MITS
Museum Institute for Teaching Science
Museums, Nature Centers, Zoos, Aquariums, Conservancies, and Botanical Gardens
These cultural institutions are great resources for teachers at all grade levels, providing additions to your curriculum.Amelia Park Children's Museum, www.ameliaparkmuseum.or
American Textile History Museum, www.athm.org
Amherst Historical Society, www.amhersthistory.org
Arnold Arboretum, https://arboretum.harvard.edu
Bartholomew's Cobble, www.thetrustees.org
Berkshire Botanical Garden, www.berkshirebotanical.org
The Berkshire Museum, www.therberkshiremuseum.org
Mass Audubon Society, All locations, www.massaudubon.org
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, www.mass.gov/dcr
Borderland State Park, www.friendsofborderland.org
Boston Museum of Science, www.mos.org
Boston Natural Areas Fund, beth@bostonnature.org
Boston Nautical Heritage Group, www.bostonnautical.com
Botanic Garden at Smith College, www.smith.edu/garden
Buttonwood Park Zoo, www.bpzoo.org
Cape Cod Canal U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/cc/cchome.htm
Cape Cod Children's Museum, www.capecodchildrensmuseum.org
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, www.ccmnh.org
Cape Cod National Seashore, Marconi Station, www.nps.gov/caco
Capron Park Zoo, www.capronparkzoo.com
Center for Education Partnerships, http://cep.terc.edu
Center for Ecological Technology, www.cetonline.org
Charles River Museum of Industry, www.crmi.org
Charles River Watershed Association, Inc., www.crwa.org
Children's Museum of Boston, www.bostonkids.org
Children's Museum of Holyoke, www.childrensmuseumholyoke.org
Commonwealth Museum, www.commonwealthmuseum.org
DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, www.decordova.org
Discovery Museums, www.discoverymuseums.org
Eagle Eye Institute, www.eagleeyeinstitute.org
Easton Children's Museum, www.childrensmuseumineaston.org
EcoTarium, www.ecotarium.org
Essex County Greenbelt Association, www.ecga.org
Essex Shipbuilding Museum, www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org
Fisher Museum at Harvard Forest, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/museum.html
Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site, www.nps.gov/frlo
Fruitlands Museums, Inc., www.fruitland.org
MA Dept of Environmental Management, www.mass.gov/dcr/listing.htm
Global Habitat Project, www.glp.colostate.edu
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/ma_great.htm
Hale Reservation Outdoor Education Center, www.halereservation.org
Harbor Explorations, www.umb.edu/destination/experience/outreach.htm
Harvard Museum of Natural History, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/
Heritage Plantation, www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org
Higgins Armory Museum, www.higgins.org
Hitchcock Center for the Environment, www.hitchcockcenter.org
H.O.B.B.E.S. (Hands-on, Boat-based, education), www.hobbesinc.org
Horizons for Youth, www.horizons-for-youth.org
Hull Lifesaving Museum, www.lifesavingmuseum.org
Larz Anderson Auto Museum, www.mot.org
Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, www.thelloydcenter.org
MA Water Resources Authority, www.mwra.state.ma.us
Maria Mitchell Science Center, www.mmo.org
Marine Education Center of Cape Ann, www.cape-ann.com
MIT Museum, http://web.mit.edu/museum/index.html
Mount Holyoke College Botanical Gardens, www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/botan/
Nashua River Watershed Association River Resource Center, www.nashuariverwatershed.org
National Marine Fisheries Service Aquarium, www.nrtofeaston.org
Nature's Classroom, www.naturesclassroom.org
Neponset River Watershed Association, www.neponset.org
New Bedford Whaling Museum, www.whalingmuseum.org
New England Aquarium, www.neaq.org
New England Quilt Museum, www.nequiltmuseum.org
New England Wildflower Society, www.newfs.org
New England Wildlife Center, www.newildlife.com
Norcross Wildlife Foundation, www.norcross.org
North and South River Watershed Association, Inc., www.nsrwa.org
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association www.nesea.org
Northeastern University Marine Science www.marinescience.neu.edu
Northfield Mountain Recreation & Environmental Center, www.nu.com/northfield
Ocean Alliance, www.oceanalliance.org
OceanQuest, Inc., http://oceanquestonline.org
Old Sturbridge Village, www.osv.org
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver
Peabody Essex Museum, www.pem.org
Plimoth Plantation, www.plimoth.org
Quabbin Visitor Center, www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/quabbin.htm
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, www.andover.edu/rspeabody/index.htm
Schooner Adventure, www.schooner-adventure.org
Schooner Ernestina, www.ernestina.org
Great Falls Discovery Center, www.fws.gov/r5soc/
South South Natural Science Center, www.ssnc.org
Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, www.spellman.org
Sports Museum of New England, www.sportsmuseum.org
Springfield Science Museum, www.springfieldmuseums.org
Stone Zoo, www.zoonewengland.com
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center, www.thompsonisland.org
Thornton W. Burgess Society, www.thorntonburgess.org
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, www.towerhillgf.org
Tsongas Industrial History Center, www.uml.edu/tsongas/index.htm
USS Constitution Museum, www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, www.waquoitbayreserve.org
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, www.capecodconnection.com/audubon
Westport River Watershed Alliance, www.wrwa.com
Whale Center of New England, www.whalecenter.org
Wistariahurst Museum, www.wistariahurst.org
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Exhibit Center., www.whoi.edu
Woods Hole Research Center, www.whrc.org
Worcester Art Museum, www.worcesterart.org
Zoo New England, www.zoonewengland.org
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