2013

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August
September | October | November | December

JANUARY

Tuesday, January 29th
7:00 pm
Growing Roses in New England, co-sponsored by The Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum

Jamie Colen, the Garden Director at Fuller Gardens in North Hampton NH, discusses the important criteria to consider in selecting roses, soil and nutrient requirements, cultivation, pruning, winter acclimation and protection. Fuller Gardens is a turn of the century estate garden that was once the ornament to the summer estate of Alvan T. Fuller, former Governor of Massachusetts. The grounds have more than 2000 rose bushes with hundreds of varieties of roses; formal English perennials borders; a Japanese Garden; annual displays and a tropical and desert conservatory. Jamie joined Fuller Gardens in 1989 while studying at the University of New Hampshire for an entomology degree. In 1994 he left the Gardens to complete course work for an advanced degree in Environmental Conservation at North Carolina State University, Raleigh (NSU). While there he held a research position and ran the field laboratory with the U.S. Federal Fish and Wildlife Department. He returned to the Fuller Gardens in 1996 and in 1999 was named Garden Director.

The program takes place at 7 pm at Stoodley’s Tavern at Strawbery Banke Museum (17 Hancock Street, opposite the Museum parking lot.) Pre-registration is required. Registration is $8 ($5 for Strawbery Banke Museum members). To register, contact Rie Sluder at 603-642-7034 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This is the first program in the 2013 horticultural lecture series co-sponsored by the Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and with Strawbery Banke Museum.

FEBRUARY

Friday, February 1st
Registration Opens for Strawbery Banke Museum Summer Camps!

To register: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call 603-422-7541

Thursday, February 21st
12 noon
Lunch & Learn with Molly Bolster, Executive Director, The Gundalow Company
Free and open to the public. Bring a lunch. Beverages provided.
Learn how the new vessel "Piscataqua" -- built at Strawbery Banke and launched in December 2011 has helped expand The Gundalow Company's mission to bring adults and children closer to their riverine environment and heritage. In the Museum Visitor Center.

Monday, February 25th - Friday, March 1st
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wintertimes Past Camp

Don't spend your winter vacation cooped up inside! Join us at Strawbery Banke for old-fashioned wintertime fun. Find out how children entertained themselves during the cold winter months as you play historic games, dress up for theatricals, and pop corn on a cookstove. But that's not all! Can you dip a candle? Make a meal on an open hearth? Weave on a loom? At the end of this camp, you will have these skills and many more.  Cost: $200 members/$250 non-members
Limited to 14 participants. (Must have a minimum of 8 children to run the program)

Recommended for grades 2-5. Aftercare is available 3-5 pm for an additional fee. To register: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call 603-422-7541

MARCH

Sunday, March 17th
10:00 am - Noon.
Stoodley's Tavern, 17 Hancock Street.
The Science, Art and Lore of Pickling and Preservation with Dr. Judith Sumner
$25/20 for members. Space is limited.  RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to reserve a place.
 
Food preservation can be a challenge, and before refrigeration, pickling (acidic preservation) was an essential strategy for safe food storage.Dr. Sumner, professor botany and author of "American Household Botany" and "A Natural History of Medicinal Plants" specializes in ethnobotancy, foodways and historic cookery. She will examine the history of pickling with “receipts” gathered from early New England cookbooks, including the use of cider vinegar and the combination of various pickling herbs and spices. In this illustrated talk and demonstration, participants will investigate the anti-microbial properties of herbs and spices, as well as the wide range of foods that can be pickled. Lastly, we will examine modern pickling recipes and methods (and the science behind them), ranging from fresh pack dill pickles in crocks to bread and butter pickles processed in a hot water bath and enjoy a tasting of pickle recipes and analysis of recipes from various historic sources.

Tuesday, March 26th
7:00 pm
Cooking with Tea, co-sponsored by The Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum. Learn how to cook with the newest ‘secret’ ingredient—tea.Discover how cooking with tea can enhance the flavor of your foods while benefiting your health through the addition of the essential nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants naturally found in tea.  Join us as Danielle Beaudette, Certified Tea Specialist, demonstrates how to prepare a delicious tea-infused menu from salad to dessert. You will also be able to sample the different teas used in each recipe. Participants will receive copies of the recipes as well as information on the different teas.

