The eastern Massachusetts region offers a wealth of resources to educators, both in the form of institutions established specifically for the purpose of facilitating the education process through teacher education and in the form of a multitude of museums and galleries capable of enhancing the quality of education received by area students.

Many of these centers, museums, and galleries do not limit the scope of their interest to the Eastern Massachusetts area, or even the Northeastern United States, but rather devote themselves to the improvement of education at a national level. Specifically, many of the region's museums are of world class quality and the educational benefits realized by exposing students to their collections are very well worth the educator's effort to do so.

Below is a compliation of various Eastern Massachusetts institutions of interest to educators that has been partitioned two different ways. The first is a list of local museums, while the second catalogs local teaching outreach centers from which educators may borrow, or otherwise exploit previously unavailable resources.

Many of these various organizations have made information regarding their collections and activities available on the Internet and the World History Resource Center has provided links to the web pages associated to many of the folowing organizations with the hope that such information will be of use. Names of contact individuals are also provided in most instances.

Local Museums

Childrens Museum Teacher Education Program
http://www.bostonkids.org/teachers/index.htm
300 Congress Street
Boston, MA. 02210-1034
Contact: Ginny Zanger

The Concord Review
http://www.tcr.org
P.O. Box 661
Concord, MA 01742
Contact: Will Fitzhugh

Economic Education of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
West Campus
Lowell, MA 01854
Contact: George Watson

Framingham Global Education Consortium
http://www.choosefsc.org/global.htm
Towers Hall
100 State Street
Framingham State College
Framingham, MA. 01701
Contact: Sue Dargon

Global Education Center
Geography Dept.
http://www.salem.mass.edu/humnsvcs/ngec.htm
Salem State College
Salem, MA. 01970
Contact: Richard Anderson

Mass Council for Social Studies
150 Central St.
N. Reading, MA 01864
Contact: Mary Ellen Sorensen

Massachusetts Geography Alliance
http://www.MassGeo.org
Winchester Public Schools
Horn Pond Road
Winchester, MA. 01890
Contact: Paul Mulloy

New England History Teachers Association
http://www.tcr.org/nehta/index.html
NEHTA Home Office
Bentley College Waltham, MA. 02254
Contact: Henry Hicks

SEMAGNET and Southeastern Massachusetts Global Ed Center
http://www.bridgew.edu/newsevnt/bridtoday/archives/Feb98/
Geography Dept.
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA. 02325
Contact: Vernon Domingo

Teachers Center for Global Studies
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA. 01610
Contact: Mimi Stephens

United Nations Association of Greater Boston
http://www.unagb.org/
One Milk Street, 3^rd floor
Boston, MA. 02109
617-482-4587
Contact: Curtis-Saval

Westfield Resource Center
Department of Geography and Regional Planning
Westfield State College
Westfield, MA. 01086
Contact: David Vincent

World History Center
http://www.whc.neu.edu
Department of History
229 Meserve Hall Northeastern University
Boston, MA. 02215
617 373-4060

Area Studies: Africa Outreach Program
http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/index.html
African Studies Center
Boston University
Boston, MA. 02215
Contact: Barbara Brown

Center for Middle Eastern Studies
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/
Harvard University
Teaching Resource Center
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA. 02138
Contact: Carol Shedd

Five College Center for East Asian Studies
http://www.smith.edu/fcceas/home.html
8 College Lane
Smith College
Northampton, MA. 01063
Contact: Kathy Masalski
Good on Japan, Korea, and China

National Resource Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies
Harvard University
1727 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
Contact: Liz Gordon

Primary Source and New England China Network
P.O. Box 381711
Cambridge, MA 02238
Contact: Anne Watt

World Affairs Council
http://www.world-affairs.org
(Good on Latin America especially)
22 Batterymarch Street
Boston, MA. 02109
Contact: Silvi Llosa