Our Common Wealth: the Massachusetts Experiment in Democracy

The Commonwealth Museum:

the Museum of Masschusetts History

"Our Common Wealth: The Massachusetts Experiment in Democracy"


The exhibit traces the Massachusetts experience through the colonial, revolutionary, federal, and nineteenth century reform periods. The sub-theme, “Tracing our Roots,” tells the story of four representative Massachusetts families of Native American, English, African-American and Irish heritage.

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