Hidden gems - Museums in Lexington, United States not to miss (Updated March, 2024)

Museum

👍👍 Very interesting tour of Liberty, whose origins were woven in Boston, with the most famous places and the people and events that contributed to such an important event. Tour the old center of the city and take the opportunity to visit the most important sites, as well as churches, etc. Exciting for...

5.00 (14 reviews) (~16.7 km from centre)

Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum

Museum

👍👍 The proper people liked it

5.00 (8 reviews) (~6.06 km from centre)

Harvard Mineralogical Museum

Science museum

👍👍 Absolutely hands down the best museum of natural history I’ve ever seen. I’ve been to all the Smithsonian museums in DC. This one beats them all. Super friendly staff too!

5.00 (7 reviews) (~11.79 km from centre)

Quincy Quarry & Granite

Museum

👍👍 A gem of a surprise to learn about and visit! This volunteer-led outdoor museum is located about a mile away from the Quarry lot. They've put enormous effort into showing the original millworks. In addition to a small indoor area showcasing quarry techniques, tools and history, the outdoor grounds...

5.00 (6 reviews) (~26.96 km from centre)

Beacon Hills

Museum

5.00 (6 reviews) (~16 km from centre)

Wittenborg Woods

Museum

👍👍 The forest is open, I don't know why it has been listed as temporarily closed. Some of the hunters might be trying to game the system to keep people away.

5.00 (5 reviews) (~22.73 km from centre)

Punto Urban Art Museum

Museum

👍 Very interesting thing to do. Would have never known it was over there unless someone dragged me over that way. We were there for the Salem Halloween festivities and it’s a little off the beaten track. But worth the walk. It’s clean safe and pretty cool. Kids loved the twist and turns and app the p...

4.90 (74 reviews) (~28.49 km from centre)

Ether Dome

Museum

👍👍 Very iconic and historic place in the history of modern medicine: the first place where an anesthetic was used during surgery. Very interesting to see the original operating from room preserved as it was during this first surgical procedure with ether. Anyone interested in the history of medicine wo...

4.90 (53 reviews) (~15.88 km from centre)

Bay State Model Railroad Museum

Rail museum

👍👍 If you love trains you've gotta go visit this place. They have a room full of model trains with all the landscaping, buildings, people, cars etc. Meticulous details. They are open two weekends a year or by reservation on Wednesday evenings. Perfect place to bring a child or to bring out your inner c...

4.90 (39 reviews) (~19.45 km from centre)

Armenian Museum of America

Museum

👍👍 Great museum! The staff was very friendly. Exhibits show the history and art of Armenia through the centuries, and one of the numerous brutal genocides committed by Turkey during the last century.

4.90 (32 reviews) (~9.55 km from centre)

Golden Ball Tavern Museum

History museum

👍👍 Amazing trove of history in Westonwith a Tory slant. Lots of rooms and Katie Campbell knows all the interesting details of what life was like in Weston during the Revolutionary War period. Not just for school groups, adults learn so much about the history of Weston. Together with the Josiah Smith Ta...

4.90 (20 reviews) (~11.44 km from centre)

Fairbanks House

Museum

Mid-1600s timber frame home (perhaps the nation's oldest), now a museum with many original features.

4.80 (82 reviews) (~23.16 km from centre)

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Art gallery

This modern Harvard building by Le Corbusier holds art studios, galleries & film screenings.

4.80 (76 reviews) (~12.19 km from centre)

Stone Library

Museum

👍👍 This place was the library of President John Adams and his descendants. The interior is beautiful and looks remarkably well preserved. It is part of the Adams estate called Peacefield. Visits are by guided tour only, which starts at the Visitors Center for Adams National Historical Park in downtown...

4.80 (13 reviews) (~27.55 km from centre)