Museums
New England Travel Information
*Fine Arts Museums 
A list of fine arts museums across New England. *Military Museums
Some of the military museums located in New England. Children´s Discovery Museum
A great day out for the preschool crowd! CONNECTICUT, Connecticut River Museum [offsite link]
Steamboat Dock is home to the Connecticut River Museum where the Connecticut River Valley story is told through year round changing exhibitions, activities and programs. Fairbanks Natural History Museum
The Fairbanks Natural History Museum is located just off of Main Street in St. Johnsbury Vermont and is filled with thousands of preserved animals, fossils, insects and artifacts.
There is an active weather station, planetarium and an internet based exhibit. MASSACHUSETTS, Museum of Science [offsite link]
Located in Boston MA. This is one of the best museums in New England. There are tons of exhibits, demonstrations, movies, interactive exhibits. Be sure to see the lightning demonstration - you´ll get a charge out of it! NEW HAMPSHIRE, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium [offsite link]
The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium which was erected in her memory. The idea for a planetarium was suggested by Louise Wiley, a teacher from Northwood, New Hampshire, and was chosen from among many other ideas because it combined Christa´s dream of traveling through space with her dedication to teaching. NEW HAMPSHIRE, Museum of New Hampshire History [offsite link]
The museum has award-winning exhibits and outstanding collections that include an original Concord coach, rare examples of early furniture, magnificent White Mountain landscape paintings, and the memorabilia of New Hampshire notables like Daniel Webster, John Stark, Franklin Pierce, Mary Baker Eddy, and Sarah Josepha Hale, to name just a few. NEW HAMPSHIRE, Seacoast Science Center [offsite link]
The Center offers year-round programs including naturalist guided or unguided explorer programs for schools, visitor programs on the natural and social history of Odiorne Point and the Gulf of Maine, and a variety of indoor exhibits highlighting some of the fascinating features of coastal New Hampshire. RHODE ISLAND, The Museum of Yachting [offsite link]
Located in Newport, Rhode Island, and founded in 1980, The Museum of Yachting is dedicated to the preservation of yachting traditions and heritage. The Providence Children's Museum
The Providence Children's Museum is Rhode Island’s best indoor playground and a great place for children from age 1-11 to learn about a wide array of subjects while climbing, building, burrowing and sliding through different brightly colored environments. VERMONT, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum [offsite link]
Explore vibrant history and characters of the Champlain Valley through its military, commercial and recreational periods. View a large collection of original small watercraft built over the last 150 years. VERMONT, The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium [offsite link]
The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium is northern New England´s premiere museum of natural history. The Museum was founded in 1889 by St. Johnsbury industrialist Franklin Fairbanks. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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