Museums

Local Museums

• Worcester Art Museum - Our city's own museum, right in Worcester, has some very good collections, as well as a Discovery Gallery for participation in art. Free admission 10AM-12PM on Saturdays (as recently as 4/27/08).
• Higgins Armory Museum - If you like knights and armor, this is the place to go, overlooking Greendale Mall in Worcester.
• Located in Worcester until February 2008, this museum illustrating the history of plumbing re-opens in Watertown, MA (about 50 minutes from Worcester) in Fall 2008.

• 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).

Page updated 7/27/08.