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About the Museum
The New Hampshire Historical Society serves thousands of children
and adults each year through its museum, library, educational programs, and award-winning
publications.
The Society's museum, located at 6 Eagle Square
in Concord, offers exhibitions on the state's heritage and traditions as well as a variety of programs for children
and adults.
The museum store features an extensive selection of New Hampshire's books, gifts, and custom products.
The museum is fully accessible.
Current Exhibitions
Visit us! Free Museum Admission Special
Online Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
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Mountain Scenery, an exhibition exploring how the natural beauty of the White Mountains has inspired generations of tourists and artists. (February 16 through December 29, 2013)
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Home, School, and Studio: Women Artists and New Hampshire, an exhibition about how women have helped define the character and aesthetics of art in New Hampshire. (February 16 through December 29, 2013)
Past Exhibitions
- Voices from the Front: New Hampshire and the American Civil War
- Icons of History: Objects that Define New Hampshire
- On the Trail: The Photographs of Ralph C. Larrabee and the Appalachian Mountain Club (at the Appalachian Mountain Club's Highland Center, Crawford Notch, NH)
- The White Mountains of New Hampshire (at the Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods)
- Faces of New Hampshire: Portraits from the New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Pieced Together: New Hampshire Quilts and Their Storie
- America’s Kitchens
- Abraham Lincoln and New Hampshire
- Mill Town
Memories: The Drawings and Watercolors of Marian Cannon Schlesinger
- New Hampshire Favorites
- New Hampshire Then and Now
- New Hampshire: A
Proven Primary Tradition
- Women of the Moffatt-Ladd
House
- Consuming
Views: Art and Tourism in the White Mountains, 1850-1900
- Preserved - John Parker Hale
- Preserved - Barry Faulkner
- Treasures of New Hampshire
- A Changing World: New England in
the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972
- The Small Flag with a Huge Story
- Franklin Pierce: Defining Democracy in
America
- From Dairy to Doorstep: Milk
Delivery in New England, 1860-1960
- Claiming
the Land: Our Past, Our Future, Our Choice
- First Stop:
The New Hampshire Primary
- Treasures
of New Hampshire
- Mapping New Hampshire
Through Three Centuries
- One Woman's
Work: The Visual Art of Celia Laighton Thaxter
- Before Their Time: Child Labor
Through the Lens of Lewis Hine
- The Dolls of Annalee
- The Votes Are In! A Celebration
of New Hampshire's Favorite Symbols
- Downtown New Hampshire: A Bird's
Eye View of Change Over Time
- The Years of the Life of Samuel
Lane: A New Hampshire Man and His World
- Your Vote Counts!
- "This Is Woman's Hour..."
The Life of Mary Baker Eddy
- Road to the White House: New Hampshire's
First in the Nation Presidential Primary
- Soldiers, Sailors, Slaves and
Ships: The Civil War Photographs of Henry P. Moore
- First in the Nation
- Beyond Relics: Reinterpreting
Native American Collections
- Beauty Caught & Kept:
Benjamin Champney in the White Mountains
- Popular Resorts: Grand Hotels
of the White Mountains
- Quilts in New Hampshire: Piecing the
Story Together
- Some Kind of Game! New Hampshire
Plays Baseball
- Discovering and Rediscovering
New Hampshire
- Those Inventive Aikens: Models,
Machines and Mechanic Inventors of 19th-Century New Hampshire
Collections Information
The New Hampshire Historical Society's library collections catalog is available online. The Society is working now on a major project to provide online access to its museum collections catalog. Stay tuned!
The Society is delighted to discuss potential gifts to
the collection.
For information on where to buy archival products and museum and library conservation materials, refer to our online list of suppliers.
Research Services
The New Hampshire Historical Society's staff is prepared to assist you in general research on New Hampshire history and genealogy by using any sources found in our library or museum. Research services can be ordered online and by telephone or mail. For details, see the Research Services
page of this Web site or contact Librarian Bill Copeley at bcopeley@nhhistory.org or 603/856-0641.
Fellowships
Along with 18 other cultural organizations, the New Hampshire Historical Society is a member of the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, which offers grants for projects that draw on the collections and resources of the collaborating organizations.
Join Us!
Founded in 1823, the New Hampshire Historical Society is the independent nonprofit that saves, preserves, and shares New Hampshire history. All of the Society's programs and services are made possible by membership dues and contributions from people like you. You are invited to join today! Call the membership department at 603/856-0621, or use our convenient and secure online membership form.
We are grateful for the generous support of our business partners.
For information on sponsorship opportunities and benefits, contact Director of Development Anne Hamilton at
603/856-0608 or membership@nhhistory.org.
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