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Abbe Museum
Bar Harbor, ME
Unique museum dedicated to the interpretation and history of the Wabanaki people.
Abbe Museum Bar Harbor, ME CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Abbe Museum Bar Harbor, ME CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Birch Bark Canoe Abbe Museum Bar Harbor, ME CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Abbe Museum Bar Harbor, ME CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Aptucxet Trading Post Museum
Bourne, MA
This Cape Cod museum tells the story of the 1627 trading post built by the pilgrims to trade with the Wampanoag tribe.
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Bourne, MACC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Bourne, MACC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Windmill at the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Bourne, MACC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Chimney Point State Historic Site
Addison, VT
State historic site on the shores of Lake Champlain with a museum highlighting it's Native American, French Colonial, and early American history.
Historic tavern at Chimney PointCC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Historic tavern at Chimney PointCC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The restored historic tavern at Chimney PointCC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Dighton Rock
Berkley, MA
An 11 foot long, 9 1/2 foot wide 40 ton boulder inscribed with Native American Petroglyphs
Dighton Rockjps246 via Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0

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Dighton Rockjps246 via Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0

Dighton Rock Museumvia Wikimedia Commons Public Domain

Illustration of Dighton Rock PetroglyphsPublic Domain< - Manual de arqueologia americana

Fruitlands Museum
Harvard, MA
This utopian community gone wrong was converted into a series of museums showcasing Native American history, Shaker history and Hudson River School art alongside serveral miles of wooded hiking trails.
Fruitlands MuseumPublic Domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Fruitlands MuseumPublic Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Fruitlands MuseumCC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Alcott family belongings at FruitlandsCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Hail to the Sunrise – A monument to cultural appropriation
Charlemont, MA
This monument honoring the Mohawk Tribe was built in 1932 by an organization which was only open to white men until 1974.
Hail to the SunriseCC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Hail to the SunriseCC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Hail to the SunriseCC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Hail to the SunriseCC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Institute for American Indian Studies Museum
Washington, CT
As far as we know, the only Native American museum in New England with a Wigwam Escape Room.
Institute for American Indian Studies

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Institute for American Indian Studies

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
Ledyard, CT
One of the largest Native American museums in New England featuring a walk-through Pequot Village from the pre-colonial era.
Mashantucket Pequot MuseumCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Mashantucket Pequot MuseumCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Mashantucket Pequot MuseumCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Mashpee Wampanoag Museum
Mashpee, MA
Museum detailing the history of the Wampanoag people in Cape Cod.
Mashpee Wampanoag Museum Mashpee, MACC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Mashpee Wampanoag Museum Mashpee, MACC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Middlesex Canal – Shawsheen Aqueduct
Billerica, MA
This large stone structure once supported a wooden canal section which carried barges over the Shawsheen River.
Shawsheen Aqueduct Daderot, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Shawsheen Aqueduct Daderot, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Middlesex Canal Trail – Baldwin House
Woburn, MA
Urban canal trail starting at a restaurant that was once the home of the head engineer and designer of the Middlesex Canal.
Baldwin House Woburn, MA Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Baldwin House Woburn, MA Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Middlesex Canal Trail – Butters Row
Wilmington, MA
Short scenic walk along the now dry 19th Century Middlesex Canal.
View from the towpath Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

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View from the towpath Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

Dry Canal Bed and Towpath Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

Maple Meadow Brook Aqueduct Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

Middlesex Canal Trail – Main St.
Wilmington, MA
A short path through the woods to the Tow Line Grooved Boulder the Maple Meadow Aqueduct and Maple Meadow Aqueduct Quarry.
Maple Meadow Brook Aqueduct Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Maple Meadow Brook Aqueduct Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tow Line Grooved Boulder Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

Middlesex Canal Trail, Main St Wilmington, MA Nature of New England, CC BY-SA 4.0

Plimoth Patuxet Museum
Plymouth, MA
This well known living-history museum tries to tell the story of both the pilgrims and the Wampanoag people.
Plimoth PatuxetCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Plimoth PatuxetCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Plimoth PatuxetCC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Plimoth PatuxetCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Redemption Rock
Princeton, MA
Redemption RockCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Redemption RockCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Redemption RockCC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Robbins Museum of Archaeology
Middleborough, MA
This small museum displays thousands of cultural items from across New England.
Robbins MuseumCC0 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Robbins MuseumCC0 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Robbins MuseumCC0 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Robbins MuseumCC0 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Tantaquidgeon Museum
Montville, CT
The oldest museum in the United States owned and operated by a Native American tribe.
Tantaquidgeon Museum Public Domain

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Tantaquidgeon Museum Public Domain

Tantaquidgeon Museum Public Domain

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