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. Also included are non-profit art galleries.

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Name Location County Region Type Notes
Abbot-Spaulding House Nashua Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Historic house website, operated by the Nashua Historical Society
Academy Hall Museum Lyme Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history website
Academy Museum Walpole Cheshire Monadnock History information, operated by the Walpole Historical Society, large fabric collection
Aidron Duckworth Art Museum Meriden Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Art website
Albany Historical Society Museum Albany Carroll White Mountains Region Local history information
Alstead Historical Museum Alstead Cheshire Monadnock Local history
Always Ready Engine House Hollis Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Fire website, operated by the Hollis Historical Society, also contains a hearse
American Independence Museum Exeter Rockingham Seacoast History Stories of the American Revolution, includes the 18th century Ladd-Gilman House
America's Credit Union Museum Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley History Site of the first credit union founded in the United States
Amos J. Blake House Museum Fitzwilliam Cheshire Monadnock Historic house website, home of the Fitzwilliam Historical Society
Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley 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 Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history website
Ashland Railroad Station Museum Ashland Grafton Lakes Region Railway website, operated by the Ashland Historical Society
Atkinson Historical Society Museum Atkinson Rockingham Seacoast Local history website
Austin Hall Center Strafford Strafford Lakes Region Local history information, scroll down to listing, home of the Strafford Historical Society
AVA Gallery Lebanon Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Art website
Aviation Museum of New Hampshire Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Aviation website, home of the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society, located in Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
Barrett House New Ipswich Hillsborough Monadnock Historic house Federal style American mansion operated by Historic New England
Belknap Mill Laconia Belknap Lakes Region Industry website, historic textile mill, industrial knitting museum, art and history center
Bethlehem Heritage Society Museum Bethlehem Grafton White Mountains Region Local history website,
Boscawen Historical Museum Boscawen Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history information, information
Canaan Historical Society Museum Canaan Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history website
Campton Historical Society Museum Campton Grafton White Mountains Region Local history website, information
Canterbury Shaker Village Canterbury Merrimack Merrimack Valley Open air Includes 25 original and four reconstructed Shaker buildings on 694 acres (2.81 km2)
Carey House Milford Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website, home of the Milford Historical Society
Castle in the Clouds Moultonborough Carroll Lakes Region Historic house website, Arts & Crafts estate built in 1913-1914, over 45 miles (72 km) of trails on 5,000 acres (20 km2), science programs for children
Chapel Museum Amherst Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website, operated by the Historical Society of Amherst, NH
Chatham Historical Society Museum Chatham Carroll White Mountains Region Local history information
Chichester Historical Society Museum Chichester Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history website
Children's Museum of Portsmouth Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Children's website
Christie's Maple Farm and Maple Museum Lancaster Coos Great North Woods Food website, maple farm with self-guided museum and store
Claremont Historical Society Museum Claremont Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history information, scroll to listing
Clark House Museum Complex Wolfeboro Carroll Lakes Region Historic house website, operated by the Wolfeboro Historical Society, also includes a firehouse museum and schoolhouse
Clark's Trading Post North Woodstock Grafton White Mountains Region 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 Coos Great North Woods Local history information, museum located on 2nd floor of Colebrook Town Hall
Crossroads of America Bethlehem Grafton White Mountains Region Railway website, specialized model railroad museum
Currier Museum of Art Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Art European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture
Daniel Webster Birthplace Franklin Merrimack Lakes Region Historic house website, managed by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation
Derry Museum of History Derry Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history information, information
District #5 School East Washington Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Education website, operated by the Washington Historical Society
Dorchester Historical Museum Dorchester Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history information
Dublin Schoolhouse Museum Dublin Cheshire Monadnock Local history information
Durham Historic Museum Durham Strafford Seacoast Local history website
Eastman Lord House Conway Carroll White Mountains Region Historic house website, operated by the Conway Historical Society
Elisha Marston House Museum Center Sandwich Carroll Lakes Region Local history website, home of the Sandwich Historical Society
Elizabeth Houser Museum Canterbury Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history website, operated by the Canterbury Historical Society in an old schoolhouse
Enfield Historical Museum Enfield Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history information, scroll down to Enfield Historical Society
Enfield Shaker Museum Enfield Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Religious website
Epping Historical Society Museum Epping Rockingham Seacoast Local history information, information, with photos
Exeter Historical Society Exeter Rockingham Seacoast Local history website, museum with artifacts of local history
Farmington Historical Museum Farmington Strafford Lakes Region Local history website, operated by the Farmington Historical Society
