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Marblehead Museum, Marblehead, MA

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Marblehead Museum

Marblehead Museum is a museum in Marblehead, MA, part of the Boston guide. Cost: under $25.

170 Washington Street · Marblehead, MA

Why you should go…

The Marblehead Museum preserves several historic sites in Marblehead's colonial district, anchored by the 1768 Jeremiah Lee Mansion, a Georgian home built for the wealthiest merchant in colonial Massachusetts. The museum also includes a Civil War gallery and the J.O.J. Frost Gallery of folk art, along with a visitor center in the Lee estate's former kitchen and carriage house.

  • #colonial history
  • #house museum
  • #marblehead
  • #folk art
  • #north shore

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