 1.5 hours from Worcester, MA).
- Mystic Seaport - The seaport features tall ships, historic buildings,
exhibits, and a preservation shipyard. Located in Mystic, CT (about 1.5 hours from Worcester, MA).
- National Plastics Center & Museum
- Located in Leominster, MA (about 30 minutes from Worcester, MA).
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Located in New Bedford, MA (about 1.5 hours from Worcester, MA).
- New England Air Museum - Located in Windsor Locks,
CT (approximately 1 hour from Worcester, MA).
- Old Sturbridge Village - claming to be "the largest outdoor
history museum in the Northeast". Located in Sturbridge, MA (approximately 35 minutes from Worcester, MA).
- Plimoth Plantation - The museum re-enacts native Wampanoag and
Colonial English men and women living their lives, as if it were the 1620s. Located in Plymouth, MA (about 1.5 hours from
Worcester, MA).
- Shelburne Museum - describing itself as " one
of the nation's finest, most diverse, and unconventional museums of art and Americana". Located in Shelburne, VT (approximately
4 hours from Worcester, MA).
- Springfield Museums - Four museums
in Springfield, MA (just under one hour from Worcester, MA).
- USS Salem - The museum features the
USS Salem, a heavy cruiser. Located in Quincy, MA (approximately one hour from Worcester, MA).
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