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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 Operated by the Nashua Historical Society, Federal Revival style house
Academy Hall Museum Lyme Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history
Academy Museum Walpole Cheshire Monadnock Local history Operated by the Walpole Historical Society, features large clothing collection
Aidron Duckworth Art Museum Meriden Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Art website, artworks of Aidron Duckworth
Albany Historical Society Museum Albany Carroll White Mountains Region Local history
Alstead Historical Museum Alstead Cheshire Monadnock Local history Open Sundays in the summer
Always Ready Engine House Hollis Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Fire 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 Facebooksite, 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 Railway Includes a historic railroad station, also operates the Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse
Andres Institute of Art Brookline Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Art 140-acre (57 ha) sculpture park
Ashland Railroad Station Museum Ashland Grafton Lakes Region Railway Operated by the Ashland Historical Society
AVA Gallery Lebanon Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Art website, operated by the Alliance for Visual Art
Aviation Museum of New Hampshire Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Aviation Home of the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society, located in Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, history of aviation in NH, aviation science and technology
Barrett House New Ipswich Hillsborough Monadnock Historic house Federal style American mansion operated by Historic New England
Belknap Mill Laconia Belknap Lakes Region Industry Historic textile mill, industrial knitting museum, art and history center
Bethlehem Heritage Society Museum Bethlehem Grafton White Mountains Region Local history
Boscawen Historical Museum Boscawen Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history Operated by the Boscawen Historical Society
Canaan Historical Society Museum Canaan Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history
Campton Historical Society Museum Campton Grafton White Mountains Region Local history
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 Historic house website, home of the Milford Historical Society
Castle in the Clouds Moultonborough Carroll Lakes Region Historic house 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
Chichester Historical Society Museum Chichester Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history
Children's Museum of New Hampshire Dover Strafford Seacoast Children's website
Claremont Historical Society Museum Claremont Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history
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 Multiple Includes 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
Colebrook Area Historical Society Colebrook Coos Great North Woods Local history Museum located on 2nd floor of Colebrook Town Hall
Contoocook Railroad Depot Contoocook Merrimack Merrimack Valley Railway website Historic site, railroad museum, and visitor center
Currier Museum of Art Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Art European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture
Danbury North Road Schoolhouse Museum Danbury Merrimack Lakes Region Local history 1853 red one-room schoolhouse operated by the Danbury Historical Society
Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site Franklin Belknap Lakes Region Historic house website, managed by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation, late 18th-century log cabin, birthplace of politician Daniel Webster
Derry Museum of History Derry Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history
District #5 School East Washington Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Education Operated by the Washington Historical Society
Dorchester Historical Museum Dorchester Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history
Dublin Schoolhouse Museum Dublin Cheshire Monadnock Local history Operated by the Dublin Historical Society
Durham Historic Museum Durham Strafford Seacoast Local history Operated by the Durham Historic Association
Eastman Lord House Conway Carroll White Mountains Region Historic house Operated by the Conway Historical Society
Elisha Marston House Museum Center Sandwich Carroll Lakes Region Local history Home of the Sandwich Historical Society
Enfield Shaker Museum Enfield Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Religious Shaker buildings and history
Epping Historical Society Museum Epping Rockingham Seacoast Local history
Exeter Historical Society Exeter Rockingham Seacoast Local history website, museum with artifacts of local history
The Fells Newbury Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Historic house Early 20th century summer estate on 83 acres, located adjacent to the John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
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 website
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 Operated by the Fremont Historical Society
The Frost Place Franconia Grafton White Mountains Region Historic house 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
Harold S. Gilman Museum Alton Belknap Lakes Region Local history 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 Museum in the Old Town Hall in Gilmanton Iron Works
Glidden Toy Museum Ashland Grafton Lakes Region Toy Operated by the Ashland Historical Society, more than two thousand antique toys, open in summer on a limited basis
Goffstown Historical Society Museum Goffstown Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website
Gorham Historical Society Museum Gorham Coos White Mountains Region Railway website, historic train depot, railroad cars and artifacts, model railroad
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
