Museums
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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...
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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...
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The Center for Wildlife is a private, non-profit organization with a mission to build a sustainable future for wildlife in the community through medical treatment, rehabilitation, educational outreach, research, and conservation activities.
The clinic treats an average of 1,600 injured and orphaned wild animals annually, and the education team presents programming to 7,500 participants annually.
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Experience a traditional New England country fair complete with demonstrations from craftspeople, heritage breed and farm animal exhibits, farm animal and livestock demonstrations, special autumn activities in the Children’s Garden, presentations on heirloom seeds and food prese...
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Plum Island is an 11-mile long barrier Island off the shore of Newburyport and Newbury. Once largely a summer getaway, Plum Island is increasingly a year-round community.
The island is home to many residences, a national wildlife refuge, restaurants, an inn on the beach, the Plum Island Lighthouse, and miles of sandy beaches.
For more on Plum Island's recreation opportunities, including walking, kayaking, beaches, fishing, and more, c...
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Visitors get to climb to the lantern room to enjoy the magnificent view and to see the fourth-order Fresnel lens up close. ...
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Strawbery Banke Museum has added a winter ice skating facility to its historic landscape, named “Puddle Dock Pond” for historic significance and its pond-like look and feel.
The Puddle Dock Pond aims to provide ice skating in a festive atmosphere and bring a joyous, community experience to the city of Portsmouth during the winter. The rink will be a seasonal venue that is erected from December through February. The goal is to bring fa...
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