Museums

Canaan Historical Museum
The Canaan Historical Society works to preserve the history of Canaan, New Hampshire, and to educate the community about Canaan’s past

496 Canaan St., Canaan, NH 03741
Phone: 603-523-7364
Web: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhchs/Museum.html

Hillsborough Heritage Museum
A non-profit organization working to preserve the old firehouse as a museum to house the history of Hillsborough.

hillsborough, Hillsborough, NH 03244
Phone: 603-464-3637

The Fells
The Fells is one of New England's finest examples of an early 20th-century summer estate. Enjoy historic exhibits and guided house tours; renowned gardens; rotating art and sculpture exhibits; nature trails; children’s fairy village; and youth explorer back packs. Plant Stand and Shop on premise.

456 Rte. 103A, Newbury, NH 03255
Phone: 603-763-4789
Web: http://www.thefells.org

Frye's Measure Mill
Frye's Measure Mill has made Shaker and Colonial Boxes for over 150 years. Our craftsmen work in a water-powered mill on the National Register of Historic Places. The seven room gift shop is filled with folk art, tinware, pottery, blown glass, antiques and collectibles.

12 Frye Mill Rd., Wilton, NH 03086
Phone: 603-654-6581
Web: http://www.fryesmeasuremill.com

Wolfeboro Historical Society Museum
Four historic buildings authentically furnished and surrounded by lovely gardens. 1798 Clark house. 1800s firehouse replica and equipment. 1805 one-room schoolhouse, 1820s post and beam barn.

233 S. Main St., Wolfeboro, NH 03894
Phone: 603-569-4997
Web: http://www.wolfeborohistoricalsociety.org

Mount Washington Observatory Weather Discovery Center
Experience the wonders of our atmosphere through hands-on, interactive exhibits and a live video link with weather observers living and working on the summit of Mt. Washington. Also be sure to peruse The Weather Store for all the latest weather gadgets and educational toys. Admission is free!

2779 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway, NH 03860
Phone: 603-356-2137
Web: http://www.mountwashington.org

Hood Museum of Art
The Hood Museum of Art (www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu) at Dartmouth College in Hanover welcomes visitors to special exhibitions, lectures, Family Days (kids create their own masterpieces), and galleries highlighting a collection of 65,000 works of art and artifacts.

Dartmouth College, Wheelock Street, Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-646-2808
Web: http://www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu

Manchester Historic Association & Millyard Museum
The Millyard Museum features permanent and changing exhibits on the history of Manchester, New Hampshire's largest city. Programs include walking tours, lectures, concerts, workshops and children's programs.

200 Bedford St., Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: 603-622-7531
Web: http://www.manchesterhistoric.org

The Poore Family Foundation
The Foundation mission is to conserve, continue and propagate the traditional spirit, values, way of life and the philosophy of living of the settlers of the headwaters of the Connecticut River Valley.

629 Hollow Rd., Route 145, Colebrook, NH 03576
Phone: 603-237-5500
Web: http://www.poorefamily.homestead.com

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Education and Cultural Center, is dedicated to connecting people of today with 20,000 years of ongoing Native American cultural expression.

18 Highlawn Rd., Warner, NH 03278
Phone: 603-456-2600
Web: http://www.indianmuseum.org

Historic New England
Historic New England is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the country. We offer a unique opportunity to experience the lives and stories of New Englanders through their homes and possessions.

143 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-436-3205
Web: http://www.historicnewengland.org

Derry Fire Department Museum

West Broadway Fire Station, Derry, NH 03038
Phone: 603-432-3188

Lockehaven Schoolhouse Museum
One-room nineteenth century school house containing desks and other materials from that period of time.

East Hill Ibey Road, Enfield, NH 03748
Phone: 603-632-7740

Mary Baker Eddy Historic Home
Mrs. Eddy moved to this house in 1889, undertaking a landmark revision of her primary work, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."

62 N. State St., Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-225-3444
Web: http://www.longyear.org

Newmarket Historical Society

Granite Street, Stone School Museum
Newmarket, NH 03857
Phone: 603-659-7420

Libby Museum
The Libby is a natural history museum on beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee with collections of Native American Artifacts, native specimens, minerals, rocks, and much more including visiting artists exhibits and summer day camp programs.

Route 109-North, PO Box 629
Wolfeboro, NH 03894
Phone: 603-569-1035
Web: http://www.wolfeboronh.us/Libby%20Museum/index.htm

Historic New England – Governor John Langdon House
Historic New England is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional preservation organization in the country. We offer a unique opportunity to experience the lives and stories of New Englanders through their homes and possessions.

143 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-436-3205
Web: http://www.historicnewengland.org

The Frost Place
The Frost Place is poet Robert Frost's 1915 farm homestead, now a center for poetry and the arts.

