If you go
Hours and admission prices vary. Call in advance for details on visits, events, and tours.
Mark Twain House
351 Farmington Ave., Hartford
Open year-round. 860-247-0998, www.marktwainhouse.org
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
77 Forest St., Hartford
Open year-round. 860-522-9258, www.harrietbeecherstowe
center.org
Emily Dickinson Museum
280 Main St., Amherst
Open March through December. 413-542-8161, www.emily
dickinsonmuseum.org
The Mount
2 Plunkett St., Lenox
Open through October. 413-551-5111, www.edithwharton.org
Arrowhead
780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield
Open through Columbus Day. 413-442-1793, www.mobydick.org
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle St., Cambridge
Typically open through last weekend of October. Call for information about hours during the government shutdown. 617-876-4491, www.nps.gov/long/index.htm
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
399 Lexington Road, Concord
Open year-round. 978-369-4118, www.louisamayalcott.org
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