History Of The NHHS Museum

Museums are of all different sizes and show different history within them. The museum I went to is the New Hampshire Historical Society (NHHS) which was founded in 1823, it is located on park street in Concord, NH. Like other museums around the world its mission is to save, preserve, and share history. NHHS is specifically focused on preserving New Hampshire’s history and sharing it. The museum is an independent nonprofit relying on money from visitors, members, and contributions from anyone.
For such a small location they utilize the area very well, on the main floor, they have a library on one end and an auditorium on the other end. Located upstairs they have one main room which holds most of the art. To fully utilize the location, they
There were four pieces of history that really jumped out at me and I liked being able to look at. First was a dugout canoe, it was made from pine and carbon dating tells that it was made sometime between 1430 and 1660. The canoe was found buried in the sand on the shore of Lake Ossipee, although it is not a whole canoe, it is amazing to see how simple they were at one point in time. Second was Katharine W. Pecker’s wedding dress from 1882, she wore it when she married future governor Frank W. Rollins. Behind the dress is also an image of Katharine wearing it, you get to not only look at the dress but see the original owner in it too. The other two things that were interesting to me was a snowmobile from 1972 and a giant eagle statue from 1818 that was in the middle of the wall on the first landing of the stairs to go
Sadly, I did not take a picture of the one there so my family could not tell me if it was still the same one or if it had been changed. In a few months or next year, I want to go back and see if they change the exhibit they have set up in the upstairs room and take a picture of the eagle. Everything in this museum we can take the time to compare to something that we have now and how much it has changed. Some of the history they had showed how it changed over time, like all the different buttons they had on display. Not all pieces of history have known meanings, sometime we can guess what they were used for. New Hampshire Historical Society museum is very focused on sharing New Hampshire’s history, they keep a low admission charge and there are also many ways to get in for free. You can also visit their website to look at their collections and see what the events coming up are. Their collection seen online shows more than what I had seen set up in their small location. The museum was useful in showing the history of New Hampshire and that small museums can still hold a good amount of history in