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.
Boston
Boston Children's Museum, www.bostonkids.org
Harvard Museum of Natural History, www.hmnh.harvard.edu
New England Aquarium, www.neaq.org
Zoo New England, www.zoonewengland.org
Arnold Arboretum, www.arboretum.harvard.edu
Boston Museum of Science, www.mos.org
Boston Natural Areas Fund, www.bostonnatural.org
Boston Nautical Heritage Group, www.bostonnautical.com
Charles River Watershed Association, www.crwa.org
Charles River Museum of Industry, www.crmi.org
Commonwealth Museum, www.commonwealthmuseum.org
Hull Lifesaving Museum, www.lifesavingmuseum.org
Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site, http://www.nps.gov/frla/index.htm
Hale Reservation Outdoor Education Center, www.halereservation.org
Larz Anderson Auto Museum, www.mot.org
MIT Museum, web.mit.edu/museum
Northeastern University Marine Science www.marinescience.neu.edu
Sports Museum of New England, www.sportsmuseum.org
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center, www.thompsonisland.org
USS Constitution Museum, www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org
North Shore
H.O.B.B.E.S. (Hands-on Boat-based Education & Science), www.hobbesinc.org
Gloucester Maritime History Center, www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org
Mass Audubon Endicott and Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuaries,
www.massaudubon.org
Schooner Adventure, www.schooner-adventure.org
Cape Ann Museum, www.capeannmuseum.org
Essex County Greenbelt Association, www.ecga.org
Essex Shipbuilding Museum, www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver
Peabody Essex Museum, www.pem.org
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, www.andover.edu/rspeabody/index.htm
Whale Center of New England, www.whalecenter.org
Merrimack River
Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center, www.amoskeagfishways.org
Beaver Brook Association, www.beaverbrook.org
Nashua River Watershed Assn. River Resource Center, www.nashuariverwatershed.org
Northeast Region DCR, www.mass.gov/dcr
American Textile History Museum, www.athm.org
New England Quilt Museum, www.nequiltmuseum.org
Tsongas Industrial History Center, http://www.uml.edu/Tsongas/default.asp
Cape Cod/South Shore
National Marine Life Center, www.nmlc.org
OceanQuest, Inc., www.oceanquest.org
South Shore Natural Science Center, www.ssnsc.org
Cape Cod Maritime Museum, www.capecodmaritimemuseum.org
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
Cape Cod Canal U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/ccc/ccchome.htm
Heritage Plantation, www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org
Maria Mitchell Science Center, www.mmo.org
Plimoth Plantation, www.plimoth.org
Thornton W. Burgess Society, www.thorntonburgess.org
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, www.waquoitbayreserve.org
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, www.capecodconnection.com/audubon
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Exhibit Center., www.whoi.edu
Woods Hole Research Center, www.whrc.org
Southeast
Buttonwood Park Zoo, www.bpzoo.org
Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, www.thelloydcenter.org
New Bedford Whaling Museum, www.whalingmuseum.org
Stony Brook and Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary, www.massaudubon.org
Capron Park Zoo, www.capronparkzoo.com
Easton Children's Museum, www.childrensmuseumineaston.org
Natural Resources Trust of Easton, www.nrtofeaston.org
North and South River Watershed Association, Inc., www.nsrwa.org
Schooner Ernestina, www.ernestina.org
Westport River Watershed Alliance, www.wrwa.com
MetroWest
DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, www.decordova.org
Discovery Museums, www.discoverymuseums.org
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, http://www.fws.gov/northeast/greatmeadows/
Neponset River Watershed Association, www.neponset.org
New England Wildflower Society, www.newfs.org
New England Wildlife Center, www.newildlife.com
Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, www.spellman.org
Berkshires
The Berkshire Museum, www.berkshiremuseum.org
Center for Ecological Technology, www.cetonline.org
DCR- Central Berkshire District, www.mass.gov/dcr
Berkshire Botanical Garden, www.berkshirebotanical.org
Silvo O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Great Falls Discovery Center , www.fws.gov/r5soc/
Worcester
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, www.towerhillbg.org
EcoTarium, www.ecotarium.org
MA DCR- Water Supply Protection, www.mass.gov/dcr/waterSupply/watershed/dwmed.htm
Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, www.massaudubon.org
Worcester Art Museum, www.worcesterart.org
Fisher Museum at Harvard Forest, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/museum.html
Higgins Armory Museum, www.higgins.org
Old Sturbridge Village, www.osv.org
Springfield/Holyoke
Children's Museum of Holyoke, www.childrensmuseumholyoke.org
Amelia Park Children's Museum, www.ameliaparkmuseum.org
Amherst Historical Society, www.amhersthistory.org
Botanic Garden at Smith College, www.smith.edu/garden
Hitchcock Center for the Environment, www.hitchcockcenter.org
Mount Holyoke College Botanical Gardens, www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/botan/
Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary, www.norcrossws.org
Ocean Alliance, www.oceanalliance.org
Quabbin Visitor Center, DCR, www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/quabbin.htm
Springfield Science Museum, www.springfieldmuseums.org
Wistariahurst Museum, www.wistariahurst.org
General
Center for Education Partnerships, www.cfep.uci.edu
Eagle Eye Institute, www.eagleeyeinstitute.org
Horizons for Youth, www.horizons-for-youth.org
Mass Audubon Society, all locations, www.massaudubon.org
Mass DCR, all locations, www.mass.gov/dcr
MA Dept of Environmental Management, www.mass.gov/dcr/listing.htm
Nature's Classroom, www.naturesclassroom.org
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association www.nesea.org
MA Water Resources Authority, www.mwra.state.ma.us
The Trustees of Reservations, all locations , www.thetrustees.org