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American Independence Museum --
One Governors Lane, Exeter, NH
Discover the stories behind America's revolutionary past by visiting the American Independence Museum. The museum features stories of the brave men and women who overcame their uncertainties about freedom from Great Britain & established our country. Among the museum's permanent collection are an original Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence & early drafts of the U.S. Constitution.

Americas Stonehenge --
105 Haverhill Road, Salem, NH

Ashland Railroad Station Museum --
69 Depot Street, Ashland, NH
This museum is one of the best preserved late 19th century railroad stations in New Hampshire and houses a growing collection of railroad artifacts, pictures, and documents. The building was originally built circa 1869 as a passenger station by the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad. The local scenic railroad occasionally stops at the Ashland station during their popular excursions.

Castle in the Clouds --
Route 171, Moultonborough, NH
The incredible beauty of the Ossipee Mountains and sweeping views of Lake Winnipesaukee surrounds the historic "Lucknow Estate", commonly known as the legendary Castle in the Clouds! Enjoy a tour of the Estate, visit the Castle Springs natural spring water bottling plant, and enjoy a taste of pure spring water! To explore the site click the images at left. Plan to visit us soon so you can experience first hand all that we have to offer at this one of a kind estate!

Charmingfare Farm --
774 High Street, Candia, NH

Children's Metamorphosis Museum --
6 West Broadway, Derry, NH

The Children's Museum of New Hampshire --
6 Washington St, Dover, NH
Formerly the Portsmouth Childrens Museum, this is a brand new museum in a newly renovated space in downtown Dover with exhibits exploring the cultural history of the area to a toddler play space, this museum has a little something for everyone. Also a great place to have a birthday party!

Christa McAuliffe Planetarium --
2 Institute Drive, Concord, NH

Colebrook Area Historical Museum --
10 Bridge St, PO Box 32, , Colebrook, NH
Maps, photographs, manuscripts, court records, business/organizational records, and local history items. Approximately 15,000 artifacts including fine arts, folk arts, costuming, textiles, household goods and more.

Currier Museum of Art --
201 Myrtle Way, Manchester, NH

The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill --
174 Joppa Hill Road, Bedford, NH
Interactive, hands-on educational farm tours appropriate for all age levels, including adults. Each tour is about 1 hour in length, and content depends on age and interest level of those attending. Children learn how the dirt beneath their feet turns into yummy things like corn on the cob and even ice cream! They discuss what soil is and why it is important. Then it's on to the vegetable garden to touch and taste and smell different plants, learn about gardening with nature, depending on the season your group visits. Kids are encouraged to touch the animals and ask lots of questions. Depending on the time of year, groups may get a chance to walk a goat, hold a hen, maybe even brush a pony or a donkey! A great opportunity for children to make the connection between healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy animals, and healthy people!

The Fells --
456 Route 103A, Newbury, NH
An historic site featuring beautifully maintained gardens and offering art and nature classes for children.

Fort No. 4 Living History Museum --
267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, NH
Travel back in time to the 1740's and have an unforgettable experience in the authentically reconstructed settlement of Charlestown, New Hampshire. Tour with guides dressed as original settlers of No. 4 as they take you through the gates of our heritage. Meet the likes of Dr. Hastings, Lt. Parker, and Capt. Phineas Stevens. Churn butter, trade and barter, play 18th century games and more!

Franconia Heritage Museum --
553 Main Street, Franconia, NH
The Franconia Heritage Museum is located in an 1880 New England Farm House with attached barn and sheds. Take a walk through the Farm House and see the Franconia Iron Works stove in the parlor, the rope bed in the bedroom, antique kitchenware in the summer kitchen and farm tools and sleigh in the barn and sheds. These treasures, historical documents and photographs are from various local families.

Frost Farm --
122 Rockingham Road, Derry, NH
The Robert Frost Farm was home to Robert Frost and his family from 1900-1911. Frost, one of the nation's most acclaimed poets whose writings are said to be the epitome of New England, attributed many of his poems to memories from the Derry years. The simple two-story white clapboard farmhouse is typical of New England in the 1880s. Guided house tours, a children's garden, walks along the Hyla Brook Trail, a summer lecture series, and poetry readings on selected Sundays are all available at the park. The Hyla Brook Trail is an interpretive trail with an accompanying brochure. House tours are conducted on the hour until 4 p.m. Books and other Frost-related items may be purchased at the Visitor's Center in the barn. Programs are offered to the public at no charge. Access to parts of the historic buildings may be difficult for some visitors. For more information, please call prior to your visit.

