North Shore

Cape Ann Historical Museum - A museum in Gloucester with Fitz Hugh Lane paintings and drawings, along with works by Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, and other artists
Cushing House Museum and Garden - A Newburyport landmark
Ipswich Historical Society and Museums - Learn more about historic homes - Whipple House and Heard House - and tour their gardens
New England Pirate Museum - Museum in Salem explores 17th century pirates
Peabody Essex Museum - Museum in Salem with a vast collection of art including maritime, Asian, Native American, African and more
Salem Witch Museum - A place to learn more about the Salem witch hysteria of 1692
Sargent House Museum - The Georgian-style house features displays on the history of Gloucester and a sampling of work by painter John Singer Sargent

Lowell

American Textile History Museum - An education on textiles and tools of former mills such as those once located in Lowell
National Streetcar Museum - This Lowell museum focuses on the history of public transportation
New England Quilt Museum - Collection includes over 150 quilts and quilt tops exhibiting the history of American quiltmaking
Revolving Museum - A center for creative expression in Lowell
Whistler House Museum of Art - Focuses on New England artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries