Visitors to the birthplace are guided through the historic house as they learn about Clara's role as a Civil War battlefield nurse and as founder of the American Red Cross. View special exhibits featuring items belonging to Clara such as her personal field desk used to write letters home for many of the wounded Civil War soldiers.... Learn More >

Clara E. Sexton Memorial House Museum circa.1720, headquarters of the Billerica Historical Society founded in 1894. A private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to acquire and preserve items of local interest informing and educating interested citizens about Billerica's cultural and historical heritage. The organization operates... Learn More >

Built by Richard Clemence in 1691, Clemence-Irons House is a rare surviving example of a "stone-ender," a once common building type with roots in the western part of England. Passing through a series of owners in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, the house had grown to thirteen rooms by 1938, when it was purchased by Henry... Learn More >

Overlooking a prospect of farm and pleasure grounds, this country seat, also known as “The Grange,” was a powerful force in the lives of five generations of the Codman family. Each generation that lived here left its mark, and the estate gradually came to symbolize the family's fascinating past. In the 1790s, John Codman carried out... Learn More >

Coffin House was occupied by the Coffin family over three centuries, and provides fascinating insight into domestic life in rural New England. The structure, which contains the family's furnishings, began as a simple dwelling built in the post-medieval style. Tristram Coffin and his family lived, cooked, and slept in two or possibly three rooms;... Learn More >

Coggeshall Farm Museum portrays the lives of everyday Rhode Island tenant farmers living on the edge of a salt marsh in the late 18th century. We raise heritage breed livestock, grow heirloom vegetables and authentically represent the lives of the hard-working people who fed this country as it grew. We are located in the beautiful town of Bristol,... Learn More >

A mecca for lovers of American folk art, Cogswell’s Grant was the summer home of renowned collectors Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. The colonial-era farmhouse on the property serves as a rich backdrop for their celebrated collection, assembled over a period of nearly sixty years. Though known for their meticulous research, the Littles... Learn More >

The Colby College Museum of Art is a collecting and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, display, and interpretation of the visual arts. The collection embraces works of art from diverse cultures and historical periods, with a focus on American art from the early 18th century through the present day. The collection showcases important... Learn More >

Harvard University has been acquiring scientific instruments on a continuous basis for teaching and research since 1672. The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, which was established in 1948 to preserve this apparatus as a resource for teaching and research in the history of science and technology, has become one of the three largest... Learn More >

The c.1701 Colonel Paul Wentworth House is one of New Hampshire's oldest surviving colonial structures, and is maintained by the Association for Rollinsford Culture and History (ARCH) as an educational and cultural resource for our community. The house is open for tours from 1 to 4 pm on Sundays from June through mid-October, and hosts living... Learn More >