The Frost Place --
P.O. Box 74, Franconia, NH
The Frost Place is a nonprofit educational center for poetry and the arts based at Robert Frost's old homestead in Franconia, NH. During the summer, they have poetry programs and a poet who lives there and does readings. The museum is a sanctuary for lovers of poetry and books. In addition to a collection of signed first editions of Frost's works and other memorabilia from his stay, the Frost Place has a half-mile nature trail with plaques displaying poems written during the poet's Franconia years.

Glidden Toy Museum --
49 Main Street, Ashland, NH
The tastefully displayed toy collection is considered one of the best in northern New England. Items date back to the 1850 nesting blocks telling the story of Who Killed Cock Robin? The museum boasts a wonderful doll collection with such favorites as Sunbonnet Babies, Shirley Temple and Raggedy Ann, and a large collection of tin toys. One museum room is furnished as an old-fashioned schoolroom.

Hampshire Pewter -- Free!
43 Mill Street, Wolfeboro, NH
Watch crafty craftsmen create beautiful pewter cups, bowls, and vases using the 15th century process of hand casting every piece! This is a small, family-owned company committed to giving you the highest quality products and the best service available. You are invited to visit us and take a guided tour. Free tours are available from Memorial Day through Columbus Day.

Hartmann Model Railroad --
Town Hall Rd., Intervale, NH

Horatio Colony House Museum --
199 Main Street, Keene, NH
The Stately Federal style house, located on Main Street in Keene, was the home of Horatio Colony, descendent of one of Keene's historic families. This old-time New England home is filled with original family furnishings and fabulous collections which offer a gracious view of a vanishing lifestyle of culture, refinement and travel. Preview the history, virtual tour, and all the offerings on our web site. But to truly experience the house and nature preserve, come and visit both sites in the historic New England city of Keene, New Hampshire.

Isles of Shoals Steamship Company --
315 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
The Isles of Shoals Steamship Company's convenient location on the Piscataqua River provides an opportunity to investigate a wealth of subjects such as history, culture, lore & legend, commerce, marine environment, and seamanship. This year‘s cruises are structured to include a variety of interactive work stations, resulting in less narration over the PA system, and more hands-on activities.

John Paul Jones House Museum --
43 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH
House: 1758 colonial, gambrel roof, historic garden Collections: Furniture, clothing, guns, china, glassware, local portraits, wedding gowns, toys, samplers, canes, documents

Kimball-Jenkins Estate --
166 North Main Street, Concord, NH

Littleton Grist Mill --
18 Mill St., Littleton, NH
The Littleton Grist Mill opened for business in 1798. It has been restored and is open to the public free of charge as a working museum. The mill houses an authentic 19th century grist mill which uses 24 inch stones to grind grain into organically grown products.

Mariposa Museum --
26 Main Street, Peterborough, NH

Millyard Museum --
200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH
For over a century the Manchester Historic Association has preserved the rich history of a fascinating American city. Through exhibits, tours, lectures, school programs, and family events the MHA strives to bring Manchester alive for people of all ages. The museum and library collections feature thousands of objects, photographs, publications, and documents unique in American history.

Mount Washington Observatory and Weather Discovery Center --
P.O. Box 2310, North Conway, NH

Mt. Kearsage Indian Museum --
Kearsage Mountain Road, Warner, NH
Mt. Kearsage Indian Museum offers a fascinating journey into the world of the American Indian. Learn how these cultures lived in harmony with nature. Tours take you through 12,000 years of history, with over 1,000 artifacts on display representing native culture of yesterday and today. The outdoor Medicine Woods Nature Trail guides you through various plants & herbs used by American Indians.

Museum of New Hampshire History --
6 Eagle Square, Concord, NH

Nashua Symphony Association --
6 Church St., Nashua, NH
Come discover the riches of the Nashua Symphony! Treat yourself to a concert series that celebrates one of the area's greatest treasures. From local soloists with world-class gifts to spectacular performances by the Nashua Symphony Choral Society, you'll be amazed by the Nashua Symphony's musical charms. The NSA has developed a number of innovative music programs for both children and adults.

The Nature of Things --
10 Groton Road, Nashua, NH
Outdoor Environmental Education Programs for school groups, scout groups, preschoolers, homeschool groups, and adults on nearly 400 acres of protected land. Their team of experienced, energetic counselors facilitates exciting activities, crafts, games, team building programs, experiments, and expeditions in a safe, enriching environment. Using inquiry, observation, and exploration, children will discover all of the wonders of forests, ponds, wetlands, and a working farm.