The Fells Newbury Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Historic mansion website
Fitts Museum Candia Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history website
Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum Nashua Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website, operated by the Nashua Historical Society
Fort at Number 4 Charlestown Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Living history 1744 period British fort with living history guides, set during King George's War
Francestown Improvement and Historical Society Museum Francestown Hillsborough Monadnock History
Franco-American Centre Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Art website, changing art exhibits, also French culture, history
Franconia Heritage Museum Franconia Grafton White Mountains Region Local history website
Franklin Pierce Homestead Hillsborough Hillsborough Monadnock Historic house Operated by the Hillsborough Historical Society, early 19th century childhood home of President Franklin Pierce
Fremont Historical Museum Fremont Rockingham Seacoast Local history website, operated by the Fremont Historical Society
The Frost Place Franconia Grafton White Mountains Region Historic house website, home of poet Robert Frost, museum and center for poetry and the arts
Funspot Family Fun Center: American Classic Arcade Museum Laconia Belknap Lakes Region Amusement Arcade games, pinball machines, and electro-mechanic games built no later than 1987
Gilman Garrison House Exeter Rockingham Seacoast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, 18th century house with exhibits on local history
Gilman Museum Alton Belknap Lakes Region Local history website, collection of guns, furniture, dolls, buttons, toys and local artifacts, operated by the Alton Historical Society
Gilmanton Historical Society Gilmanton Belknap Lakes Region Local history website, museum in the Academy Building at Gilmanton Corner is open by appointment
Glidden Toy Museum Ashland Grafton Lakes Region Toy website, operated by the Ashland Historical Society, more than two thousand antique toys
Goffstown Historical Society Museum Goffstown Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website
Gorham Historical Society Museum Gorham Coos White Mountains Region Railroad information
Governor John Langdon House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house 18th century period mansion
Grant Hall Museum of Ossipee History Center Ossipee Carroll Lakes Region Local history operated by the Ossipee Historical Society
Great Bay Discovery Center Greenland Rockingham Seacoast Natural history website, conservation-education headquarters for the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, interactive exhibits and natural trails
Greenfield Historical Society Museum Greenfield Hillsborough Monadnock Local history website
Hampstead Historic Library Museum Hampstead Rockingham Seacoast Local history website, collection of the Hampstead Historical Society
Hancock Historical Society Hancock Hillsborough Monadnock Local history website
Hartmann Model Railroad & Toy Museum Intervale Carroll White Mountains Region Railroad website, information
Haverhill Historical Society Museum Haverhill Grafton White Mountains Region Local history website
Henniker Historical Society Museum Henniker Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history website, located in Academy Hall
Historical Society of Cheshire County Museum Keene Cheshire Monadnock Local history website, located in the former Ball Residence
Holderness Historical Society Museum Holderness Grafton Lakes Region Local history information
Hood Museum of Art Hanover Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Art Part of Dartmouth College, collections include art from ancient cultures, the Americas, Europe, Africa, Papua New Guinea and other world regions
Hopkins Center for the Arts Hanover Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Art Part of Dartmouth College, includes performing and visual arts center
Horatio Colony Museum Keene Cheshire Monadnock Historic house website
Hudson Historical Society Hudson Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Historical Society
Iron Furnace Interpretive Center Franconia Grafton White Mountains Region History website, maintained by Franconia Heritage Museum
Jackson Historical Museum Jackson Carroll White Mountains Region 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 Rockingham Seacoast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, 17th century house
James House Museum Hampton Rockingham Seacoast Historic house website
Jefferson Historical Society Museum Jefferson Coos White Mountains Region Local history information
John Paul Jones House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast History Operated by the Portsmouth Historical Society, 18th century home lived in by American naval hero John Paul Jones, features exhibits of local history
John Wingate Weeks Estate Lancaster Coos Great North Woods Historic house website, operated by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation
Kendall Shop Museum and Carriage House Bedford Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website, operated by the Bedford Historical Society
Kensington Social Library Kensington Rockingham Seacoast Local history information, home to the Kensington Historical Society
Kimball-Jenkins Estate Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley Art website, art school with public galleries
Laconia Historical and Museum Society Laconia Belknap Lakes Region Local history website
Lake Winnipesaukee Museum Weirs Beach Belknap Lakes Region Local history website, operated by the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society
Lamprey House Moultonborough Carroll Lakes Region Historic house website, being restored as future museum of the Moultonborough Historical Society
Lane Tavern Sanbornton Square Belknap Lakes Region Local history website, home of the Sanbornton Historical Society
Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Scouting website, located at Camp Carpenter, Boy Scout memorabilia and library
Lee Historical Society Museum Lee Strafford Seacoast Local history website
Lisbon Landaff Lyman Area Historical Museum Lisbon Grafton White Mountains Region Local history information
Little Nature Museum Contoocook Merrimack Merrimack Valley Natural history website