Ridge Road, Franconia, NH 03580
Phone: 603-823-5510
Web: http://www.frostplace.org

Barrett House, Forest Hall
The stately Federal-style museum (c. 1800) features Barrett family furnishings, French scenic wallpaper, and a third-floor ballroom. Open the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, Jun - Oct 15. Guided tours offered 11 am - 4 pm, on the hour. Admission is , Historic New England members free.

79 Main St., New Ipswich, NH 03071
Phone: 603-878-2517
Web: http://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/homes/barrett.htm

Sugar Hill Historical Museum
Exhibit for the 2010 Summer Season: Ties that Bind: 100 Years of Aldrich Family Quilts. Permanent exhibits: Genealogy Library, Carriage Barn, Sleigh Shed, Antique 1939 Fire Engine, Gift Shop. Walking and driving tours with hidden treasure boxes.

Main Street, Sugar Hill, NH 03586
Phone: 603-823-5336
Web: http://www.sugarhillnh.org

The Little Nature Museum Inc.
Small, 55-year-old nonprofit nature center at Gould Hill Orchards, Contoocook. Open June 26 through Oct. 31st on weekends and holidays; check website for hours. Open weekdays and for groups by appointment. Hands-on collections, exhibits, activities, programs, trails for all ages.

656 Gould Hill Rd., Contoocook, NH 03229
Phone: 603-746-6121
Web: http://www.littlenaturemuseum.org

Plymouth Historical Museum
come to visit our historical museum the next time you're in Plymouth. Admission is free, but we welcome donations.

Court Street, Daniel Webster Court House
Plymouth, NH 03264
Phone: 603-536-2337
Web: http://www.plymouthnh-historicalsociety.org/

National Museum of Children's Illustrators
Newly founded museum to be located in NH. Works by renown childrens illustrator Robert B. Childress will be permanently displayed. He illustrated the "Sally, Dick and Jane" reading books of the early 60s.

to be determined, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-267-7808

Historic Belknap Mill
The Historic Belknap Mill is an industrial knitting museum & cultural center. Tour our hydro-power and sock knitting machine exhibits. Art shows & concerts take place in the Official Meeting House of NH. Our gift shop sells novelty socks from our machines.

25 Beacon St. E., Laconia, NH 03246
Phone: 603-524-8813
Web: http://www.belknapmill.org

Currier Museum of Art
Great art is just the beginning at the Currier, where you can enjoy dynamic programs along with great works by artists like Picasso, Monet, O'Keeffe and Warhol in a beautifully expanded museum with dramatic Winter Garden café & expansive shop.

150 Ash St., Manchester, NH 03104
Phone: 603-669-6144
Web: http://www.currier.org

Eastman-Lord House Museum
The Conway Historical Society is headquartered in the Eastman Lord House, circa 1818 residence of Conway mill owner, William Kimball Eastman. Seventeen rooms are open to the public furnished in periods from 1818 through 1945.

100 Main St., Conway, NH 03818
Phone: 603-447-5551
Web: http://www.conwayhistory.org/eastman_lord_museum.html

Fitts Museum
Experience firsthand an early NH country home and it's carefully preserved furnishings and artifacts. Located in the historic "Senter" of the community, the Fitts Museum was established around 1885. On display are a variety of items including Civil War artifacts, furniture, and musical instruments.

185 High St., Candia, NH 03034
Phone: 603-483-8881
Web: http://www.fittsmuseum.org/1.html

The Northern Forest Center
The Northern Forest spans 30 million acres of northern NH, ME, VT and NY. Explore the region's culture, heritage and future at Ways of the Woods, our traveling museum. Videos, kids activities, interpretive kiosks. Schedule at www.northernforest.org.

18 N. Main St., Ste. 204, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-229-0679
Web: http://www.northernforest.org

Carpenter Museum of Antique Outboard Motors
The history of outboard motor boating and associated memorabilia. Donations accepted.

P.O. Box 459, Gilmanton, NH 03237
Phone: 603-707-4611
Web: http://www.lawrence-clay-carpenter.com

Enfield Historical Society Museum at Enfield Center
Museum dedicated to the history of the town of Enfield, including photographs, farm tools and special exhibits.

Route 4A, Enfield, NH 03748
Phone: 603-632-7740

Museum of New Hampshire History
New Hampshire's only statewide history museum features exhibitions exploring the Granite State's past. Popular objects on display include one of the best-remaining examples of the world-famous Concord coach, the oldest dugout canoe in New England, and an original prototype for the Segway.

6 Eagle Sq., Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-228-6688
Web: http://www.nhhistory.org

William Damm Garrison House
Original 1675 Garrison house once located in the Back River section of Dover, N.H. and moved in 1915 to the Woodman Institute Museum four building Complex. The garrison displays over 800 colonial artifacts. Open as part of the museum tour. Admission required.

Woodman Institute Museum 182 Central Ave, Dover, NH 03820
Phone: 603-742-1038
Web: http://www.woodmaninstitutemuseum.org

Gilford'sThompson-Ames Historical Society
Gilford's Thompson-Ames Historical Society is a nonprofit 501c(3)Charitable organization.

