MA
Holyoke
Volleyball Hall of Fame
444 Dwight Street
Heritage
SP
Holyoke
MA
Phone
413 563-0926
Web Site
http://www.volleyhall.org/
E-mail
mailto:info@volleyhall.org
Description
volleyball memorabilia, videos, vertical jump
tester
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Sports
Nature
of Group or Site
Hall of Fame
New
or Updated:
2/10/2004
MA
Hull
Hull
Lifesaving Museum
1117 Nantasket Ave
Hull MA
02045
Phone
781 925-5433
Web Site
http://www.lifesavingmuseum.org/
E-mail
mailto:lifesavingmuseum@comcast.net
Description
former life saving station furnished and equipped
with surfboat,
equipment,
stories of Boston Harbor shipwrecks and rescues, also
operated
Windmill Point Boathouse & Seaport Boathouse
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Maritime
Industry
/Profession
Lifesaving
Era
1889
New or
Updated: 7/24/2006
MA
Hyannis
John F Kennedy Hyannis Museum
397 Main Street
Hyannis
MA
02601
Phone
508 790-3077
Web Site
http://www.hyannis.com/JFKMuseum.asp
Alt Web
http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/07-19-02-news/chamber.html
Description
JFK's family and friends on Cape Cod
Type of Resource
Specialty
Museum
Primary Focus
President
Nature of Group or Site
Government
Industry /Profession
Politics
New or Updated:
10/31/2003
MA
Hyannis Port
Toad
Hall Classic Sports Car Museum
Simmons Homestead Inn
288
Scudder Ave
Hyannis
Port
MA
02647
Phone
508 778-4934
Web Site
http://www.toadhallcars.com/
Description
50 sports cars, mostly European, all red
Type
of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Automotive
Collection N-Z
Vehicles
New
or Updated: 1/18/2007
MA
Indian Orchard
The
Titanic Museum
208 Main Street
Indian Orchard
MA
01151
Phone
413 543-4770
Web Site
http://www.titanic1.org/
E-mail
mailto:titanicinfo@titanichistoricalsociety.org
Description
memorabilia of most famous shipwreck of modern
times
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Maritime
Owner/Operator:
Titanic Historical Society
New
or Updated:
2/10/2004
Massachusetts
Leominster
National Plastics Center & Museum
210 Lancaster Street
Leominster MA
Phone 978 537-9529
Web Site http://npcm.plastics.com
Description history, uses of plastic - recycling, classes and experiments
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Massachusetts
Lexington
Lexington Fire Museum
36 Hancock Street
PO Box 514
Lexington MA 02173
Phone 781 862-1703
Web Site http://www.lexingtonhistory.org/museum_2002.html
E-mail mailto:info@lexingtonhistory.org
Description fire engines, firefighting equipment and memorabilia, in a barn behind the Hancock-Clarke house
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Industry /Profession Firefighting
MA
Lowell
National Streetcar Museum
25 Shattuck St
Lowell
MA
Phone
Web Site
http://www.trolleymuseum.org/lowell_01.html
Description
exhibit on the historical importance of Trolleys
Type of Resource
Specialty
Museum
Primary Focus
Railroad
Collection N-Z
Trolleys
Owner/Operator:
Seashore
Trolley Museum
New or Updated:
10/31/2003
MA
Lowell
New England Quilt Museum
18 Shattuck St
Lowell
MA
01852
Phone
978 452-4207
Web Site
http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/
Description
quilts in former bank building, rotating
exhibits, online exhibits
Type of Resource
Specialty
Museum
Building Type
Bank
Industry
/Profession
Textiles
Collection N-Z
Quilts
Research /Reading
Library
New or Updated:
10/26/2003
MA
Milton
Blue
Hills Trailside Museum
1904 Canton Avenue
Milton
MA
02186
Phone
617 333-0690
Web Site
http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Blue_Hills/inde
x.php
Description
interpretive center for Blue Hill Reservation
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Park
Nature
Nature
Group
Identity
Native American
Research
/Reading
Library
Owner/Operator:
Mass Audubon
New
or Updated: 12/2/2003
MA
Nantucket
Egan
Institute of Maritime Studies
The Coffin School
4 Winter
Street
Nantucket
MA
03554
Phone
508 228-2505
Web Site
http://www.eganinstitute.com/
E-mail
mailto:egan@eganinstitute.com
Description
research, education, nautical training, located
within Coffin School
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Maritime
Building
Type
Schoolhouse
Research /Reading
Library
Era
1854
New
or Updated:
12/4/2003
MA
Natick
Museum
of World War II
46 Eliot Street
Natick
MA
01760
Phone
508 651-7695
Web Site
http://www.museumofworldwarii.com/
Description
by appointment only, original documents, 83
mannequins with uniforms, German
artifacts, spy equipment
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Military
Collection G-M
Manuscripts
Collection N-Z
Uniforms
New
or Updated:
12/20/2005
MA
New Bedford
Kendall
Whaling Museum
New Bedford
MA
Web Site
http://www.whalingmuseum.org/kendall/about/index_ab.html
Alt Web
http://www.archaeology.org/0211/reviews/whaling.html
Description
Merged with New Bedford Whaling Museum
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Maritime
Industry
/Profession
Whaling
Owner/Operator:
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New or
Updated:
7/14/2006
MA
New Bedford
New Bedford
Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford
MA
02740
Phone
508 997-0046
Web Site
www.whalingmuseum.org
Description
all about whaling, Whalers, and the places they
went
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Maritime
Industry
/Profession
Whaling
Collection
Photography
Research
Library
Owner/Operator:
Old Dartmouth Historical Society
New or
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