Now closed for the 2023-2024 season!

Enjoy seasonal outdoor ice skating

Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond at Strawbery Banke Museum brings people together to enjoy traditional New England outdoor ice skating. The Museum aims to provide safe skating for everyone. Click here to learn more about accessibility efforts.

The rink offers daily public skating, adaptive ice time, private rink rentals, skating lessons, and pick-up pond hockey on a professionally maintained ice surface supported by a chilling system and Zamboni.

Ice skate rentals, training aids, and skate sharpening services are also available.

Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond is an outdoor skating rink and ice conditions change frequently. Like and follow the Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond Facebook Page for the most up-to-date schedule, closings, and changes, and/or call the rink at 603.422.0600 during the skating season.

Ticketing Information & Policies

  • Ticket sales begin each week on Sundays at 5 PM when the weekly ice schedule is published. Tickets are available for purchase online or in person at the admissions desk in the Lawrence J. Yerdon Visitors Center, 14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth on a first-come, first-served weekly basis. At this time, phone call reservations are not accepted.

    If you are having trouble purchasing tickets online click here to read the FAQ online ticketing document.

  • Skate rentals do not need to be purchased ahead of time. Rentals are available for purchase at the admission desk upon arrival for the skating session.

  • If a skating session is canceled by the Museum due to weather or unforeseen circumstances, skating tickets are automatically refunded for the affected sessions. Ticket holders will be notified via email should a session be cancelled along with cancellation notices posted to the Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond Facebook Page.

    If there has been an error with a ticket order, please contact Strawbery Banke within 24 hours of the ticket purchase. The Museum will work with the ticket purchaser within the 24-hour window, as availability allows, to make the adjustments requested. For ticket order errors contact Kayley Vavra, Rink Manager, at 603.422.0600 or Kayley@rinkservicesgroup.com.

    Due to the limited capacity of this event, there can be no refunds. Additionally, Strawbery Banke is unable to accommodate requests for purchased tickets to be transferred to a different date outside of the 24-hour window.

  • Skate passes from ten-ticket passbooks cannot be redeemed online. To reserve space in a public skating session, passes must be redeemed in person at the admissions desk after ticket sales for the upcoming week beginning each Sunday at 5 PM. Skating passes do not guarantee admission to the rink and must be redeemed for a timed skating session ticket.

  • Strawbery Banke members receive 50% off admission tickets. The number of discounted skating tickets is based on membership level. For questions, contact the Membership Office at membership@sbmuseum.org or 603.770.0257.

  • Library passes entitle the bearer and their immediate family to 50% off admission tickets to Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond for the date(s) that the pass has been checked out from the library. Passes will be honored in person at the admission desk. Library pass holders are not able to purchase tickets online.

  • U.S. active-duty military and immediate family members receive a 50% discount on up to 6 public skating admission tickets. Those who qualify for discounted admission should contact Kayley Vavra, Rink Manager, at 603.422.0600 or Kayley@rinkservicesgroup.com to obtain a discount code for online ticketing. Please be prepared to present a valid ID at the admissions desk upon arrival.

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