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powered by FreeFind	MA Amherst Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 125 West Bay Road Amherst MA 01002 Phone 413 658-1100 Web Site http://www.picturebookart.org/ Description founded by author/illustrator of Very Hungry Caterpillar, features rotating exhibits of illustrations for children Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Children Collection N-Z Paintings New or Updated: 2/10/2004 Massachusetts Amherst National Yiddish Book Center Harry & Jeanette Building 1021 West Street Amherst MA 01002 Phone 413 256-4900 Web Site http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/ E-mail mailto:yiddish@bikher.org Description over a million Yiddish books, with exhibit area Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus History Resource Collection A-F Books Group Identity Jewish Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 06/10/2003 Massachusetts Amesbury Amesbury Carriage Museum 270 Main Street PO Box 252 Amesbury MA Phone 978 834-9981 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.ci.amesbury.ma.us/admin/mayor/wheretogo.htm Description over 100 companies once worked on carriages in the area Type of Resource Specialty Museum Collection A-F Carriages Massachusetts Amherst National Yiddish Book Center Harry & Jeanette Building Amherst MA 01002 Phone 413 256-4900 Web Site Toll Free 800 535-3595 Description over a million Yiddish books, with exhibit area Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus History Resource Group Identity Jewish Research /Reading Library MA Attleboro Attleboro Area Industrial Museum 42 Union Street Attleboro MA 02703 Phone 508 222-3918 Web Site http://www.industrialmuseum.com/ E-mail mailto:info@industrialmuseum.com Description located in former metals refinery Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Local History Building Type Factory Collection G-M Machinery Research /Reading Library New or Updated:** 11/25/2005		Now Get it all for Less. Visit Cheap Tickets today. 1,300 Titles. 50 Categories. LOWEST PRICES Online. MAGAZINES.com.
	Massachusetts Boston Boston Fire Museum 344 Congress Street Boston MA 02210 Phone 617 482-1344 Web Site http://www.bostonfiremuseum.com/ E-mail mailto:info@bostonfiremuseum.com Description fire equipment, memorabilia Type of Resource Specialty Museum Building Type Fire House Industry /Profession Firefighting Collection A-F Machinery Era 1891 Owner/Operator: Boston Sparks Association New or Updated: 06/30/2003 MA Boston Computer Museum, Inc Address Boston MA Phone Web Site www.tcm.org/ Alt Web http://www.computerhistory.org/ Description Closed in 1999, now part of the Museum of Science, collection at Computer History Museum in California Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Technology Industry /Profession Computer New or Updated: 11/29/2005 MA Boston John F Kennedy Library and Museum Columbia Point Boston MA 02125 Phone 617 514-1600 Web Site http://jfklibrary.org/ Toll Free 866 JFK-1960 E-mail kennedy.library@nara.gov Description official JFK library and museum holds memorabilia, displays artifacts, documents & photos, shows film on his life Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus President Nature of Group or Site Government Industry /Profession Politics Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 1/11/2006 Museum of Dirt 36 Drydock Avenue Boston MA Phone Web Site www.planet.com/dirtweb/dirt.html Description dirt from famous places around the world Type of Resource Specialty Museum MA Boston Sports Museum of New England 1175 Soldiers Field Road Boston MA 02134 Phone 617 787-7678 Web Site http://www.sportsmuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:sportsmuseum@fleetcenter.com Description hockey, basketball, football, baseball, Olympics, media, interactive exhibits in Fleet Center Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Sports Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 07/11/2003
	MA Brewster New England Fire and History Museum 1439 Main Street Route 6A Brewster MA 02631 Phone 508 896-5711 Web Site http://www.nefiremuseum.org/ Alt Web http://www.capecodtravel.com/attractions/museums.shtml Description concentration on fires and firefighting Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Firefighting Collection G-M Machinery Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 07/14/2003
