List of museums in New Hampshire
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This list of museums in New Hampshire is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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| Name | Location | County | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot-Spaulding House | Nashua | Hillsborough | Historic house | website, operated by the Nashua Historical Society |
| Academy Hall Museum | Lyme | Local history | website | |
| Academy Museum | Walpole | History | information, operated by the Walpole Historical Society, large fabric collection | |
| Aidron Duckworth Art Museum | Meriden | Art | website | |
| Albany Historical Society Museum | Albany | Local history | information | |
| Alstead Historical Museum | Alstead | Local history | ||
| Always Ready Engine House | Hollis | Fire | website, operated by the Hollis Historical Society, also contains a hearse | |
| American Independence Museum | Exeter | History | website, stories of the American Revolution | |
| Amos J. Blake House Museum | Fitzwilliam | Historic house | website, home of the Fitzwilliam Historical Society | |
| Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center | Manchester | Natural history | website, environmental education center, exhibits focus on the Merrimack River watershed, historical use of the Amoskeag area, and river wildlife | |
| Andover Historical Society Museum | Andover | Local history | website | |
| Ashland Railroad Station Museum | Ashland | Railway | website, operated by the Ashland Historical Society | |
| Atkinson Historical Society Museum | Atkinson | Local history | website | |
| Austin Hall | Center Strafford | Local history | information, scroll down to listing, home of the Strafford Historical Society | |
| AVA Gallery | Lebanon | Art | website | |
| Aviation Museum of New Hampshire | Manchester | Aviation | website, home of home of the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society, located in Manchester/Boston Regional Airport | |
| Barrett House | New Ipswich | Historic house | Federal style American mansion operated by Historic New England | |
| Belknap Mill | Bedford | Industry | website, historic textile mill, industrial knitting museum, art and history center | |
| Bethlehem Heritage Society Museum | Bethlehem | Local history | website, | |
| Boscawen Historical Museum | Boscawen | History | ||
| Canaan Historical Society Museum | Canaan | Local history | website | |
| Campton Historical Society Museum | Campton | Local history | website, information | |
| Canterbury Shaker Village | Canterbury | History | ||
| Carey House | Milford | Local history | website, home of the Milford Historical Society | |
| Castle in the Clouds | Moultonborough | Historic house | website, Arts & Crafts estate built in 1913-1914, over 45 miles of trails on 5,000 acres, science programs for children | |
| Chapel Museum | Amherst | Local history | website, operated by the Historical Society of Amherst, NH | |
| Chatham Historical Society Museum | Chatham | Local history | information | |
| Chichester Historical Society Museum | Chichester | Local history | website | |
| Children's Museum of Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Children's | website |
| Christie's Maple Farm and Maple Museum | Lancaster | Food | website, maple farm with self-guided museum and store | |
| Claremont Historical Society Museum | Claremont | Local history | information, scroll to listing | |
| Clark House Museum Complex | Wolfeboro | Historic house | website, operated by the Wolfeboro Historical Society, also includes a firehouse museum and schoolhouse | |
| Clark's Trading Post | North Woodstock | Multi | website, trained bear show, White Mountain Central Railroad train rides, Seyranyan Family Circus, Americana Museum, Pemigewasset
Hook and Ladder Fire Station, Clark Museum about the Clark family, Florence Murray Museum of oddities, Avery’s Garage and more attractions |
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| Colebrook Area Historical Society | Colebrook | Local history | information, museum located on 2nd floor of Colebrook Town Hall | |
| Crossroads of America | Bethlehem | Railway | website, specialized model railroad museum | |
| Currier Museum of Art | Manchester | Art | website | |
| Daniel Webster Family Home | Franklin | Historic house | website, managed by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation | |
| Derry Museum of History | Derry | Rockingham | Local history | information, information |
| District #5 School | East Washington | School | website, operated by the Washington Historical Society | |
| Dorchester Historical Museum | Dorchester | Local history | information | |
| Dublin Schoolhouse Museum | Dublin | Local history | information | |
| Durham Historic Museum | Durham | Local history | website | |
| Eastman Lord House | Conway | Historic house | website, operated by the Conway Historical Society | |
| Elisha Marston House Museum | Center Sandwich | Local history | website, home of the Sandwich Historical Society | |
| Elizabeth Houser Museum | Canterbury | History | ||
| Enfield Historical Museum | Enfield | Local history | information, scroll down to Enfield Historical Society | |
| Enfield Shaker Museum | Enfield | Religious | website | |
