🏛 Travel Back in Time at These Living History Museums (AARP Article)

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🏛 Travel Back in Time at These Living History Museums (AARP Article)

FROM THE ARTICLE: These six sites recreate historical communities.

By Cheryl Maguire, AARP.

Published January 08, 2025.

Updated January 09, 2025.

Our family loves visiting Plimoth Patuxet Museums in Massachusetts because each trip offers a unique experience. Why does it always feel new? It’s partly because it’s a living history museum that recreates historical communities, with actors portraying real people from that time period. My husband enjoys trying to get the actors to “break character,” but so far he hasn’t succeeded.

The 2023 U.S. Family Travel Survey found that people who went on skip-generational trips, traveling with grandparents and grandchild, preferred visiting museums and cultural attractions. Here are some living history museums you can visit in the U.S.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.aarp.org/travel/vacation-ideas/history-culture/info-2025/living-history-museums.html

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