Arts & Culture
Ages: 3 - 8
Lindsay’s highly interactive, comedic performances delight the young and the young at heart! Her jumbo-sized, hand crafted puppets charm even the most timid audience members and provide lovable characters for thoughtful and memorable short tales. Kids are known to chatter about their favorite crazy puppets for weeks after a show!
Thousands of children and families across NH, MA, and ME have enjoyed Lindsay’s professional, high-quality...
more»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...
more»Ages: 0 - 14+
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: 3 - 14+
- The On-Site Family Martial Arts Center offers a variety of classes, including:
- Isshin Ryu Karate
- Lil' Dragons
- Hapkido
- Kuhapdo
- Tang Soo Do Karate
- Capoeira
- Taekwando
- Yoga
For info on special introductory offers, click here.
Ages: 3 - 14+
Ages: 0 - 14+
The YMCA of the Seacoast is a great spot for family recreation, offering a variety of camps (both summer camps and school vacation camps), open swim opportunities and swim lessons, kids' yoga, classes, and more. Click here for current info.
Free child care is available during certain hours while mom and dad work out, too, and there are parents' nights out for (potty-trained) kids ages 3 and up.
Hours: Click here for current hours.
more»Ages: 0 - 14+
July 17-19, 2015
The St. Nicholas Greek Festival is fun for all ages, featuring a wide variety of delicious Greek delicacies, music, a pastry shop and Greek market, dance performances, and more.
For the full festival schedule, click here.
Facebook page: Portsmouth Greek Festival
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