| Epping Historical Society Museum | Epping | Local history | information, information, with photos | |
| Exeter Historical Society | Exeter | Local history | website, museum with artifacts of local history | |
| Farmington Historical Society | Farmington | Historical society | ||
| The Fells | Newbury | Historic mansion | website | |
| Fitts Museum | Candia | Local history | website | |
| Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum | Hillsborough | Local history | website, operated by the Nashua Historical Society | |
| Francestown Improvement and Historical Society Museum | Francestown | History | ||
| Franconia Heritage Museum | Franconia | Local history | website | |
| Franklin Pierce Homestead | Hillsborough | Historic house | website, operated by the Hillsborough Historical Society | |
| Fremont Historical Museum | Fremont | Local history | website, operated by the Fremont Historical Society | |
| Frost Place | Franconia | Historic house | website, home of poet Robert Frost, museum and center for poetry and the arts | |
| Gilman Garrison House | Exeter | Historic house | information, website | |
| Gilman Museum | Alton | Local history | website, collection of guns, furniture, dolls, buttons, toys and local artifacts, operated by the Alton Historical Society | |
| Gilmanton Historical Society | Gilmanton | Local history | website, museum in the Academy Building at Gilmanton Corner is open by appointment | |
| Glidden Toy Museum | Ashland | Toy | website, operated by the Ashland Historical Society, more than two thousand antique toys | |
| Goffstown Historical Society Museum | Goffstown | Local history | website | |
| Gorham Historical Society Museum | Gorham | Railroad | information | |
| Governor John Langdon House | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Historic house | |
| Grant Hall Museum of Ossipee History | Center Ossipee | Local history | operated by the Ossipee Historical Society | |
| Great Bay Discovery Center | Greenland | Natural history | website, conservation-education headquarters for the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, interactive exhibits and natural trails | |
| Greenfield Historical Society Museum | Greenfield | Local history | website | |
| Hampstead Historic Library Museum | Hampstead | Local history | website, collection of the Hampstead Historical Society | |
| Hancock Historical Society | Hancock | Local history | website | |
| Hartmann Model Railroad & Toy Museum | Intervale | Railroad | website, information | |
| Haverhill Historical Society Museum | Haverhill | Local history | website | |
| Henniker Historical Society Museum | Henniker | Local history | website, located in Academy Hall | |
| Historical Society of Cheshire County Museum | Keene | Local history | website, located in the former Ball Residence | |
| Holderness Historical Society Museum | Holderness | Local history | information | |
| Hood Museum of Art | Hanover | Art | part of Dartmouth College | |
| Horatio Colony Museum | Keene | Historic house | website | |
| Hudson Historical Society | Hudson | Historical Society | ||
| Iron Furnace Interpretive Center | Franconia | History | website, maintained by Franconia Heritage Museum | |
| Jackson Historical Museum | Jackson | Local history | website, operated by the Jackson Historical Society, display of White Mountain School of Art paintings as well as changing exhibits, permanent exhibit of old maps of the area | |
| Jackson House | Portsmouth | Historic house | website | |
| James House Museum | Hampton | Historic house | website | |
| Jefferson Historical Society Museum | Jefferson | Local history | information | |
| John Paul Jones House | Portsmouth | Historic house - Biography | website, information, operated by the Portsmouth Historical Society | |
| John Wingate Weeks Estate | Lancaster | Historic house | website, operated by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation | |
| Kendall Shop Museum and Carriage House | Bedford | Local history | website, operated by the Bedford Historical Society | |
| Kensington Social Library | Kensington | Local history | information, home to the Kensington Historical Society | |
| Kimball-Jenkins Estate | Concord | Art | website, art school with public galleries | |
| Laconia Historical and Museum Society | Laconia | Local history | website | |
| Lake Winnipesaukee Museum | Weirs Beach | Local history | website, operated by the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society | |
| Lamprey House | Moultonborough | Historic house | website, being restored as future museum of the Moultonborough Historical Society | |
| Lane Tavern | Sanbornton Square | Local history | website, home of the Sanbornton Historical Society | |
| Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum | Manchester | Scouting | website, located at Camp Carpenter, Boy Scout memorabilia and library | |
| Lee Historical Society Museum | Lee | Local history | website | |
| Lisbon Landaff Lyman Area Historical Museum | Lisbon | Local history | information | |
| Little Nature Museum | Contoocook | Natural history | website | |
| Little Red Schoolhouse Museum | Newport | School | website, operated by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution | |
| Littleton Area Historical Society | Littleton | Local history | website, museum currently closed | |