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 Railway 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
Henry Wilson Museum Farmington Strafford Lakes Region Local history Operated by the Farmington Historical Society at the Goodwin Library
Historical Society of Cheshire County Museum Keene Cheshire Monadnock Local history website, located in the former Ball Residence, also tours of Wyman Tavern
Holderness Historical Society Museum Holderness Grafton Lakes Region Local history
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
Hopkinton Historical Society Hopkinton Merrimack Merrimack Valley Local history Housed in the William H. Long Memorial Building
Horatio Colony House Keene Cheshire Monadnock Historic house website
Hudson Historical Society Hudson Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history Located in the late 19th-century Hills House
Jackson House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house Operated by Historic New England, 17th-century house
James House Museum Hampton Rockingham Seacoast Historic house Early 18th-century house
Jefferson Historical Society Museum Jefferson Coos White Mountains Region Local history
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 Operated by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation
Kendall Shop Museum and Carriage House Bedford Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history Operated by the Bedford Historical Society
Kimball House Museum Atkinson Rockingham Seacoast Local history Operated by the Atkinson 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, exhibits and programs at the Laconia Public Library
Lake Winnipesaukee Museum Weirs Beach Belknap Lakes Region Local history website, operated by the Lake Winnipesaukee 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 Located at Camp Carpenter, Boy Scout memorabilia and library
Lee Historical Society Museum Lee Strafford Seacoast Local history
Libby Museum Wolfeboro Carroll Lakes Region Natural history Open seasonally
Lisbon Area Historical Museum Lisbon Grafton White Mountains Region Local history
Little Nature Museum Warner Merrimack Merrimack Valley Natural history website
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum Newport Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee School Operated by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Littleton Area Historical Society Littleton Grafton White Mountains Region Local history
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
Main Street House Museum Warner Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee History website, operated by the Warner Historical Society in the Upton/Chandler House
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 White Mountains Region 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 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 Open by appointment with the Newton Historical Society
Mary Baker Eddy Historic House Rumney Grafton Lakes Region Historic house website
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley Air and space science Exhibits on astronomy, engineering, Earth and space sciences, honors the memories of Christa McAuliffe and Alan Shepard
Melville Academy Museum Jaffrey Cheshire Monadnock Local history website, operated by the Jaffrey Historical Society
Merrimack Historical Society Museum Merrimack Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website
Millyard Museum Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history website, operated by the Manchester Historic Association in the historic Amoskeag Millyard, city history, immigrants, textile industry
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 website, operated by the Berlin and Coos Historical Society
Monadnock Center for History and Culture Peterborough Hillsborough Monadnock Local history website, operated by the Peterborough Historical Society, includes a late 18th-century period kitchen, early American furniture and decorative arts, local history and culture
Mont Vernon Historical Society Museum Mont Vernon Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history
Morrison House Museum Londonderry Rockingham Merrimack Valley Historic house website, operated by the Londonderry Historical Society, 18th-century farmhouse
Moultonborough Town House Moultonborough Carroll Lakes Region Local history Operated by the Moultonborough 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
MWV Children's Museum North Conway Carroll White Mountains Region Children's website
Museum of the White Mountains Plymouth Grafton Lakes Region History Operated by Plymouth State University, history, culture, and environmental legacy of the region
Museum of White Mountain Art Jackson Carroll White Mountains Region Multiple website, operated by the Jackson Historical Society, display of White Mountain School of Art paintings as well as changing local history exhibits, permanent exhibit of old maps of the area
Muster Field Farm Museum North Sutton Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Agriculture website, working farm museum with 18th-century homestead
New England Racing Museum Loudon Merrimack Lakes Region Sports - Motor Racing History of motor racing within the New England Region website
New England Ski Museum Franconia Grafton White Mountains Region Sports - Skiing History of commercial and recreational skiing in the northeastern United States, located in Franconia Notch State Park
New Hampshire Boat Museum Wolfeboro Carroll Lakes Region Maritime website
New Hampshire Farm Museum Milton Strafford Lakes Region Agriculture Includes historic farmhouse and tavern, agricultural machinery, farm tools, sleighs and wagons, farm animals
New Hampshire Historical Society Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley History State history and culture
New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum Allenstown Merrimack Merrimack Valley Sports Located in Bear Brook State Park
