The Museums of New Hampshire
The Currier Museum of Art is an internationally renowned museum featuring
European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture
and includes works by Picasso, Monet, O'Keefe and Wyeth, with exhibitions,
tours and performances year-round. The museum also owns Frank Lloyd
Wright's Ziimmerman House and offers tours (reservations required). 603- 669-
6144
Museum of New Hampshire History, Concord, NH -- Interactive exhibits tell
the story of New Hampshire's past. Listen to a Native American storyteller,
venture up a recreated fire tower and inspect one of the nation’s best examples
of the famous Concord coach. Admission. Museum store. Open year-round.
603-228-6688
Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, NH -- Devoted exclusively to
Native American artifacts and life ways. “Museum with a Voice” trained tour
guide leads visitors across America on a remarkable journey of culture and
perseverance. 603-456-2600
Canterbury Shaker Village is a 400-acre village depicting the 'simple gifts' of
Shaker life in New Hampshire. Organic flower, herb and vegetable gardens are
of special note as is Canterbury Shaker Table Restaurant. 603-783-9511
The Hood Museum at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH -- Recognized by the
American Association of Museums as "a national model," the Hood Museum
of Art is one of the oldest and largest college museums in the country, housing
an outstanding collection of European, American, Middle Eastern, African and
Asian works of art and artifacts and presenting a lively and diverse schedule of
exhibitions and educational programs. ~ 603-646-2808
The Remick Museum and Farm in Tamworth, NH sustains a rural lifestyle by
showcasing its history. The Museum and its special events -- open to the
public at no charge -- interpret 200 years of New Hampshire agricultural and
domestic history and seasonal farming practices, from haying to ice harvesting.
The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum in the Weirs section of Laconia, NH lets
visitors explore the history and heritage of the Lake year-round. Created by the
Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society, the property is itself an historic
landmark, situated in a renovated 1930 building that once was the second
cabin colony to be built in Laconia, the museum and the surrounding cabins
represent an evolution in hospitality that changed the way Americans spent
their summer vacations. View artifacts recovered from the bottom of the lake,
such as the front davit from the old Mount Washington Steamer (which burned
and sank to the bottom of the lake in 1939), summer boys' and girls' camp
memorabilia, authentic local Native American arrowheads, steamboat era
artifacts and historical maps. The “Tour the Lake” exhibit provides an
historical photographic tour of the various ports-of-call. Admission is free. ~
603-366-5950
Historic New England, presented by the Society for the Preservation of New
England Antiquities, is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional
preservation organization in the country. It offers a unique opportunity to
experience the lives and stories of New Englanders through their homes and
possessions. Historic New England operates four houses in Portsmouth and
Exeter:
Jackson House, the oldest surviving wood frame house in New Hampshire,
located at 76 Northwest Street, Portsmouth;
The Governor Langdon House at 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, once home
to John Langdon, a signer of the United States Constitution and three-term
Governor of New Hampshire
Rundlet-May House, a Federal-style mansion on Middle Street in Portsmouth,
built by merchant James Rundlet in 1807 and filled with locally-crafted
furniture and the latest technologies of the time
Gilman Garrison at 12 Water Street, Exeter, a log fortress built in 1709 and
later converted into a tavern is a fine Georgian style dwelling with a museum
that explores the history and architecture of the building.
The John Paul Jones House Museum operated by the Portsmouth Historical
Society (daily 11 am to 5 pm, May 21 - October 31, 2006) celebrates two
historical highlights in the history of Portsmouth. In 1776, John Paul Jones
lodged in the house that is now the museum while waiting for Portsmouth
shipbuilders to finish Ranger, the ship of the line he and a Portsmouth crew
would sail against England. The house is also currently host to the Centennial
exhibit about the Portsmouth Peace Treaty signed here in 1905 and the Nobel
Peace Prize President Teddy Roosevelt received for conducting America's first
significant act of international diplomacy. Admission $8 for adults. Children 12
and under, free. ~ 603-436-8420
Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth -- Connect with the Past! Step into
400 years of living in our neighborhood. Strawbery Banke provides the
opportunity to see how people lived for four centuries. Through restored
furnished houses, exhibits, historic landscapes and gardens, and costumed role
players, Strawbery Banke interprets the living history of generations who
settled in Portsmouth, NH from the late 17th century to the mid 20th century.
~ 603-433-1100
The American Independence Museum celebrates the Revolutionary era in
America. In December 1775, Paul Revere warned New Hampshire citizens that
'the British were coming' to seize gunpowder stores at Fort William and Mary
in New Castle. A group of seacoast residents liberated the powder from its
twelve British guards without firing a shot. They then rowed the stores down
Great Bay and the Squampscott River to store it in a brick powderhouse in
Exeter, which has been preserved. An annual Revolutionary War festival is
held in July a week after the Independence Day holiday, in commemoration of
the date the Declaration finally reached Exeter from Philadelphia in 1776. ~
603-772-2622
The Currier Museum of Art is an internationally renowned museum featuring
European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture
and includes works by Picasso, Monet, O'Keefe and Wyeth, with exhibitions,
tours and performances year-round. The museum also owns Frank Lloyd
Wright's Ziimmerman House and offers tours (reservations required). 603- 669-
6144
Museum of New Hampshire History, Concord, NH -- Interactive exhibits tell
the story of New Hampshire's past. Listen to a Native American storyteller,
venture up a recreated fire tower and inspect one of the nation’s best examples
of the famous Concord coach. Admission. Museum store. Open year-round.