	MA Brockton Brockton Fire Museum 216 N Pearl St Brockton MA 02301 Phone 508 583-1039 Web Site http://www.brocktonma.com/bhs/firemus.html E-mail mailto:gerryb@brocktonma.com Description 1850 Hand-Tub Pumper, thousands of artifacts, memorial Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Firefighting Owner/Operator: Brockton Historical Society New or Updated: 1/15/2006 Brockton Shoe Museum Brockton Heritage Center 216 North Pearl Street Brockton MA 02301 Phone Web Site http://www.brocktonma.com/bhs/shoe.html E-mail mailto:gerryb@brocktonma.com Description history of American shoemaking with video, military footwear, celebrity shoe collection Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection N-Z Shoes
	MA Brookline John F Kennedy NHS Address 83 Beals Street Brookline MA 02446 Phone 617 566-7937 Alt Phone 617 566-1689 Web Site http://www.nps.gov/jofi/ E-mail mailto:FRLA_Kennedy_NHS@nps.gov Description JFK lived the first four years of his life here, furnished as of the date of his Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus President Nature of Group or Site Government Industry /Profession Politics Era 1917 Owner/Operator: National Park Service New or Updated: 07/17/2003 Brookline Anderson Auto Museum 15 Newton Street Brookline MA 02445 Phone 617 522-6547 Web Site www.mot.org Description 75 year old collection, very early unrestored vehicles Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive Collection G-M Motorcycles Collection N-Z Vehicles New or Updated: 8/27/2007
	MA Buzzards Bay Capt. Charles H Hurley Library Massachusetts Maritime Academy 101 Academy Drive Buzzards Bay MA 02532 Phone 508 830-5000 Web Site http://www.mma.mass.edu/campus/library/cchhl.html Description military college specializing in marine subjects has collections of the same Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Collection G-M Models Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 07/18/2003 Massachusetts Charlestown USS Constitution Charlestown Navy Yard Charlestown MA 02129 Phone 617 426-1812 Web Site www.navy.mil/homepages/constitution/index.htm Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship MA Cohasset Maritime Museum - Cohasset 4 Elm Street PO Box 627 Cohasset MA 02025 Phone 617 383-1434 Web Site http://www.cohassethistoricalsociety.org/building.htm E-mail mailto:tlg@dreamcom.net Description lifesaving, ship models, lighthouse, shipbuilding Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Collection G-M Models Owner/Operator: Cohasset Historical Society New or Updated: 07/30/2003 MA Dalton Crane Museum 30 South Street Dalton MA 01226 Phone 413 648-2600 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.berkshireweb.com/themap/dalton/museum.html Description History of papermaking by a paper company, housed in 1846 stone mill Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Papermaking New or Updated: 08/11/2003 Massachusetts Dracut Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum Address Dracut MA Phone Web Site www.topfunaviation.com/index.html Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation Collection N-Z Toys MA East Tewksbury Public Health Museum in Massachusetts 365 East Street East Tewksbury MA 01876 Phone 978 851-7321 Web Site www.publichealthmuseum.org Description by appt only, past and present public health issues, housed in 1894 Administration Building, WPA murals Type of Resource Specialty Museum Building Type Hospital Industry /Profession Medical Collection N-Z Paintings New or Updated: 6/28/2006 MA Essex Essex Shipbuilding Museum 66 Main Street Essex MA 01929 Phone 978 768-7541 Web Site http://www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org/ Description multiple buildings on site, museum in school, shipyard built 300 vessels Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Transportation New or Updated:** 09/10/2003		Google Alibris connects people who love books, movies and music to thousands of independent sellers around the world.
	Massachusetts Fall River Battleship Cove Five Water Street PO Box 111 Fall River MA 02722 Phone 508 678-1100 Web Site www.battleshipcove.org E-mail mailto:battleship@battleshipcove.org Description numerous WWII ships and smaller craft Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship Industry /Profession Navy New or Updated: 6/22/2007 Marine Museum at Fall River 70 Water Street Fall River MA 02721 Phone 508 674-3533 Web Site www.marinemuseum.org Description models, exhibits on luxury liners, Titanic exhibit, located in restored machine shop Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Collection G-M Models Research /Reading Library		Country Inns Web Only Rates
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