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17 places sorted by traveller favourites

1. Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Ships • History Museums

Tickets from ZAR 456.19

By CatherineSNewYork

The actors were uniformly excellent, and the tour was very g...

2. John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum & Library

Speciality Museums • Libraries

Open now

By TranzorZ1985

It was very interesting. I learned a lot about JFK. I...

3. USS Constitution Museum

History Museums

By KenFromIllinois

The museum is interesting showing you "Life" on a ship back ...

4. New England Holocaust Memorial

Monuments & Statues • History Museums

Every time we're in Boston we walk through this memorial whi...

5. Old State House

Historic Sites • History Museums

Open now

The old state house is located within the middle of the city...

6. The Paul Revere House

Historic Sites • History Museums

There isn’t much to the house and our visit was finished in ...

7. Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Speciality Museums • Educational sites

This is a super cool little museum. Really just a big room...

8. Bunker Hill Museum

History Museums

Open now

By Rolshchikov-Dmitry

Definitely worth the visit if you’re visiting the monument....

9. Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Museum

History Museums

Open now

Their museum is located on top of Faneuil Hall, it's free, a...

10. Commonwealth Museum

Libraries • History Museums

Open now

If you are going to the JFK Library and Museum or the Edward...

11. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center

Speciality Museums • Art Museums

It was very entertaining and professional and neat. It had...

12. William Hickling Prescott House

Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

The guide provided detailed and excellent historic info on t...

13. John Adams Courthouse

Speciality Museums • Art Museums

We even got to sit and watch a court session with a lawyer s...

14. Harriet Tubman House

Historic Sites • History Museums

15. Museum of the National Center of Afro American Artists

History Museums

By ALT-Molenaar

I visited the museum in September and thoroughly enjoyed it....

16. Old South Meeting House

Speciality & Gift Shops • Historic Sites

Open now

But it is a stop on the Freedom Trail and a beautiful buildi...

17. Money Museum of Boston

Speciality Museums • History Museums

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