603-228-6688
Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, NH -- Devoted exclusively to
Native American artifacts and life ways. “Museum with a Voice” trained tour
guide leads visitors across America on a remarkable journey of culture and
perseverance. 603-456-2600
Canterbury Shaker Village is a 400-acre village depicting the 'simple gifts' of
Shaker life in New Hampshire. Organic flower, herb and vegetable gardens are
of special note as is Canterbury Shaker Table Restaurant. 603-783-9511
The Hood Museum at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH -- Recognized by the
American Association of Museums as "a national model," the Hood Museum
of Art is one of the oldest and largest college museums in the country, housing
an outstanding collection of European, American, Middle Eastern, African and
Asian works of art and artifacts and presenting a lively and diverse schedule of
exhibitions and educational programs. ~ 603-646-2808
The Remick Museum and Farm in Tamworth, NH sustains a rural lifestyle by
showcasing its history. The Museum and its special events -- open to the
public at no charge -- interpret 200 years of New Hampshire agricultural and
domestic history and seasonal farming practices, from haying to ice harvesting.
The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum in the Weirs section of Laconia, NH lets
visitors explore the history and heritage of the Lake year-round. Created by the
Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society, the property is itself an historic
landmark, situated in a renovated 1930 building that once was the second
cabin colony to be built in Laconia, the museum and the surrounding cabins
represent an evolution in hospitality that changed the way Americans spent
their summer vacations. View artifacts recovered from the bottom of the lake,
such as the front davit from the old Mount Washington Steamer (which burned
and sank to the bottom of the lake in 1939), summer boys' and girls' camp
memorabilia, authentic local Native American arrowheads, steamboat era
artifacts and historical maps. The “Tour the Lake” exhibit provides an
historical photographic tour of the various ports-of-call. Admission is free. ~
603-366-5950
Historic New England, presented by the Society for the Preservation of New
England Antiquities, is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional
preservation organization in the country. It offers a unique opportunity to
experience the lives and stories of New Englanders through their homes and
possessions. Historic New England operates four houses in Portsmouth and
Exeter:
Jackson House, the oldest surviving wood frame house in New Hampshire,
located at 76 Northwest Street, Portsmouth;
The Governor Langdon House at 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, once home
to John Langdon, a signer of the United States Constitution and three-term
Governor of New Hampshire
Rundlet-May House, a Federal-style mansion on Middle Street in Portsmouth,
built by merchant James Rundlet in 1807 and filled with locally-crafted
furniture and the latest technologies of the time
Gilman Garrison at 12 Water Street, Exeter, a log fortress built in 1709 and
later converted into a tavern is a fine Georgian style dwelling with a museum
that explores the history and architecture of the building.
The John Paul Jones House Museum operated by the Portsmouth Historical
Society (daily 11 am to 5 pm, May 21 - October 31, 2006) celebrates two
historical highlights in the history of Portsmouth. In 1776, John Paul Jones
lodged in the house that is now the museum while waiting for Portsmouth
shipbuilders to finish Ranger, the ship of the line he and a Portsmouth crew
would sail against England. The house is also currently host to the Centennial
exhibit about the Portsmouth Peace Treaty signed here in 1905 and the Nobel
Peace Prize President Teddy Roosevelt received for conducting America's first
significant act of international diplomacy. Admission $8 for adults. Children 12
and under, free. ~ 603-436-8420
Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth -- Connect with the Past! Step into
400 years of living in our neighborhood. Strawbery Banke provides the
opportunity to see how people lived for four centuries. Through restored
furnished houses, exhibits, historic landscapes and gardens, and costumed role
players, Strawbery Banke interprets the living history of generations who
settled in Portsmouth, NH from the late 17th century to the mid 20th century.
~ 603-433-1100
The American Independence Museum celebrates the Revolutionary era in
America. In December 1775, Paul Revere warned New Hampshire citizens that
'the British were coming' to seize gunpowder stores at Fort William and Mary
in New Castle. A group of seacoast residents liberated the powder from its
twelve British guards without firing a shot. They then rowed the stores down
Great Bay and the Squampscott River to store it in a brick powderhouse in
Exeter, which has been preserved. An annual Revolutionary War festival is
held in July a week after the Independence Day holiday, in commemoration of
the date the Declaration finally reached Exeter from Philadelphia in 1776. ~
603-772-2622
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