Hidden gems - History museums in Lexington, United States not to miss (Updated March, 2024)

Hidden gems: History museums in Lexington

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Lexington. This list contains 28 places from History museum category.

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Samuel Slater Experience

History museum

👍👍 This museum uses the best of new and old. It is full of actual period items from the later 1800s/early 1900s, situated in recreated settings, put along side modern tech for the telling of the history of Webster, MA. Other senses are drawn in with sounds and sensations you may have felt if you were a...

5.00 (84 reviews) (~69.03 km from centre)

Marlborough Historical Society

History museum

👍👍 Best part of Marlborough!!

5.00 (5 reviews) (~30.77 km from centre)

Longyear Museum

History museum

👍👍 One of my favorite experiences when traveling through Boston. Its shows mary baker eddy is not just special to those she inspired, she is an icon and should be seen as such. She made significant contributions to women suffrage by showing what was possible. Without this museum it would have been hard...

4.90 (36 reviews) (~14.58 km from centre)

The Hunt House Museum

History museum

👍👍 Beautiful, quite spot to have a picnic lunch. Shade and sun river in the background. Trails for hiking.

4.90 (32 reviews) (~69.61 km from centre)

Golden Ball Tavern Museum

History museum

👍👍 Amazing trove of history in Westonwith a Tory slant. Lots of rooms and Katie Campbell knows all the interesting details of what life was like in Weston during the Revolutionary War period. Not just for school groups, adults learn so much about the history of Weston. Together with the Josiah Smith Ta...

4.90 (20 reviews) (~11.44 km from centre)

Haverhill Firefighting Museum

Museum

4.90 (13 reviews) (~39.25 km from centre)

Framingham History Center

History museum

👍 Open the 3rd Saturday of the month, or by appointment. There are two locations--one on Oak Street and the other on Vernon Street. They're withing walking distance of each other.

4.90 (7 reviews) (~23.71 km from centre)

Historic New England Cogswell's Grant

History museum

4.80 (35 reviews) (~42.67 km from centre)

Optical Heritage Museum

Museum

👍👍 Fascinating history of the innovations with laser, radar, and fiber optics all in Southbridge. Would highly recommend this museum to anyone with an interest in science, manufacturing, and history. Truly a hidden gem.

4.80 (29 reviews) (~78.21 km from centre)

Varnum House Museum

History museum

👍👍 Beautiful house and very interesting stories about General Varnum, one of the few active abolitionists of his day. Well worth your time to visit ... as is the related Varnum Armory.

4.80 (13 reviews) (~89.29 km from centre)

Hancock-Clarke House

Museum

A childhood home of John Hancock, built in 1738, is open for guided tours (except in winter).

4.70 (107 reviews) (~0.77 km from centre)

Jenney Interpretive Centre

Education center

This museum features changing exhibits on local Pilgrim life & offers guided tours of Plymouth.

4.70 (88 reviews) (~71.63 km from centre)

The Pickering House

History museum

👍👍 Amazing! We had a wonderful tour with Amanda. So many cool facts about this house. I sat where George Washington sat, held a piece of the USS Constitution, touch a 3,000 year old Native American tool, and walk THROUGH the original fireplace. Incredible history and a wonderfully engaging tour guide....

4.70 (48 reviews) (~27.75 km from centre)

Public Health Museum in Massachusetts

History museum

👍👍 Wish more of the original buildings were still standing, but what is there is intriguing. The Tewksbury State Hospital was once a 1,000 acre self-supporting city. It housed orphanages, hospitals, asylums, dorms for men and women, farms and everything else necessary for life. The Public Health Museum...

4.70 (43 reviews) (~18.19 km from centre)

Smith-Appleby House

Local history museum

👍👍 House tours were $8. The people volunteering are very nice! They do reenactments & weddings. The owner goes out of his way, the best he can to please every person. He is very kind and funny. This place is well kept up and historic history is well preserved and showing for people to see in great cond...

4.70 (38 reviews) (~65.26 km from centre)

The John Brown House Museum

History museum

Museum features social & cultural history of early America told through guided & audio tours.

4.60 (134 reviews) (~70.96 km from centre)

Buckman Tavern

Historical place museum

Museum in an 18th-century tavern that played a role in the start of the Revolutionary War.

4.60 (126 reviews) (~0.48 km from centre)

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

History museum

Educational center displaying permanent & rotating exhibits on American history & Freemasonry.

4.60 (117 reviews) (~1.45 km from centre)

Raitt Homestead Farm Museum

Museum

👍 Very friendly place. If your into old farm machinery especially old tractors this special family day is worth the visit. Saturday evening they have their antique tractor pulling contest. There's pancake breakfast, ham and bean dinner, and other concession foods onsite. Check website for times and de...

4.60 (97 reviews) (~86.93 km from centre)

Nichols House Museum

Museum

A grand 1804 Beacon Hill residence turned museum, replete with antique furnishings, heirlooms & art.

4.60 (62 reviews) (~16.34 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: History museums in Lexington, United States