Danielle Beaudette, owner of the Cozy Tea Cart located in Brookline, NH, is certified in all levels as a Tea Specialist through the Specialty Tea Institute, NY and has completed over 50 tea seminars at the World Tea Expo. She has researched and learned first-hand about the production of tea through her Asian tea travels and relationships with Chinese, Indian, Sri Lankan, Japanese, and Taiwanese tea growers throughout the world. Danielle sources only the finest, high quality, freshly imported teas, earning The Cozy Tea Cart the title of “Best of NH” from New Hampshire Magazine.

This program takes place at 7 pm at Stoodley’s Tavern at Strawbery Banke Museum (17 Hancock Street, opposite the Museum parking lot.) Pre-registration is required by March 18. Registration is $8 ($5 for Strawbery Banke Museum members). To register, contact Rie Sluder at 603-642-7034 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This is the second program in the 2013 horticultural lecture series co-sponsored by the Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum.

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APRIL

Wednesday, April 17th
10:00 am - noon
NH Archeaology Month Workshop: Drawing Historic Artifacts with Kent Miller
Learn how to draw, scale and shade images of ceramic sherds and reconstructed vessels. Artistic ability not required. In the Carter Collections Center at Strawbery Banke, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth NH. Free, but space is limited. Reservations requred: contact Alix Martin, Strawbery Banke Archaeologist, 603-422.7521 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, April 20th
8:30am-12:30pm followed by a Slow Food Potluck lunch at 12:30
Earth Day Volunteer Garden Clean Up Day at Strawbery Banke Museum
Join our inspired community of garden volunteers and help bring new life to the Historic Gardens at Strawbery Banke. Volunteers gather out on “Puddle Dock” at  8:30am for refreshments and work  assignments. Garden work begins at 9:00.   Come in all weather work clothes, and bring along your favorite gardening tools, gloves and a potluck dish. A pot luck lunch and Slow Food Seacoast heirloom seed giveaway will follow at 12:30.
Contact Jonathan Brown at 433-1110 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register.
To learn more about our gardens and historic landscape programs, click here.  

Monday, April 29th
7:00 pm
Dr. Kathleen Wheeler, Director, Independent Archaeological Consulting, presents, “Archaeology in Downtown Portsmouth: Discovering the Joshua Wentworth Privy”
Using a combination of mechanical and hand excavation, Independent Archaeological Consulting (IAC) discovered four privies while investigating Lot 2 of the Portwalk in downtown Portsmouth in 2010. Archaeologists recovered thousands of artifacts, including a dozen glass bottles from one privy attached to the property of Joshua Wentworth, wealthy merchant and patriot. One bottle bears a glass blob seal marked, JOSa WENTWORTH 1773. This informative talk begs the question, "Whose hands touched this bottle?" Free and open to the public.

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MAY

Wednesday, May 1st
10am - 5pm
Strawbery Banke Museum
Opening Day for 2013 Season!
Come visit the museum and experience four centuries of American life in New Hampshire's oldest waterfront neighborhood.

Special additions for the 2013 season:

Tapping Portsmouth: How the Brewing Industry Shaped the City:  Recognized constantly for its range of drinking and dining options, with as many restaurant seats as residents, Portsmouth is decidedly a public house-loving city. The featured 2013 exhibit, will explore that history, literally from the ground and the hops growing at Alrich House, up. From the start, brewing was a fixture in Portsmouth’s history from the time when beer and cider were the healthier alternative to water. The 2013 exhibit will follow the footsteps of the first settlers who stopped at the “Sign of ye Dolphin” in nearby New Castle, and John Stavers who served a fine local brew to his Revolutionary-era guests at Strawbery Banke’s William Pitt Tavern.  As the Industrial Revolution, and with it the railroad, marched across New England, local breweries competed for sales to the many restaurants and homes of Portsmouth and beyond. Frank Jones’ well-documented success served his company through 1950, while other brewers made way for new trends. Today, with major breweries and brewpubs helping to put Portsmouth on the NH Tourism “Beer Tour” map, the city remains a constant among both avant-garde and home brewmasters. Both continue to experiment with flavors while supply shops and even the Museum gardens provide the ingredients and tools.

