Fruitlands Museum, Massachusetts, United States
4.5 (123 reviews) Tuesday: Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #1 in Harvard Speciality Museums • Art Museums • History Museums
Lovely spring day at Fruitlands
Fruitlands Museum is comprised of four separate museums, showcasing Transcendentalists, Shakers, Native Americans and American paintings on 210 acres of meadows and woods with 2.5 miles of trails and a breathtaking view of the Nashua River Valley. The Fruitlands Museum Store sells fine crafts by local artists and the Museum Café, which is open during the main season (April 15 through November 7), focuses on locally sourced, sustainable cuisine reflective of the heritage of New England.
Address
102 Prospect Hill Rd, Harvard, MA 01451-1348
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Website
http://www.fruitlands.org/
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Saturday : 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 12:15
User Ratings
4.5 based on (123 reviews)
Reviews
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4bcnett 5:00 PM Jun 8, 2022
Would be a "2 stars or less " without the tour!
It's a beautiful spot, but there is very little here to see or to do. The thing that made it a positive experience for us was the tour where we visited two houses. The tour is NOT included in the $12.00 admission fee. We had to pay $7.50 each for it. We had an excellent tour guide who told us about transcendentalism, Louisa May Alcott's family's stay here, and the filming of the 2018 version of 'Little Women that was done here. There is a steep hill to see the houses and no transportation is provided.
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4Rooindie 5:00 PM Oct 2, 2021
Must do a tour
We did a tour, and without that, we agree we'd only give this a 2. The art and Native American Galleries were small and not especially interesting. What makes this place interesting is the "experiment in living" that happened here, and there isn't much information about it without doing the tour. The tour involves uphill walking and no shade. We also tried to see the nearby Shaker sites - don't bother. We probably spent about 90 minutes at the site.