| Littleton Grist Mill | Littleton | Mill | website, working historic mill and store | |
| Lockhaven Schoolhouse Museum | Enfield | School | information | |
| Loon Center | Moultonborough | Natural history | website | |
| Madison Historical Society Museum | Madison | Local history | website | |
| Main Street House | Warner | History | website, operated by the Warner Historical Society | |
| Main Street Museum | Meredith | Local history | website, home of the Meredith Historical Society | |
| Marion Blodgett Museum | North Stratford | Local history | information, operated by the Cohos Historical Society | |
| Mariposa Museum | Peterborough | Culture | website, folk art, textiles, costumes, art, puppets, toys and instruments from six continents | |
| Marshall House Museum | Newton | Local history | website, operated by the Newton Historical Society | |
| Mary Baker Eddy Historic House | Rumney | Historic house | website | |
| Melville Academy Museum | Jaffrey | Local history | website, operated by the Jaffrey Historical Society | |
| Merrimack Historical Society | Merrimack | Historical society | website | |
| Met Children's Museum | Derry | Rockingham | Children's | website |
| Millyard Museum | Manchester | Local history | website, operated by the Manchester Historic Association | |
| Moffatt-Ladd House | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Historic house | owned and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of New Hampshire |
| Moffett House Museum & Genealogy Center | Berlin | Local history | information, operated by the Berlin and Coos Historical Society | |
| Mont Vernon Historical Society Museum | Mont Vernon | Local history | website | |
| Morrison House Museum | Londonderry | Rockingham | Historic house | website, operated by the Londonderry Historical Society |
| Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum | Warner | Ethnic - Native American | website | |
| Mount Washington Observatory Museum | Sargent's Purchase | Science | website, focuses on weather and geology | |
| Mount Washington Valley Children’s Museum | North Conway | Children's | website | |
| Muchido Hose House | Boscawen | History | ||
| Museum of New Hampshire History | Concord | History | website, operated by the New Hampshire Historical Society | |
| Muster Field Farm Museum | North Sutton | Agriculture | website, working farm museum with 18th century homestead | |
| New England Ski Museum | Franconia | Sports - Skiing | website | |
| New Hampshire Antiquarian Society Library & Museum | Hopkinton | Local history | website | |
| New Hampshire Boat Museum | Wolfeboro | Maritime | website | |
| New Hampshire Farm Museum | Milton | Agriculture | website | |
| New Hampshire State House | Concord | Historic building | information | |
| New Hampshire Telephone Museum | Warner | Commodity | website | |
| New London Historical Society | New London | Living history | website, small village of 19th century buildings and many horse-drawn vehicles | |
| Newport Historical Society Museum | Newport | Local history | website | |
| New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum | Allenstown | Sports | website | |
| New Hampshire Telephone Museum | Warner | Industry | website | |
| Northern Forest Heritage Park | Berlin | Industry | website | |
| Northwood Historical Society Museum | Northwood | Local history | website | |
| Nottingham Square Schoolhouse Museum | Nottingham | School | Town information, Schoolhouse information Patuccoway Grange Museum | |
| Old Country Store and Museum | Moultonborough | Historic store | website | |
| Old Meeting House | Webster | Local history | information, | |
| Old Parsonage | Newington | Local history | information | |
| Old River Road School | Bridgewater | Local history | information, scroll down to Bridgewater Historical Society | |
| Old Town Hall | Newington | History | website | |
| Peabody Farm Museum | Shelburne | Local history | information | |
| Pierce Manse | Concord | Historic house | website, home of President Franklin Pierce | |
| Peterborough Museum | Peterborough | Local history | website | |
| Pittsburg Historical Society Museum | Pittsburg | Local history | information, scroll down to listing, museum located in Town Hall | |
| Plaistow Historical Society | Plaistow | Local history | website | |
| Plymouth Historical Society Museum | Plymouth | Local history | website | |
| Poore Family Homestead and Historic Farm Museum | Colebrook | Historic house | website | |
| Portsmouth Athenæum | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Library | website, includes museum gallery with changing exhibitions from its collections |
| Pottle Meeting House | Meredith | Agriculture | website, operated by the Meredith Historical Society | |
| Quimby Barn | Center Sandwich | Transportation | website, operated by the Sandwich Historical Society | |
| Raymond Historical Society | Raymond | Historical society | website | |
| Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm | Tamworth | Agriculture | website, working farm museum with museum farm house of a country doctor | |
| Rindge Historical Society Museum | Rindge | Local history | website | |
| Robert Frost Farm | Derry | Rockingham | Historic house - Biography | website |
| Rumney Historical Society Museum | Rumney | Local history | information | |
