Museums
Ages: 0 and up
Ages: 0 - 10
October 24-25, 2014
Come and meet the Ghosts on the Banke at Strawbery Banke’s famous Halloween celebration. Long-dead sea captains, 17th century shopkeepers and wayward pirates haunt the streets of Portsmouth’s oldest neighborhood as you trick or treat safely from house to historic house.
- Trick or Treat safely at the museum's historic houses
- Jack-o-lantern-lit lanes
- Wandering werewolves & ghostly graveyards
- For a treat you'll be afraid...
Ages: 0 - 10
The Children's Museum of New Hampshire is a wonderful place for families, with rotating hands-on exhibits throughout and a dedicated room for little ones age 3 and under. Founded in 1983 in Portsmouth, the museum moved to its current Dover location in 2008.
The entire facility is wheelchair-accessible, and service animals are always welcome. Additionally, noise-cancelling headphones are available to borrow at the front desk.
The Museu...
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Located in the Arts District of downtown Portland, the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine features a wide variety of interactive exhibits and activities for children and families. Exhibits include:
- An indoor playscape, opened in 2014, for toddlers and preschoolers
- A camera obscura and light wall
- The toddler park, reserved for kids under age 3
- Child inventor exhibit
- Fire truck
- Car repair shop
- Lobster boat
- Market
- Bank
- Farm (Oakie Acres)
- Post...
Ages: 0 - 14+
The Great Bay Discovery Center is the education hub of the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
The Discovery Center was recently featured in Parents magazine as the New Hampshire pick for "Fifty states, 50 spectacular attractions that won't cost you a dime any day you visit."
Inside the Discovery Center, visitors are treated to interpretive exhibits about the Great Bay Estuary and the amazing creatures that call it home. Ch...
more»Ages: 0 - 14+
Ages: 0 - 14+
Ages: 0 - 14+
Founded in 1991 and located in historic downtown Exeter, the private, not-for-profit American Independence Museum includes the 18th century Ladd-Gilman House and Folsom Tavern.
Its collection includes one of only 26 surviving copies of the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence, two rare drafts of the U.S. Constitution, and an original Purple Heart, awarded by General George Washington to soldiers for extraordinary brav...
more»Ages: 0 - 14+
Ages: 0 - 14+
The Blue Ocean Discovery Center's mission is to provide a family-friendly attraction at Hampton Beach where visitors can learn about marine life, local and maritime history, and the actions they can take to protect the marine environment.
It is operated by the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, a local non-profit organization whose mission is to protect marine mammals in the Gulf of Maine through education, research, and con...
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