Stevens-Coolidge Place 139 Andover Street, Andover, MA 01845, Located in North Andover, 978-682-3580, This distinctive and historic house has been restored to its original Colonial Revival style and now serves as a museum that gives glimpses into the history upon which Andover and the surrounding area were founded.  

Addison Gallery of American Art 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, Phillips Academy, 978-749-4015, Having first opened its doors to the public in 1931, the Addison gallery of American Art is located on the campus of Phillips Academy and strives to carry out the aims and mission of its founder Thomas Cochran, who stated those aims as “to enrich permanently the lives of the students of Phillips Academy, by helping to cultivate and foster in them a love for the beautiful.” The museum’s collection now consists of over twelve thousand works, including paintings, prints, sculptures, decorative arts, drawings and photography that trace a lineage of art from Colonial to present times, with such artists as Copely, Revere, Eakins, Homer, Whistler, Watkins, Muybridge, Prendergast, Sloan, Hopper, O’Keefe, and many others, being represented.  more... 

Andover Historical Society 97 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, 978-475-2236, Operated under the aegis of the Andover Historical Society, the Blanchard House and Barn museum is geared towards recreating the life and world of the typical middle class family that inhabited Massachusetts in the early Nineteenth Century; through educational programs and changing exhibits, the interesting history of Andover, which spans three and a half centuries, is traced. In addition to the history exhibits, other exhibits are also featured, such as an exhibit of vintage automobiles, and the Andover Contemporary Artist Series, in which the works of locally prominent artists in a variety of media are exhibited.  

Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Phillips and Main Streets, Andover, MA 01810, Phillips Academy, 978-749-4490, The home of one of the nation’s largest collections of Native American artifacts, the Robert S. Peabody museum operates with the mission of teaching a greater understanding of the science of archaeology, and working to preserve and better understand Native American cultures; the collection features items from cultures in the American Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, Mexico, and the Arctic, which range in temporality from the time of the Paleo-Indian cultures of twelve thousand five hundred years ago, to the cultures and remnants of cultures that can be found in the present day.  more...