First Nations Diplomacy Opens the Portsmouth Door: Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth Between the Colonial English and Native Americans.
In 2013, Portsmouth commemorates the 300th anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth between the English and the Native Americans of the Maine and New Hampshire coast. Two special exhibits, at the Portsmouth Historical Society’s John Paul Jones House Museum and at Strawbery Banke Museum feature historical artifacts from the era and replicas of the original Treaty from the Library of Congress and the British Archives, signed by New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Native American dignitaries. In conjunction with the exhibits, Strawbery Banke is hosting a 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth Speaker Series thanks to a grant from the Roger R. and Theresa A. Thompson Endowment Fund.

Friday, May 3rd
5:00-7:00 pm
Tapping Portsmouth Brewers Tasting
Open to the public. Tickets $40 ($35 for members. Must be 21 or over to attend.) To purchase tickets, click here.
Four Seacoast breweries -- The Portsmouth Brewery, Smuttynose Brewing Company, The RedHook Brewery, Earth Eagle Brewings are collaborating on the creation of three historical beers that will debut at a tasting event on May 3, from 5pm-7pm, on the museum grounds. The tasting features pours from traditional cask-conditioned firkins in the tap room in Pitt Tavern, marking the first beer being served in the historic space in hundreds of years. A more contemporary draft version of each beer will also be available for tasting during the event.

Chefs Evan Mallett of the Black Trumpet, Susan Tuveson of the Acorn Kitchen and Brent Hazelbaker and Taylor Miller of The Green Monkey will create “small plate” offerings to complement the beers, using local ingredients and spring harvested herbs, lettuces and vegetables from the Museum gardens, under the direction of John Forti, Curator of Historic Landscapes and Slow Food Seacoast advocate. There will be informational booths and access to the “Tapping Portsmouth” exhibit throughout the event.

Saturday, May 4th
11:00 am
The Rockinghams Vintage Baseball Team Recruitment
The Rockinghams, who play vintage baseball in the Essex League, visit Strawbery Banke with period uniforms and equipment to talk about the game and recruit interested players. Sponsored by Sam Adams.

Saturday, May 11th
Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure
Begins and ends at Puddle Dock.
Since its inception in 1982, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader of the breast cancer movement and the creator of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Series of 5k run/walk events, has raised and invested more than $1.9 billion in the worldwide fight to eliminate breast cancer. This event is the 2nd Annual New Hampshire Race for the Cure. Of all monies raised through all means, a minimum of 25% helps to support research with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Grants Program and as much as 75% is devoted to education, screening and treatment programs throughout our two states. Since the first Race in 1993, the effort has raised more than $7.5 million. Of that, more than $1.8 million supported the Komen Grants Program and more than $5.7 million directly benefited breast cancer education, screening and treatment in VT/NH. For more information on sponsorship, participation and volunteering for the event, click here or email info@komenvtnh.org

Tuesday, May 28th
7:00 pm
Edible Wild Plants of New England, co-sponsored by The Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum
New England is home to over 150 species of edible wild plants, some of which are more nutritious and/or flavorful than their cultivated counterparts. Russ Cohen, expert forager and author of Wild Plants I Have Known...and Eaten, will present a 60-minute slide show entitled "Edible Wild Plants of New England". He will cover over 50 of the tastiest species the region has to offer. These range from plants everyone knows well, like Daisies and Dandelions, to plants they may never have even heard of, like Calamus and Carrion Flower. Russ will present information for each species including identification tips, edible portion, season of availability and preparation methods, along with general guidelines for safe and environmentally-responsible foraging. He will also bring along handouts and a foraged goodie for people to taste. Russ Cohen has a Master’s in Natural Resources and a law degree from Ohio State University. He has received many awards including the 2003 Environmental Merit Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists. He is author of Wild Plants I Have known and …Eaten.

