Apr 17 2009
About New Hampshire: NH Museums
About New Hampshire: NH Museums
There are dozens of NH museums, so there’s sure to be something for nearly every member of the family, from NH museums for children to NH museums which focus on the arts, architecture, history, skiing, the weather, farm life and science-to name just a few!
Browse the information below to find the perfect NH museum for your New Hampshire trip!
NH museums:
Sugar Hill Historical Museum
Changing exhibits, Genealogy Library, Carriage Barn, Sleigh Shed, Antique 1939 Fire Engine, Gift Shop.
Main Street, Rt. 117
Sugar Hill, NH 03585
Phone: 603-823-5336
Swanzey Historic Museum
Route 103, West Swanzey, NH 03469
Phone: 603-352-6639
Wyman Tavern Museum
339 Main Street, PO Box 803Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-357-3855
Franconia Heritage Museum
Franconia Iron Furnace Interpretive Center Self-guided, always open One mile north of Franconia Heritage Museum
553 Main Street, Franconia, NH 03580
Phone: 603-823-5000
Wright Museum
WWII Museum that commemorates all those who served on the Home Front 1939-1945 during the war.
77 Center Street, P.O. Box 1212Wolfeboro, NH 03894
Phone: 603-569-1212
Monadnock Children’s Museum
147 Washington Street, Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-357-5161
Wolfeboro Historical Society Museum
South Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH 03894
Phone: 603-569-4997
Derry Fire Department Museum
West Broadway Fire Station, Derry, NH 03038
Phone: 603-432-3188
Moffatt House Museum
119 High Street, Berlin, NH 03570
Phone: 603-752-4590
Pauline E. Glidden Toy Museum
4 Pleasant Street, Ashland, NH 03217
Phone: 603-968-7289
Dorchester Historical Society Museum
Route 118, Dorchester, NH 03266
Phone: 603-786-9363
Mount Washington Observatory Summit Museum - Seasonal
Box 2310, North Conway, NH 03860
Phone: 603-466-3388
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
Hillsborough Heritage Museum
A non-profit organization working to preserve the old firehouse as a museum to house the history of Hillsborough.
PO Box 1884, Hillsborough, NH 03244
Phone: 603-464-4781
Museum of New Hampshire History
New Hampshire’s only statewide history museum features changing exhibitions exploring the Granite State’s past.
6 Eagle Square, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-228-6688
Enfield Shaker Museum
The Enfield Shaker Museum preserves and interprets the complex history of the Enfield Shaker village site.
24 Caleb Dyer Lane, Enfield, NH 03748
Phone: 603-632-4346
Abbot-Spalding House Museum
5 Abbot Street, Nashua, NH 03060
Phone: 603-883-0015
Museum of Childhood
2784 Wakefield Road, Off Rte 16
Wakefield, NH 03872
Phone: 603-522-8073
Plymouth Historical Museum
Court Street, Daniel Webster Court House
Plymouth, NH 03264
Canterbury Shaker Village
Village is open daily May 13-October 31. Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays in November. Or by groups with reservations.
288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, NH 03224
Phone: 603-783-9511
Newmarket Historical Society
Granite Street, Stone School Museum
Newmarket, NH 03857
Phone: 603-659-7420
Canaan Historical Museum
RR 1 Box 68, Canaan, NH 03741
Phone: 603-523-7364
Horatio Colony House Museum
Historic house museum offering tours and educational programs. Nature preserve with hiking trails for education and recreation.
199 Main Street, Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-352-0460
Webster Cottage Museum
32 N. Main Street, PO Box 142
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-643-6529
Hood Museum of Art
Dartmouth College, Wheelock Street, Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-646-2808
Derry Museum of History
Open Thursday and Sunday, 1-4 pm
29 West Broadway, Derry, NH 03038
Phone: 603-434-1247
Melville Academy Museum
PO Box 722, Jaffrey, NH 03452-0722
Phone: 603-532-6066
New Hampshire Boat Museum
Open Memorial Day to Columbus Day M-S 10-4 Sun noon-4. Step back in time to the golden era of the NH lakes. Canoes to raceboats, outboards, engines are on display along with vintage photography, models and lake memorabilia.
397 Center Street/Rte 28, PO Box 1195
Wolfeboro Falls, NH 03896
Phone: 603-569-4554
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
Claremont Historical Society Museum
26 Mulberry Street, Claremont, NH 03743
Phone: 603-543-1400
Enfield Historical Society Museum at Enfield Center
Route 4A, Enfield, NH 03748
Phone: 603-632-7740
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.
PO Box 250, 58 Cleveland Hill Road
Tamworth, NH 03886
Phone: 603-323-7591
Children’s Museum of Portsmouth
A hands-on arts and sciences museum designed to encourage children’s natural curiosity. Housed in a charming three-story historic building, the museum offers 19 engaging exhibits, an art gallery, daily art and science activities, family programs…
280 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-436-3853
Diocesan Museum
517 Pine Street, Manchester, NH 03102
Phone: 603-624-1729
Seacoast African American Cultural Center
The Connie Bean Center, 135 Daniel Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-430-6027
Ashland Railroad Station Museum
Historic railroad station cir;1891 museum of railroad history and artifacts.
PO Box 175, Ashland, NH 032I7
Phone: 603-968-7716
Whipple House Museum
PO Box 175, 4 Pleasant Street
Ashland, NH 03217
Phone: 603-968-7716
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.
RR1 Box 438, Colebrook, NH 03576
Phone: 603-237-5500
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: 603-586-7061
Peterborough Historical Society & Museum
Museum of local history and research archives located in downtown Peterborough.
19 Grove Street, PO Box 58
Peterborough, NH 03458
Phone: 603-924-3235
Kaleidoscope Children’s Museum
An environment designed for children ages 3 to 7 years promoting a safe and engaging atmosphere rich in the arts and hands-on learning. Experience early math concepts and dramatic play on our Main Street which includes a bakery, pizzaria…
8 South Main Street, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-229-4526
Barrett House, Forest Hall
Main Street, New Ipswich, NH 03071
Phone: 603-878-2517
Aidron Duckworth Art Museum
The Aidron Duckworth Art Museum is dedicated to preserving and presenting the artwork of Aidron Duckworth (1920-2001), a British-American artist and teacher. Duckworth left his works, along with his home and studio in a former schoolhouse building in…
21 Bean Road, Meriden, NH
Phone: 603-469-3444
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
Children’s Metamorphosis Museum
6 W Broadway, Ste 24, Derry, NH 03038
Phone: 603-425-2560
Annalee Doll Museum
44 Reservoir Rd, Meredith, NH 03253
Phone: 603-279-6542
Carpenter Museum of Antique Outboard Motors
PO Box 459, Gilmanton, NH 03237
Phone: 603-783-7611
The Moffett House
1892 period Victorian house; museum and geneaology center
PO Box 52, 119 High St
Berlin, NH 03570
Phone: 603-752-4590
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.
201 Myrtle Way, Manchester, NH 03104
Phone: 603-669-6144 ext 108
Hampton Historical Society & Tuck Museum
A non-profit history museum in Hampton offering educational/fun programs and school programs, as well as fundraising events, such as an annual Pig Roast.
P.O. Box 1601, 40 Park Ave.
Hampton, NH 03842
Phone: 603-929-0781
