The official blog of the 2012 International Convention of the Corvair Society of America, which took place in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, July 25-28, 2012. Presented by the member clubs of the Northeast Corvair Council.


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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

So Much to See and Do!

Previously we have mentioned such attractions as the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield and the site of the original "Alice's Restaurant" in Stockbridge.  Here are just a few more things to see and do while in New England:

The Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts, the only museum of armor in the western hemisphere, http://www.higgins.org/

The Slater Mill Museum in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, http://www.slatermill.org/

The EcoTarium (a great place to take the kids), a unique indoor-outdoor museum in Worcester, Massachusetts, offering such things as a chance to walk through the treetops, ride a narrow-gauge railroad, and more, http://www.ecotarium.org/

The Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, arguably the nation's leading aquarium and home of ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard and the Institute for Exploration, http://www.mysticaquarium.org/, plus the Mystic Seaport, home of the Charles W. Morgan, the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence, http://www.mysticseaport.org/

The Boston Museum of Science ( http://www.mos.org/ ), the New England Aquarium ( http://www.neaq.org/ ), the Boston Children’s Museum ( http://www.bostonkids.org/ ), all in Boston of course

The museums of the Rhode Island Historical Society, in Providence and in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, http://www.rihs.org/

Plimoth Plantation, the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony (the Pilgrims) established in the 1600s, http://www.plimoth.org/

And of course, Cape Cod, Lexington & Concord, The White Mountains of New Hampshire, Vermont Maple Syrup, Maine Lobstahs, and so much more.

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Our thanks to CORSA Director and New England resident Jason Cesana for many of the suggestions on this list.