This program takes place at Stoodley’s Tavern at Strawbery Banke Museum (17 Hancock Street, opposite the Museum parking lot.) Pre-registration is required. Registration is $8 ($5 for Strawbery Banke Museum members). To register, contact Rie Sluder at 603-642-7034 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This is the third program in the 2013 horticultural lecture series co-sponsored by the Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum.

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JUNE

Saturday & Sunday, June 8 & 9
9:00 am - 5:00 pm [Note early opening time.]
5th NH Regiment Civil War Encampment on Puddle Dock
Program included in regular admission.

Saturday, June 15th thorugh Sunday, June 23rd
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
New Hampshire Week
Free admission to the Museum for New Hampshire residents (ID required.)
Celebrate New Hampshire history by remembering 400 years of American history in this Portsmouth waterfront neighborhood. Friday, June 21 is New Hampshire's 225th Birthday.

Wednesday, June 26th
General Admission 6:30 - 10:00 pm
VIP Admission 5:30 - 10:00 pm
Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation
For information and tickets, click here.

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JULY

Thursday, July 4th
10:00 am–5:00 pm
An American Celebration!
Buy Tickets Online: $17.50 adults; members according to Membership Level; children 17 and under and active military families, FREE
A real old-fashioned fabulous 4th of July! Complete with children’s bike and wagon parade (2:30pm, decorate 10:00am-2:00pm), visit by Abraham Lincoln, traditional games and crafts, historic garden tours, live music by Bedford Big Band, living history, hands-on activities, food and fun for all.

Sunday, July 14th
2:00 - 4:00 pm
300th Anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth
in conjunction with the Portsmouth Historical Society exhibit at the john Paul Jones House Museum. On the exact 300th anniversary of the signing, Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College Native American Studies, keynotes the commemoration program at Strawbery Banke with his talk and book-signing based on "Pen and Ink Witchcraft: Treaties and Treaty Making in Colonial America" (2013). Free and open to the public.

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AUGUST

Friday, August 16th
5:00pm-8:00pm
Twilight Tours
Portsmouth Historic House Associates opens seven historic houses in Portsmouth. See them in a new light!  Houses on the tour include Chase and Pitt Tavern at Strawbery Banke. Richard Spicer presents a harpsichord concert in Pitt. Also open: the Gov. John Langdon House, Rundlet-May House, John Paul Jones House, Warner House, Moffatt-Ladd House, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion and Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses. Event runs 5-8pm. Advance tickets: $18 adults, $8 children. Day-of tickets: $20 adults, $10 children.

Sunday, August 18th
2:00 pm
Jere Daniell, "Colonial New Hampshire"
One of a series of programs in conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth between the Colonial English and the Native Americans of coastal NH-Maine. Presented thanks to a grant from the Thompson Endowment Fund.

Tuesday, August 27th
7:00 pm
Cooking and Crafting with Herbs, co-sponsored by The Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum
Now that you grow herbs what do you do with them? Join members of the Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit as they demonstrate the many uses and delights of herbs. Learn how herbal blends such as gremalota or Bonne Herbes add a fresh new dimension to salads, pasta and meats. Discover how easy it is to make herbal vinegars to use in marinades or vinaigrettes.   Find out how to make and freeze herb butters so that you will always have some on hand to finish off a sauce or top a pan seared fish fillet or steak. Discover many other uses of herbs from hair rinses to potpourris to making your own lemon grass dust cloths. Members will also discuss growing tips and how to preserve herbs.

This program takes place at 7 pm at Stoodley’s Tavern at Strawbery Banke Museum (17 Hancock Street, opposite the Museum parking lot.) Pre-registration is required. Registration is $8 ($5 for Strawbery Banke Museum members). To register, contact Rie Sluder at 603-642-7034 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This is the fourth program in the 2013 lecture series on herbal and gardening topics co-sponsored by the Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum.

