Museums

Barrett House, Forest Hall
Open: June through October 15 First and third Saturday of the month Tours at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Admission: $5, Historic New England members and New Ipswich residents free

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

Museum of American Weather

South Common, Haverhill, NH 03765
Phone: 603-989-3167

Hampton Historical Society & Tuck Museum
We run a non-profit history museum in Hampton. We also do many free educational/fun programs and school programs, as well as fundraising events, such as our annual Pig Roast.

40 Park Ave., P.O. Box 1601
Hampton, NH 03843
Phone: 603-929-0781
Web: http://www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org

Derry Fire Department Museum

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

Andover Historical Society Museum
Featuring the Potter Place railroad station. Contains an authentic "stationmaster's office," rooms for other exhibitions, and store across the street.

105-106 Depot St., P.O. Box 167
Andover, NH 03216
Phone: 603-735-5628
Web: http://www.andoverhistory.org

Albacore Park
Decommissioned in the early 1970’s 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 Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-436-3680
Web: http://www.ussalbacore.org/

The Currier Museum of Art
Internationally known art museum featuring American and European painting, sculpture, decorative arts and more from the Renaissance to the present.

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

Enfield Shaker Museum dba Chosen Vale Inc.
A beautiful historic site with 8 buildings, 28 acres nestled between Lake Mascoma and Mount Assurance. A year-round destination offering tours, exhibits, workshops, concerts and other programs.

447 NH Route 4A, Enfield, NH 03748
Phone: 603-632-4346
Web: http://www.shakermuseum.org

Wyman Tavern Museum
The Wyman Tavern has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is maintained as a period house museum representing the period from 1770 to 1820.

339 Main St., P.O. Box 803
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-357-3855
Web: http://hsccnh.org/wymantavern/default.cfm

Strawbery Banke Museum
Strawbery Banke provides the opportunity to see the ways people lived for four centuries of American history. Through restored furnished houses, exhibit houses, historic landscapes and gardens, and displays of prized possessions to objects of everyda

14 Hancock St., PO Box 300
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-433-1100
Web: http://www.strawberybanke.org

Franconia Heritage Museum
Franconia Iron Furnace Interpretive Center Self-guided, always open One mile north of Franconia Heritage Museum

553 Main St., Franconia, NH 03580
Phone: 603-823-5000
Web: http://www.franconiaheritage.org

America's Stonehenge

PO Box 84, North Salem, NH 03073
Phone: 603-893-8300
Web: http://www.stonehengeusa.com

Zimmerman House
The only residence in New England designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and open to the public. Closed from Jan. - March.

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

Cathedral of the Pines
Cathedral of the Pines is a historic natural sanctuary, memorial, and outdoor cathedral honoring the past while promoting peace and tolerance.

10 Hale Hill Rd., Rindge, NH 03461
Phone: 603-899-3300
Web: http://www.cathedralofthepines.org

Historic New England
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 Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-436-3205
Web: http://www.HistoricNewEngland.org

Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
New England’s most technologically advanced planetarium theater helps you experience astronomy and space science at a whole new level.

2 Institute Dr., Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-7827
Web: http://www.starhop.com

Mary Baker Eddy Historic Home
Mrs. Eddy lived in Rumney between 1860 and 1862. These were difficult years as she struggled with semi-invalidism, loneliness, and family problems, but they were also pivotal in her search for health and her exploration of the Bible.

58 Stinson Lake Rd., Rumney, NH 03266
Phone: 603-786-9943
Web: http://www.longyear.org

Muster Field Farm Museum
An 18th century historic homestead, restored farm buildings and bicentinnial working farm.

Harvey Road, North Sutton, NH 03260
Phone: 603-927-4276
Web: http://www.musterfieldfarm.com

Tuck Memorial Museum
The Tuck Memorial Museum on Meeting House Green at 40 Park Avenue is open during the summer months and special tours can be arranged by appointment. The admission is always FREE

603-929-0781, Hampton, NH 03842
Phone: 603-929-0781
Web: http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/holman/tuckmuse.htm

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 Complex. Museum houses 800 artifacts. Open as part of the museum. Admission required.

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

Diocesan Museum

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

U.S. National Marconi Museum
the Marconi Museum exhibits follow with equipment, literature, audio-visual presentations - the development of radio communications from, "Spark to Space".