| Rundlet-May House | Portsmouth | Historic house | website | |
| Rye Historical Society | Rye | Local history | website | |
| Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site | Cornish | Historic house | website | |
| Salem Historical Museum | Salem | Rockingham | Local history | located in the Old Town Meeting House |
| Salisbury Historical Society Museum | Salisbury | Local history | website, Concord Monitor, In Salisbury, old is so . . . in, aug. 12, 2005 | |
| Sandown Historical Society & Museum | Sandown | History | website | |
| Sandown Historical Society and Museum | Sandown | Railway | website | |
| Schoolhouse Museum | Center Harbor | School | website, operated by the Centre Harbor Historical Society | |
| Seacoast Science Center | Manchester | Science center | website, marine science nature center | |
| Sharon Arts Center | Peterborough | Art | website, fine art gallery | |
| Sheridan House Museum | Winchester | Local history | information, information, operated by the Winchester Historical Society | |
| Sherman Hall | Newbury | History | website, home of the Newbury Historical Society | |
| Springfield Historical Museum | West Springfield | Local history | website, operated by the Springfield Historical Society | |
| Stone Building Museum | Weare | Local history | website home of the Weare Historical Society | |
| Stone School Museum | Newmarket | Local history | website, article about museum, operated by the Newmarket Historical Society | |
| Strawbery Banke | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Living history | website |
| Sugar Hill Historical Museum | Sugar Hill | History | information, scroll down to listing, information | |
| Summersworth Historical Society | Somersworth | Local history | information | |
| Tamworth Historical Society | Tamworth | Historical society | website | |
| The Fort at No. 4 | Charlestown | Living history | website | |
| The Franco-American Centre | Manchester | Art | Also Children's, Culture, History, Historic House | |
| Thompson-Ames Historical Society Museums | Gilford | Local history | website, operates three museums that are open by appointment: Mount Belknap Grange, Union Meetinghouse, Benjamin Rowe House | |
| Tobias Lear House | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Historic house | website |
| Troy Historical Society Museum | Troy | Local history | website | |
| Tuck Museum | Hampton | Open air | website, includes Tuck Memorial Museum, Farm Museum, Seacoast Fire Museum and the 19th-Century District Schoolhouse | |
| Tuftonboro Historical Society Museum | Melvin Village | Local history | information | |
| University of New Hampshire Museum | Durham | Local history | website, hosts two exhibitions each year about the history of the University of New Hampshire | |
| Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society and Museum | Lincoln | Local history | website | |
| USS Albacore (AGSS-569) | Portsmouth | Museum ship | website, decommissioned submarine | |
| Warner House | Portsmouth | Historic house | website | |
| Warren Historical Society Museum | Warren | Local history | information, scroll down to listing, information | |
| Washington Historical Society Museum | Washington | Local history | website | |
| Webster Cottage Museum | Hanover | Historic house | information, scroll down to listing}, [http://www.uvtrails.org/trails/old_houses.pdf information , 18th century farm house and residence of Daniel Webster as a student at Dartmouth College, operated by the Hanover Historical Society | |
| Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Historic house | website |
| Wentworth-Gardner House | Portsmouth | Rockingham | Historic house | website |
| Westmoreland Historical Society | Westmoreland | Local history | website | |
| Wheeler House (New Hampshire) | Hollis | Local history | website, home of the Hollis Historical Society | |
| Whipple House Museum | Ashland | Local history | website, operated by the Ashland Historical Society | |
| Wigwam Museum | Amherst | Local history | website, operated by the Historical Society of Amherst, NH | |
| Wilder Holton House Museum | Lancaster | Local history | information | |
| Windham Museum | Windham | Rockingham | Local history | website |
| Works Barn Museum & Allard House | Freedom | History | website, operated by the Freedom Historical Society | |
| Woodman Institute | Dover | Natural history | website, rocks & minerals, Indian artifacts, mammals & marine life, birds & butterflies, shells, snakes & turtles, dolls, military items, maps & documents | |
| Wright Museum | Wolfeboro | Military | website, dedicated to celebrating Americans' sacrifices and achievements during WWII | |
| Wyman Tavern Museum | Keene | Historic house | website, operated by the Historical Society of Cheshire County | |
| Zimmerman House | Manchester | Historic house | website, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, operated by Currier Museum of Art |
[edit] See also
- Arboreta in New Hampshire (category)
- Botanical gardens in New Hampshire (category)
- Forts in New Hampshire (category)
- Houses in New Hampshire (category)
- National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
- Nature Centers in New Hampshire
- Observatories in New Hampshire (category)
- Registered Historic Places in New Hampshire
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