SEPTEMBER

Saturday, September 7th
VIP Reserve Tasting, 4-5:30 pm (only) 
Grand Tasting & Wine Sale, 4:30-7:30 pm
Vintage & Vine
Fine Food & Wine Festival in Historic Style
This gourmet tour of fine wine and gourmet selections prepared by 30+ of the Seacoast's best chefs and restaurants benefits Strawbery Banke Museum. The event takes place in the museum's gardens and historic houses with five Star Chefs grilling their specialties, live music, silent auction and a festive bonfire. The VIP Reserve tasting (4-5:30, special ticket required) offers rare vintages. Discounted wine sales on site. Guests must be 21. Suggest comfortable shoes. Designated Driver and member discount tickets available for the 2 levels. Must be 21 or older to attend.

Friday, September 13th
5:00-7:00 pm
Tapping Portsmouth Brewers Dinner
Four Seacoast breweries -- The Portsmouth Brewery, Smuttynose Brewing Company, The RedHook Brewery, Earth Eagle Brewings are collaborating on the creation of three historical beers that will debut at a tasting event on May 3, from 5pm-7pm, on the museum grounds. The dinner features pours from traditional cask-conditioned firkins in the tap room in Pitt Tavern, paired with chefs' selections. A more contemporary draft version of each beer will also be available for tasting during the event Must be 21 or older to attend.

Saturday, September 14th
The VIP portion of the event starts at 4:00 pm. General Admission starts at 5:00 pm and entire event ends at 7:30 pm
Passport - A Craft Beer & Culinary World Tour in Collaboration with NHPTV
An evening of delicious tastings at New Hampshire's premiere craft beer and food pairing event at the Seacoast’s beautiful and historic Strawbery Banke Museum! Sample a wide array of regional craft beers  paired with local culinary creations with an international flair. Your Passport world tour includes learning about leading ale and lager styles and meeting the brewers. Strawbery Banke Museum's cooper will demonstrate the traditional craft of barrel making. Must be 21 or older to attend. 

Saturday & Sunday, September 21st & 22nd
11AM–3PM
2013 Tour of Fairy Houses in Portsmouth
Sponsored by the Friends of the South End, The Portsmouth Fairy House Tour is the world’s largest. Now in its 9^th year, and featuring more than 100 handcrafted fairy houses made by local artists, florists, garden clubs, businesses, families and school children. Proceeds donated to the nonprofit organizations, schools and civic groups that participate in the Tour. Tracy Kane, the Fairy Houses Series® author and illustrator will be on hand both days of the Tour to greet ticket holders and sign autographs. In addition, visitors can expect to see performances by the Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre and the NH Theatre Project. The tour includes Strawbery Banke, Prescott Park and the Wentworth Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses. Free parking is available on Peirce Island. For complete information about this event, please click here.

Tuesday, September 24th
7:00 pm
The Herbalist’s Garden, co-sponsored by The Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum
By exploring our roots of herbalism, we will come to understand traditional artisanal herbal crafts and worldview, which dusts off the old adage that “the cook is half a physician.” Join us as our own John Forti presents an illustrated talk which brings to life living histories through heirloom herbs. Historic garden design and the new perspectives gained on growing and using herbs will inspire gardeners, cooks and herbalists of the 21st century to cultivate herbs to promote wellness, and to add beauty to the landscape.
John Forti is a nationally recognized lecturer, garden historian, ethnobotanist and garden writer. He is Curator of Historic Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum where he has created numerous award-winning gardens and educational programs. He previously served as the Director of Horticulture at Plimoth Planation Museum. John founded Slow Food Seacoast and serves on the bio-diversity committee for Slow Food USA. He was recently nominated for the second time to be part of a national delegation representing Slow Food USA among 150 nations at the Terra Madre or “Farmers United Nations” in Italy. He is also vice-chair of the board for the Herb Society of America’s New England Unit.

