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

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


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Counties of New Hampshire
Counties of New Hampshire

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