- The list below includes 403 free or cheap things to do in or near Essex, Massachusetts, including 109 different types of inexpensive activities like History Museums, Specialty Museums, Parks and Movie Theaters.
- From Cogswell's Grant to Essex Shipbuilding Museum, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Essex and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Boston, Gloucester, Cambridge and Salem.
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Run by volunteers at the Rye Historical Society, Square House Museum features artifacts from the settlers of the 17th century until present day. The exhibit displays Native American artifacts, Revolutionary War letters, agricultural tools, and more.
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Known for its lighted softball fields, Domenic Flippello Park provides visitors with sports courts and other recreational activities. The park has a picnic area where visitors can use the grills for private events.
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Located in Brookline, Massachusetts, the Coolidge Corner Theater is one of the oldest and largest functioning cinemas in the eastern United States. The opulently-decorated theater plays art films, foreign movies, independent projects and special broadcasts of operas, ballets, and other large-scale performances.
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Salem Town Forest is a park that is home to various wildlife and provides 3.7 miles of trails to visitors for walking, riding horses or mountain biking. Seasonally the park also can be used to hunt, snowshoe or ski.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre is an independent movie theater that plays a selection of classic, mainstream, and indie films and has midnight showings too. The concession stand has a bar with premium beers, wines and liquors and local baked goods.
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Squantum Point Park is a leisure park that is open from dusk until dawn all year round. The park was originally used as a Naval airfield and has opportunities for activities such as fishing, birding, running, and inline skating.
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Featuring both pebbled and grass fields, Lowell Dog Park offers a safe, fenced in area where dogs can run off-leash. The park also stocks a supply of balls for owners and their dogs to play a game of fetch.
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347 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 2446
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One of Brookline’s oldest surviving colonial era buildings, the Brookline Historical Society Edward Devotion House dates back to approximately 1740. The house is now a museum, and is open for tours.
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10 Lincoln Street, Lexington, MA 2421
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Open during fall and winter, Hayden Recreation Centre Ice Facility offers visitors open skating sessions for figure skating and dancing. The ice rink is home to a figure skating club for over 400 local children.
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575 Brookline Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445
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Managed by the parks and recreation department, Brookline Avenue Playground includes a variety of amenities, including an off leash dog park, baseball and softball fields, a playground, picnic facilities, and a network of hiking trails.