Museums in New Hampshire

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Chapters: Art museums in New Hampshire, Biographical museums in New Hampshire, Historic house museums in New Hampshire, History museums in New Hampshire, Living museums in New Hampshire, Military and war museums in New Hampshire, Natural history museums in New Hampshire, Open air museums in New Hampshire, Science museums in New Hampshire, Sports museums in New Hampshire, Transportation museums in New Hampshire, University museums in New Hampshire, List of museums in New Hampshire, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, Robert Frost Farm (Derry, New Hampshire), The Fells, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, New Hampshire Historical Society, Portsmouth Athenæum, Fort at Number 4, Enfield Shaker Museum, The Frost Place, Strawbery Banke, Ladd-Gilman House, America's Credit Union Museum, Woodman Institute Museum, Castle in the Clouds, Franklin Pierce Homestead, Governor John Langdon House, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Richard Jackson House, John Paul Jones House, American Independence Museum, Gilman Garrison House, Hood Museum of Art, Wentworth-Gardner House, Weeks Estate, Square Schoolhouse, Moffatt-Ladd House, Raymond Boston and Maine Railroad Depot, Barrett House (New Ipswich, New Hampshire), Potter Place Railroad Station, MacPheadris-Warner House, Rundlet-May House, Bear Brook State Park, Zimmerman House (Manchester, New Hampshire), McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Pierce Manse, New Hampshire Farm Museum, New England Ski Museum. Excerpt: 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. To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. Counties of New Hampshire Canterbury Shaker Village, is a historic site and museum in Canterbury, New Hampshire. It was one of a number of Shaker communities founded in the 19th century. It is one of the most intact and authentic surviving Shaker community sites, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993. The site is operated by a non-profit organization established in 1969 to preserve the heritage of the Canterbury Shakers. Canterbury Shaker Village is an internationally-known, non-profit museum and historic site with 25 original Shaker buildings, four reconstructed Shaker buildings and 694 acres (2.81 km) of forests, fields, gardens and mill ponds under permanent conservation easement. Canterbury Shaker Village "is dedicated to preserving the 200-year legacy of the Canterbury Shakers and to providing a place for learning, reflection and renewal of the human spirit." Visitors learn about the life, ideals, values and legacy of the Canterbury Shakers through tours, programs, exhibits, research and publications. Village staff, largely volunteer, conduct tours and its restaurant serves traditional Shaker lunches and dinners spring, summer and fall. The Canterbury site was one of two communities existing in what was known as the New Hampshire Bishopric. The New Hampshire bishopric contained Canterbury village...