New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra --
1087 Elm St., Manchester, NH

NH Farm Museum --
PO Box 644 Rt. 125, Milton, NH
Tour the historic Jones farmhouse and learn about three centuries of rural life in New Hampshire. Explore the three story, 104 foot long, great barn filled with a vast collection of agricultural machinery, farm tools, wagons and sleighs. Meet our farm animals, try the Big, Yellow Barn Hunt, follow the nature trail and shop in our wonderful museum store.

Parkers Maple Barn -- Free!
1316 Brookline Road, Mason, NH
The Sugar House is in full operation March and April every year. They make maple syrup the old fashioned way, with a wood fire, giving it a distinct flavor that you just don't get with an oil fire. They will show you how the Native Americans made "Zinsibukwud" (maple sugar) by placing hot rocks into the sap, right up to modern sugar making in our wood-fired evaporator. Free tours!

Remick Country Doctor Museum --
58 Cleveland Road, Tamworth, NH

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site --
139 Saint Gaudens Road, Cornish, NH

Sandy Point Discovery Center --
89 Depot Road, Stratham, NH
An outdoor trail and indoor center. The interpretive exhibits include the interrelationships between wildlife, the bay, and the ocean; human influences on the bay; a touch tank; a 3-D model of the bay; and a dry-docked, reduced-scale gundalow boat and a lobster/research vessel. The overall emphasis is on educating people about the cultural and natural history of the Great Bay Estuary and its importance as a coastal resource. A cooperative project of NOAH, NH Fish & Game, UNH Sea Grant docents.

Seacoast Science Center --
570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye, NH
A great place to spend a day. Explore the museum for it's examination of the local marine life. Have a picnic near the great playground, take a bike ride or hike and explore the historic site of a colonial farm and a WWII bunker. This museum has it all!

SEE Science Center --
200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH
Feel the forces created by a gyroscope! Experiment with robots! Look through a periscope! Send a whisper across the room! Touch and try exhibits on light, electricity, forces, momentum, sound & much more! The SEE-Science Center has been getting kids from toddlers to teens excited about science since 1986.

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center --
23 Science Center Rd., Holderness, NH

Stonewall Farm --
242 Chesterfield Road, Keene, NH
Stonewall Farm is a working farm and educational center whose mission is to connect people to the land and to the role of local agriculture in their lives. Set in a scenic valley, the Farm consists of pastures, fields and woodlands and is open, free of charge, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Stoneyfield Farm Yogurt --
10 Burton Drive, Londonderry, NH
Although the factory no longer offers tours, they do offer small-group educational experiences that cover topics like yogurt making, organic and dairy farming, good nutrition, and a healthy planet.

Strawbery Banke Museum --
14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth, NH
Strawbery Banke's buildings and the objects in them provide evidence of crafts men and women at work through several centuries. The trades practiced locally can be divided into pre- and post-industrial groups, and subdivided by material, production process or application, and labor can be organized by populations. A few local trades have been plied without interruption for several centuries.

Tobias Lear House --
Hunking Street, Portsmouth, NH
House: 1740 colonial hip-roofed Four-square Collections: Rrestored furnished parlor, original kitchen, antique toys and furniture HOUSE HISTORY Home of Tobias Lear V who became secretary to George Washington. Washington visited the house in 1789 while touring Portsmouth. The land deed to the Lear House was only recently discovered and is dated October 1738. The land was sold by Elijah Plaisted to Captain Tobias Lear III, grandfather to the most famous Lear, who became secretary to President George Washington. Tobias Lear IV brought his bride Mary Stillson here in 1759. He also worked for his cousin John Langdon, a wealthy ship builder. Tobias Lear IV was Langdon's crew chief at the building of The Ranger, the Portsmouth-built ship commanded by John Paul Jones.

Whipple House Museum --
14 Pleasant Street, Ashland, NH
The Whipple House was built in 1837 & occupied by five generations of the same family for 133 years. In 1970, George Hoyt Whipple gave his boyhood home to the Town of Ashland to be preserved and used as an historical museum. Many features of the house show a quality of construction unusual for its time. Museum exhibits include period rooms and local history displays.

Woodman Institute Museum --
182 Central Ave., Dover, NH
A local museum with eclectic collections including local history, geology, taxidermy, dolls and one of the oldest homes in the state.

Wright Museum --
77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH
The Wright Museum is a one-of-a-kind non-profit institution dedicated to teaching present and future generations about the significant and lasting impact the years 1939-1945 had on the United States and the world. Walk through the years 1939-1945 with special exhibits and murals highlighting each of the seven years. See also memorabilia and a large collection of military vehicles from this era.