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum Newport Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee School website, operated by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Littleton Area Historical Society Littleton Grafton White Mountains Region Local history website, museum currently closed
Littleton Grist Mill Littleton Grafton White Mountains Region Mill website, working historic mill and store
Lockhaven Schoolhouse Museum Enfield Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee School information
Loon Center Moultonborough Carroll Lakes Region Natural history website
Madison Historical Society Museum Madison Carroll Lakes Region Local history website
Main Street House Warner Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee History website, operated by the Warner Historical Society
Main Street Museum Meredith Belknap Lakes Region Local history website, home of the Meredith Historical Society
Margret and H.A. Rey Center Waterville Valley Grafton Art Includes an art gallery, programs in art, science, nature and children's literature
Marion Blodgett Museum North Stratford Coos Great North Woods Local history information, operated by the Cohos Historical Society
Mariposa Museum Peterborough Hillsborough Monadnock Culture website, folk art, textiles, costumes, art, puppets, toys and instruments from six continents
Marshall House Museum Newton Rockingham Seacoast Local history website, operated by the Newton Historical Society
Mary Baker Eddy Historic House Rumney Grafton Lakes Region Historic house website
Melville Academy Museum Jaffrey Cheshire Monadnock Local history website, operated by the Jaffrey Historical Society
Merrimack Historical Society Merrimack Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Historical society website
Met Children's Museum Derry Rockingham Merrimack Valley Children's website
Millyard Museum Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Region Local history website, operated by the Manchester Historic Association
Moffatt-Ladd House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house Owned and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of New Hampshire, 18th century house reflecting owners from 1763 through 1900
Moffett House Museum & Genealogy Center Berlin Coos Great North Woods Local history information, operated by the Berlin and Coos Historical Society
Mont Vernon Historical Society Museum Mont Vernon Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website
Morrison House Museum Londonderry Rockingham Merrimack Valley Historic house website, operated by the Londonderry Historical Society
Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum Warner Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Ethnic - Native American website
Mount Washington Observatory Museum Sargent's Purchase Coos White Mountains Region Science website, focuses on weather and geology
Mount Washington Valley Children’s Museum North Conway Carroll White Mountains Region Children's website
Muchido Hose House Boscawen Merrimack Merrimack Valley History information
Museum of New Hampshire History Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley History website, operated by the New Hampshire Historical Society
Muster Field Farm Museum North Sutton Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Agriculture website, working farm museum with 18th century homestead
New England Ski Museum Franconia Grafton White Mountains Region Sports - Skiing website
New Hampshire Antiquarian Society Library & Museum Hopkinton Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history website
New Hampshire Boat Museum Wolfeboro Carroll Lakes Region Maritime website
New Hampshire Farm Museum Milton Strafford Lakes Region Agriculture Includes historic farm house and tavern, agricultural machinery, farm tools, sleighs and wagons, farm animals
New Hampshire State House Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley Historic building information
New Hampshire Telephone Museum Warner Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Commodity website
New London Historical Society New London Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Living history website, small village of 19th century buildings and many horse-drawn vehicles
Newport Historical Society Museum Newport Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history website
New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum Allenstown Merrimack Merrimack Valley Region Sports website
New Hampshire Telephone Museum Warner Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Industry website
Northern Forest Heritage Park Berlin Coos Great North Woods Industry website
Northwood Historical Society Museum Northwood Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history website
Nottingham Square Schoolhouse Museum Nottingham Rockingham Merrimack Valley Education Open by appointment, historic schoolhouse
Old Country Store and Museum Moultonborough Carroll Lakes Region Historic store website
Old Meeting House Webster Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history information
Old Parsonage (Newington, New Hampshire) Newington Rockingham Seacoast Local history information, open in summer
Old River Road School Bridgewater Grafton Lakes Region Local history information, scroll down to Bridgewater Historical Society
Old Town Hall Newington Rockingham Seacoast History website
Patuccoway Grange Museum Nottingham Rockingham Merrimack Valley History information, open by appointment, implements of farming, early industry and home life
Peabody Farm Museum Shelburne Coos White Mountains Region Local history information
Pierce Manse Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley Historic house website, home of President Franklin Pierce
Peterborough Museum Peterborough Hillsborough Monadnock Local history website
Pittsburg Historical Society Museum Pittsburg Coos Great North Woods Local history information, scroll down to listing, museum located in Town Hall
Plaistow Historical Society Plaistow Rockingham Seacoast Local history website
Plymouth Historical Society Museum Plymouth Grafton Lakes Region Local history website
Poore Family Homestead and Historic Farm Museum Colebrook Coos Great North Woods Historic house website
Portsmouth Athenæum Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Library Includes museum gallery with changing exhibitions from its collections
Pottle Meeting House Meredith Belknap Lakes Region Agriculture website, operated by the Meredith Historical Society