PO Box 7404, Gilford, Ne 03247
Phone: 603-527-9009
Web: http://www.gilfordhistoricalsociety.org

Whipple House Museum
Local historical museum in attractive brick house, built in 1837. Birthplace and childhood home of Dr. George Hoyt Whipple, winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1934.

14 Pleasant St., Ashland, NH 03217
Phone: 603-968-7716
Web: http://www.oldashlandnh.org

Ashland Railroad Station Museum
Historic 1891 railroad station; museum of railroad history and artifacts.

69 Depot St., Route 132, Ashland, NH 032I7
Phone: 603-968-7716
Web: http://www.oldashlandnh.org

Canterbury Shaker Village
The Village is open 7 days a week from 10am-5pm May 16 to Oct. 31; and 10-4pm Fri.-Sun. in Nov. Visitors are encouraged to learn about the life, ideals, values, and history of the Canterbury Shakers through interpretive education and tours, demonstrations and exhibits.

288 Shaker Rd., Canterbury, NH 03224
Phone: 603-783-9511
Web: http://www.shakers.org

America's Credit Union Museum
America's Credit Union Museum is the only national museum for credit unions and their history.

418-420 Notre Dame Ave., Manchester, NH 03102
Phone: 603-629-1553
Web: http://www.acumuseum.org

Webster Cottage Museum
1780 farmhouse, originally built for the Reverend Sylvanus Ripley and his wife, Abigail, daughter of Dartmouth College founder and first president Reverend Eleazar Wheelock. Maintained by Hanover Historical Society. Daniel Webster lived here as a student; some furnishings were once his.

32 N. Main St., Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-643-6529

Lawrence L Lee Scouting Museum
An exciting, unique, and colorful repository for an exceedingly large collection of Boy Scout memorabilia and an exceptional Scouting Library.

Blondin Road, Manchester, NH 03105
Phone: 603-669-8919
Web: http://www.scoutingmuseum.org

Mariposa Museum
We are a hands-on musuem of folk culture: folk art, textiles, costumes, art, puppets, toys and instruments from around the world. We have rotating regional exhibits, programs and performances for ages 2 - 102 plus school field trips and senior programs on cultures and cultural holidays.

26 Main St., Peterborough, NH 03458
Phone: 603-924-4555
Web: http://www.mariposamuseum.org

New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Discover 130 years of telephone history at one of our country’s finest exhibits of antique telephones and equipment.

22 E. Main St, Warner, NH 03278
Phone: 603-456-2234
Web: http://www.nhtelephonemuseum.com

Jefferson Historical Museum
Jefferson Historical Society Jefferson, Coos County, New Hampshire, incorporated in 1796 and named for the then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, traces its history to the latter part of the 18th Century.

Route 2, Jefferson, NH 03583
Phone: 603-586-7021

The Poore Family Homestead Historic Farm Museum
The Poore Farm Museum is a historic homestead/settlement documenting one family’s life from the 1830's to the 1980’s. The house, barns and outbuildings are all in original condition and reflect their original use and era.

629 NH Rte. 145, Hollow Road, Stewartstown, NH 03576
Phone: 603-237-5500
Web: http://www.poorefamily.homestead.com

Lake Winnipesaukee Museum
Experience the history and heritage of Lake Winnipesaukee. Free Admission. Open year 'round.

503 N. Endicott St., Rte. 3, Weirs Beach, NH 03246
Phone: 603-366-5950
Web: http://www.lakewinnipesaukeemuseum.org

Mount Washington Museum
Located in the Sherman Adams building on the summit of Mount Washington, the museum provides information about the rich natural and human history of Mt. Washington, and explains the mountain's legendary extreme weather.

Mount Washington State Park, Mount Washington, NH 03589
Phone: 603-356-2137
Web: http://www.mountwashington.org

Albacore Park
Decommissioned in the early 1970s, the USS Albacore has found its final resting place in Portsmouth NH's Albacore Park. The naval submarine is open to the public to tour and educate.

600 Market St., Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-436-3680
Web: http://www.ussalbacore.org

Harbor Arts Museum
The mission of Harbor Arts is to preserve the visual and performing arts in New Hampshire

75 Albany St., Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-436-8596

Diocesan Museum

517 Pine Street, Manchester, NH 03102
Phone: 603-624-1729

Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm
A working farm and museum, depicting 200 years of NH history.

58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth, NH 03886
Phone: 603-323-7591
Web: http://www.remickmuseum.org

Peterborough Historical Society & Museum
Museum of local history and research archives, changing exhibits and special events throughout the year. Located in downtown Peterborough. Includes children's exhibit, Come Play in the Town's Attic, with games, crafts, and activities for families.

19 Grove St., Peterborough, NH 03458
Phone: 603-924-3235
Web: http://www.peterboroughhistory.org

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