Hyatt Place Boston/Braintree
$50+A 204-room South Shore hotel on Forbes Road in Braintree with free parking, daily breakfast and a Legal Sea Foods.
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A Brockton museum devoted to contemporary craft art, with donation-based admission.
455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA 02301 · Brockton, MA
Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts, is an arts and crafts museum that displays contemporary craft work across many styles and backgrounds. Its rotating exhibitions, classes, workshops, and public programs make it a center for craft in the region. Visitors can pay what they wish to enter, and members receive gift shop discounts and class savings.
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