Quimby Barn Center Sandwich Carroll Lakes Region Transportation website, operated by the Sandwich Historical Society
Raymond Historical Society Raymond Rockingham Merrimack Valley History Local history and railroad artifacts
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm Tamworth Carroll Lakes Region Agriculture website, working farm museum with museum farm house of a country doctor
Rindge Historical Society Museum Rindge Cheshire Monadnock Local history website
Robert Frost Farm Derry Rockingham Merrimack Valley Historic house Home of poet Robert Frost
Rumney Historical Society Museum Rumney Grafton Lakes Region Local history information
Rundlet-May House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, early 19th century mansion reflecting four generations of ownership
Rye Historical Society Rye Rockingham Seacoast Local history website
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Cornish Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Historic house Home, gardens, and studios of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Salem Historical Museum Salem Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history located in the Old Town Meeting House
Salisbury Historical Society Museum Salisbury Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history website, Concord Monitor, In Salisbury, old is so . . . in, aug. 12, 2005
Sandown Historical Society & Museum Sandown Rockingham Seacoast History website
Sandown Historical Society and Museum Sandown Rockingham Seacoast Railway website
Schoolhouse Museum Center Harbor Belknap Lakes Region School website, operated by the Centre Harbor Historical Society
Seacoast Science Center Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Science center website, marine science nature center
Sharon Arts Center Peterborough Hillsborough Monadnock Art website, fine art gallery
Sheridan House Museum Winchester Cheshire Monadnock Local history information, information, operated by the Winchester Historical Society
Sherman Hall Newbury Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee History website, home of the Newbury Historical Society
Springfield Historical Museum West Springfield Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history website, operated by the Springfield Historical Society
Stone Building Museum Weare Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website home of the Weare Historical Society
Stone School Museum Newmarket Rockingham Seacoast Local history website, article about museum, operated by the Newmarket Historical Society
Strawbery Banke Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Living Includes 10 houses with costumed interpreters reflecting the 17th through the 19th centuries, crafts demonstrations
Sugar Hill Historical Museum Sugar Hill Grafton White Mountains Region History information, scroll down to listing, information
Summersworth Historical Society Somersworth Strafford Seacoast Local history information
Tamworth Historical Society Tamworth Carroll Lakes Region Historical society website
Thompson-Ames Historical Society Museums Gilford Belknap Lakes Region Local history website, operates three museums that are open by appointment: Mount Belknap Grange, Union Meetinghouse, Benjamin Rowe House
Tobias Lear House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house website
Troy Historical Society Museum Troy Cheshire Monadnock Local history website
Tuck Museum Hampton Rockingham Seacoast Open air website, includes Tuck Memorial Museum, Farm Museum, Seacoast Fire Museum and the 19th-Century District Schoolhouse
Tuftonboro Historical Society Museum Melvin Village Carroll Lakes Region Local history information
University of New Hampshire Museum Durham Strafford Seacoast Local history website, hosts two exhibitions each year about the history of the University of New Hampshire
Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society and Museum Lincoln Grafton White Mountains Region Local history website
USS Albacore (AGSS-569) Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Museum ship Decommissioned submarine
Van Dame School Museum and Research Center Nottingham Rockingham Merrimack Valley History information, open by appointment, local history
Warner House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house 18th century brick mansion, reflects six generations of family ownership
Warren Historical Society Museum Warren Grafton White Mountains Region Local history information, scroll down to listing, information
Washington Historical Society Museum Washington Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history website
Webster Cottage Museum Hanover Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Historic house information, scroll down to listing, 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 Seacoast Historic house 18th century mansion of New Hampshire's first royal governor
Wentworth-Gardner House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house 18th century mansion
Westmoreland Historical Society Westmoreland Cheshire Monadnock Local history website
Wheeler House (New Hampshire) Hollis Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website, home of the Hollis Historical Society
Whipple House Museum Ashland Grafton Lakes Region Local history website, operated by the Ashland Historical Society
Wigwam Museum Amherst Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website, operated by the Historical Society of Amherst, NH
Wilder Holton House Museum Lancaster Coos Great North Woods Local history information
Windham Museum Windham Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history website
Works Barn Museum & Allard House Freedom Carroll Lakes Region History website, operated by the Freedom Historical Society
Woodman Institute Museum Dover Strafford Seacoast Multiple Rocks & minerals, Indian artifacts, mammals & marine life, birds & butterflies, shells, snakes & turtles, dolls, military items, maps & documents, maritime, household and local history artifacts
Wright Museum Wolfeboro Carroll Lakes Region Military website, dedicated to celebrating Americans' sacrifices and achievements during WWII
Wyman Tavern Museum Keene Cheshire Monadnock Historic house website, operated by the Historical Society of Cheshire County
Zimmerman House Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, operated by the Currier Museum of Art

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Counties of New Hampshire

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