New Hampshire State House Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley Historic building Guided and self-guided tours available on weekdays
New Hampshire Telephone Museum Warner Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Commodity website, collection of historic telephones
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
Northern Forest Heritage Park Berlin Coos Great North Woods Industry website, includes full-size replica logging camp, logging tools and equipment, Brown Company House Museum, artisans display gallery, 3 acre park
Northwood Historical Society Museum Northwood Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history
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
Old Webster Meeting House Webster Merrimack Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history
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 Open by appointment, implements of farming, early industry and home life
Peabody Farm Museum Shelburne Coos White Mountains Region Local history
Pierce Manse Concord Merrimack Merrimack Valley Historic house Home of President Franklin Pierce
Pittsburg Historical Society Museum Pittsburg Coos Great North Woods Local history Museum located in Town Hall
Plaistow Historical Society Plaistow Rockingham Seacoast Local history website
Plymouth Historical Society Museum Plymouth Grafton Lakes Region Local history Located in a former county courthouse and library
Poore Family Homestead and Historic Farm Museum Colebrook Coos Great North Woods Historic house website, historic farmstead that portrays one family's life from the 1830s to the 1980s
Portsmouth Athenæum Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Library Includes museum gallery with changing exhibitions from its collections
Pottle Meeting House Meredith Belknap Lakes Region Agriculture Operated by the Meredith Historical Society, historic farm tools and agriculture equipment
Quimby Transportation Museum Center Sandwich Carroll Lakes Region Transportation Operated by the Sandwich Historical Society, horse-drawn vehicles
Raymond Historical Society Raymond Rockingham Merrimack Valley Railway Local history and railroad artifacts
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm Tamworth Carroll Lakes Region Agriculture Working farm museum with museum farmhouse of a country doctor
Richard Diehl Civilian Conservation Corps Museum Allenstown Merrimack Merrimack Valley History Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, located in Bear Brook State Park
Rindge Historical Society Museum Rindge Cheshire Monadnock Local history
Robert Frost Farm Derry Rockingham Merrimack Valley Historic house Home of poet Robert Frost
Rochester Museum of Fine Arts Rochester Strafford Seacoast Art Contemporary art in all media
Rumney Historical Society Museum Rumney Grafton Lakes Region Local history
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 Museum 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
Sandown Historical Society & Museum Sandown Rockingham Seacoast Local history Located in a historic depot
Seacoast Science Center Rye Rockingham Seacoast Science center website, marine science nature center
SEE Science Center Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Science center website
Sharon Arts Center Peterborough Hillsborough Monadnock Art website, arts center with fine art gallery
Sheridan House Museum Winchester Cheshire Monadnock Local history Operated by the Winchester Historical Society
Springfield Historical Museum West Springfield Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history 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 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
Summersworth Historical Society Somersworth Strafford Seacoast Local history
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
Tip-Top House Mount Washington State Park Coos White Mountains Region History Former hotel on Mount Washington
Tobias Lear House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house Adjacent to Wentworth-Gardner House, mid 18th-century house
Troy Historical Society Museum Troy Cheshire Monadnock Local history
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 Located in the Dimond Library, 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 Open by appointment, local history
Warner House Portsmouth Rockingham Seacoast Historic house 18th-century brick mansion, reflects six generations of family ownership
Warren Historical Museum Warren Grafton White Mountains Region Local history Operated by the Warren Historical Society
Washington Historical Society Museum Washington Sullivan Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Local history
Webster Cottage Museum Hanover Grafton Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Historic house 18th-century farmhouse 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, adjacent to Tobias Lear House
Westmoreland Historical Society Westmoreland Cheshire Monadnock Local history
Wheeler House Hollis Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Local history Home of the Hollis Historical Society
Whipple House Museum Ashland Grafton Lakes Region Local history 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 Lancaster Coos Great North Woods Historic house Operated by the Lancaster Historical Society
Windham Museum Windham Rockingham Merrimack Valley Local history Open for events and by appointment
Works Barn Museum & Allard House Freedom Carroll Lakes Region History 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 Keene Cheshire Monadnock Historic House Owned by the Cheshire County Historical Society
Zimmerman House Manchester Hillsborough Merrimack Valley Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, operated by the Currier Museum of Art

Defunct museums

  • Children’s Metamorphosis, Derry
  • Christie's Maple Farm and Maple Museum, Lancaster

See also

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Counties of New Hampshire
  • List of nature centers in New Hampshire
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