- The list below includes 650 free or cheap things to do in or near Waltham, Massachusetts, including 110 different types of inexpensive activities like Parks, Comedy Clubs, Movie Theaters and Other Entertainment.
- From Prospect Hill Park to Riverwalk Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Waltham and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Boston, Lowell, Cambridge and Salem.
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A single auditorium movie theater that typically shows critically acclaimed, foreign, or art house films, Patriot Cinemas Loring Hall Cinema offers discount matinees and other specials. The theater is located in the heart of historic downtown Hingham.
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With regularly rotating exhibitions, Genovese Sullivan Gallery showcases modern and contemporary art pieces in the form of sculpture, pottery, paintings, and other mediums. The gallery hosts receptions for each new exhibition where visitors can meet the artist.
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The Danvers Historical Society contains five properties designated to preserving and portraying important local history. Some exhibits include tours of the Page House and tours of the Glen Magna Farms.
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Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery is a local monster museum which features the private collection of James Lurgio comprising of around 50 different characters spanning the history of horror in Hollywood movies. Besides the full-sized replicas, the gallery also houses many movie props.
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The Old Burying Point Cemetery is the oldest burial ground in Salem and contains the gravesites of many notable persons including Justice John Hathorne who was one of the judges of the Witch Trials, as well as many Mayflower passengers.
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A majority of artwoks on display in the Peabody Essex Museum, considered as one of the oldest operating museums in America, comprises of multiple exhibits about the diverse cultures of the world such as Asian, Native Indian, Japanese, African, Korean art and more.
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Salem Witch Memorial was built in the memory of those who were put to death under suspicions of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The memorial comprises of a long handcrafted granite wall whose stone benches represent the victims of the witch hysteria.
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The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is a nine-acre national park featuring historic buildings, wharves, and reconstructed tall-ships that tell the stories of the sailors and merchants who brought the goods of the world to America. Free tours are offered.
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Guests can board a full length pirate ship and explore an 80 foot cave as part of the New England Pirate Museum which brings the 1690s to life. Artifacts from sunken ships and pirate treasures form the bulk of the displayed collections.
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Rather than an actual village, the Salem Witch Village is an indoor guided tour through a maze. The history of witchcraft from its ancient roots to modern times are covered in the maze-like setting.