18 N. Amherst Road, Bedford, NH 03110
Phone: 603-472-8312
Web: http://www.marconiusa.org/

Webster Cottage Museum

32 N. Main Street, PO Box 142
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-643-6529

Lisbon Historic Railroad Station & Museum

25 Central St., Lisbon, NH 03585
Phone: 603-838-6376

Ships Inn Resort
Large 2 Bedroom Studios. 2 Heated Swimming Pools Very Close to Casino Ballroom Jacuzzi Rooms Walk To All Attractions Kitchenettes Bienvenue!

8 B Street, Hampton Beach, NH 03842
Phone: 603-926-1655
Web: http://www.ShipsInnResort.com

The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire
The Art Gallery has exhibitions and programs from September through May every year.

Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 College Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-3712
Web: http://www.unh.edu/art-gallery

Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm
A working farm and museum nestled at the foot of Mt. Chocorua, interpreting 200 years of rural New England history and the life of a country doctor.

58 Cleveland Hill Rd., PO Box 250
Tamworth, NH 03886
Phone: 603-323-7591
Web: http://www.remickmuseum.org

Claremont Historical Society Museum
Collection of early Claremont and New England memorabilia.

26 Mulberry St., Claremont, NH 03743
Phone: 603-543-1400

Jackson 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

76 Northwest 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, PO Box 74
Franconia, NH 03580
Phone: 603-823-5510
Web: http://www.frostplace.org

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

Hood Museum of Art

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

The Little Nature Museum Inc.
53-yr.-old small nonprofit nature center at Gould Hill Orchards, Contoocook. Open late spring through late fall. Hands-on collections, exhibits, activities, programs, trails for all ages.

216 Tucker Drive (office), museum: 656 Gould Hill Rd., Contoocook 03229
Hopkinton, NH 03229-2426
Phone: 603-746-6121
Web: http://www.littlenaturemuseum.org

Carpenter Museum of Antique Outboard Motors

P.O. Box 459, Gilmanton, NH 03237
Phone: 603-524-7611

Pauline E. Glidden Toy Museum

4 Pleasant Street, Ashland, NH 03217
Phone: 603-968-7289

Children's Metamorphosis Museum
The Met Children's Metamorphosis is an interactive children's museum serving Derry and surrounding communities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

6 W. Broadway, Ste. 24, Derry, NH 03038
Phone: 603-425-2560
Web: http://www.childrensmet.org

Canterbury Shaker Village
Village is open daily May 10 to October 31. Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays in November. Or by groups with reservations.

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

Enfield Shaker Museum
The Enfield Shaker Museum preserves and interprets the complex history of the Enfield Shaker village site.

447 NH Route 4A, Enfield, NH 03748
Phone: 603-632-4346
Web: http://www.shakermuseum.org

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.

PO Box 143, Route 2
Jefferson, NH 03583
Phone: 603-586-7021

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

22 East Main St, PO Box 444
Warner, NH 03278
Phone: 603-456-2234
Web: http://www.nhtelephonemuseum.com

Durham Historic Museum

Corner of Route 108 and Main St, Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-868-5436
Web: http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/COMMUNITY/historic/dha.html

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.

40 Bodwell Road, PO Box 1121
Manchester, NH 03105
Phone: 603-669-8919
Web: http://www.scoutingmuseum.org

New England Ski Museum
Exhibits on the history of skiing in New England and beyond; research library and collections; Museum Shop; vintage ski films shown in theater.

P.O. Box 267, Franconia, NH 03580-0267
Phone: 603-823-7177
Web: http://www.skimuseum.org

American Independence Museum
Located on a hill overlooking downtown Exeter, the American Independence Museum offers a fascinating glimpse of America's early days during the Revolutionary War.

1 Governors Ln., Exeter, NH 03833
Phone: 603-772-2622
Web: http://www.independencemuseum.org

Mary Baker Eddy Historic Home
Mrs. Eddy moved to this house in 1889. While living here she undertook a landmark revision of her primary work Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

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

Peterborough Historical Society & Museum
Museum of local history and research archives, changing exhibits and special events throughout the year. Located in downtown Peterborough.

19 Grove Street, PO Box 58
Peterborough, NH 03458
Phone: 603-924-3235
Web: http://www.peterboroughhistory.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

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

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

Swanzey Historic Museum

Route 103, West Swanzey, NH 03469
Phone: 603-352-6639

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.

Kearsarge Mountain Road, Warner, NH 03278
Phone: 603-456-2600
Web: http://www.indianmuseum.org

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