There are a wealth of family friendly activities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. From children’s and other interesting museums, to historical attractions, to skiing and other outdoor activities, to college and professional sporting events, to historical attractions; let your mood be your guide to endless family fun.
Some of the more popular or unique family friendly attractions in Massachusetts include:
- The “hands-on” learning of the the Boston Children’s Museum.
- EcoTarium in Worcester, Massachusetts offering outdoor and wildlife exhibits, a tree canopy walkway, a planetarium and more.
- Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts where you will find armor, weapons and accessories, swords and daggers, firearms and more.
- Downhill or cross country skiing.
- Tours of the nation’s oldest professional baseball park – Fenway Park.
List of MA Family Friendly Attractions
Below is an alphabetical list of family freindly activities in Massachusetts:
- Amelia Park Children’s Museum, Westfield, Massachusetts
- American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
- Arena: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
- Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA
- August Oak Bluffs Fireworks – Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
- Barnstable County Fair – East Falmouth, Massachusetts
- Beaches – Martha’s Vineyard
- Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
- Berkshire East Ski Area, Charlemont, Massachusetts
- Black Dog Tall Ships – Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
- Blandford Ski Area, Blandford, Massachusetts
- Blue Hills Reservation, Milton, Massachusetts
- Blue Hills Ski Area, Canton, Massachusetts
- Boston Baked Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston Beaches
- Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA
- Boston Children’s Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston Common & Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, Boston, MA
- Bousquet Ski Area, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Bright Nights at Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, Massachusetts
- Bunker Hill Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
- Cahoon Museum of American Art – Cotuit, Massachusetts
- Camping on Martha’s Vineyard
- Canterbury Farm, Becket, Massachusetts
- Cape Cod Bike Trails
- Cape Cod Children’s Museum – Mashpee, Massachusetts
- Cape Cod Maritime Museum – Hyannis, Massachusetts
- Cape Cod Museum of Art – Dennis, Massachusetts
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History – Brewster, Massachusetts
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Cape Playhouse – Dennis Village, Massachusetts
- Castle Island, Boston, Massachusetts
- Catamount Ski Area, South Egremont, Massachusetts
- Children’s Theatre of Nantucket
- Coast Guard Heritage Museum – Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club, Lenox, Massachusetts
- Cross Country Skiing at Notchview Reservation, Windsor, Massachusetts
- Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, Massachusetts
- Edgartown Fire Museum – Edgartown, MA
- Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, Massachusetts
- Featherstone Center for the Arts – Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
- Flying Horses Carousel, Oak Bluffs, MA
- Fourth of July Fireworks – Edgartown, Massachusetts
- Fourth of July Parade – Edgartown, Massachusetts
- Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, Massachusetts
- Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts
- Grand Illumination – Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
- Great Brook Ski Touring, Carlisle, Massachusetts
- Great New England Air Show, Chicopee, Massachusetts
- Hancock Shaker Village – Pittsfield MA
- Heritage Museum and Gardens – Sandwich, Massachusetts
- Heritage Museum and Gardens Carousel – Sandwich, Massachusetts
- Hilltop Orchards, Richmond, Massachusetts
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
- Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Hancock, Massachusetts
- John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum – Hyannis, Massachusetts
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Boston, Massachusetts
- Manuel F. Correllus State Forest – Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
- Maple Corner Farm Cross Country Ski Center, Granville, Massachusetts
- Maria Mitchell Association
- Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair – West Tisbury, Massachusetts
- Martha’s Vineyard Conservation Properties
- Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks – West Tisbury, Massachusetts
- Martha’s Vineyard Museum – Edgartown, MA
- Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby – Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts DCR Parks that Allow Cross Country Skiing
- Massachusetts North Shore Beaches
- Massachusetts South Shore Beaches
- Massachusetts State House, Boston, Massachusetts
- Minuteman National Historic Park – Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts
- Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge – Chatham, Massachusetts
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Nantucket Christmas Stroll and Nantucket Noel
- Nantucket Sailing and Other Water Activities
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
- Nashoba Valley Ski Area, Westford, Massachusetts
- New England Sleigh Rides
- Northfield Mountain, Northfield, Massachusetts
- Ocean Park – Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
- Old State House Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
- Osterville Historical Museum – Osterville, Massachusetts
- Otis Ridge Ski Area, Otis, Massachusetts
- Paul Revere House, Boston, Massachusetts
- Payomet Performing Arts Center – Truro, MA
- Peabody Essex Museum – Salem, Massachusetts
- Pilgrim Monument and Museum – Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Plimoth Plantation – Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Polly Hill Arboretum – West Tisbury, Massachusetts
- Road Races – Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
- Sailing on Martha’s Vineyard
- Salem Witch Museum – Salem, Massachusetts
- Sandwich Glass Museum – Sandwich, Massachusetts
- Ski Bradford, Bradford, Massachusetts