This program takes place at Stoodley’s Tavern at Strawbery Banke Museum (17 Hancock Street, opposite the Museum parking lot.) Pre-registration is required. Registration is $8 ($5 for Strawbery Banke Museum members). To register, contact Rie Sluder at 603-642-7034 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This is the fifth and final program in the 2013 horticultural lecture series by co-sponsored the Herb Society of America’s NorthEast Seacoast Unit and Strawbery Banke Museum.

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OCTOBER

Sunday, October 6th
2:00 pm
Lisa Brooks, Amherst College Native American Studies Program, "The Common Pot"
One of a series of programs in conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth between the Colonial English and the Native Americans of coastal NH-Maine. Presented thanks to a grant from the Thompson Endowment Fund.

Saturday, October 12th
10:00 am–5:00 pm
New Hampshire Fall Festival - Named Best of NH Editor's Pick for Best New Festival - & Prescott Park Chili Cook-Off
Celebrate harvest time with Strawbery Banke’s fourth annual New Hampshire Fall Festival. 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, canning and food preservation talks, fiber arts, demonstrations and exhibits on historic crafts and industries, coopering, harvest-themed crafts in the Family Discovery Center, garden tours and demonstrations. Two Incredible Festivals in One - the Prescott Park Chili Cook-Off will again be held in conjunction with Strawbery Banke Museum's New Hampshire Fall Festival. The Chili Cook-Off presents more than a dozen restaurants from the Seacoast and beyond who serve up their best chili in decorated booths for attendees to sample. Fall Festival 10-5. Chili Cook-off 11:30 until chili is gone. One ticket for both events: $15 adults; $6 children 5-12. Members of both organizations and children under 5, free.

Sunday, October 20th
4:00 pm
Emerson "Tad" Baker,
One of a series of programs in conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth between the Colonial English and the Native Americans of coastal NH-Maine. Presented thanks to a grant from the Thompson Endowment Fund.

Friday and Saturday, October 25th & 26th
6:00-8:00 pm
Ghosts on the Banke
$6 per person. Children 1 year or younger, free.  Members, according to their Membership Levels. 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 Laneways
• Wandering Werewolves & Ghostly Graveyards
• Beware the Haunted Hemlock Grove
• For a treat you'll be afraid to eat - Visit the Old Witch's House!
• Snuggle up for a spooky Outdoor Halloween Movie
• Warm Your weary Bones by the All Hallows Eve Bonfire

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NOVEMBER

Sunday, November 3rd
2:00 pm
John Bear Mitchell, University of Maine at Orono, Native American Studies Program
One of a series of programs in conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth between the Colonial English and the Native Americans of coastal NH-Maine. Presented thanks to a grant from the Thompson Endowment Fund.

Saturdays & Sundays, November 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 30 and Friday, Nov 29
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Guided tours of four historic houses at Strawbery Banke Museum. Tours offered on the hour, with last tour starting at 2 pm.. Houses include: Goodwin Mansion, Aldrich House, Shapiro House and Abbott Store. Admission: Adults $12, children 5-17 $7, children under 5 free.

Saturday & Sunday, November 2 & 3, NH Open Doors at the Museum Store
Join the celebration of locally made and inspired regional crafts including redware, tinware and signature Strawbery Banke items. The Museum Store is open DAILY through December 23. 10-4. Store does not require an admission ticket. Phone: 603-433-1114

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 DECEMBER

Saturday and Sunday, December 7-8, 14-15, 21-22
Saturdays from 5:00pm-9:00pm & Sundays from 4:00pm-8:00pm
34rd Annual Candlelight Stroll
Stroll through life in a simpler time as the history of American holiday traditions unfolds around you. Bring the whole family for a wholesome stroll through the sights, sounds, & smells of New England's favorite holiday season.Tickets are $20 for adults. Kids 5-17: $10. Kids 4 & under: FREE. Family rate (2 adults and your children ages 17 and under): $50. Corporate and group rates available. For more information, please click here.

December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
10:00 am-2:00 pm
Guided Holiday House Tours
Guided tours of five decorated historic houses at Strawbery Banke Museum. Tours offered on the hour. Adults $15, children 5-17 $10, children under 5 free.

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