Visit Strawbery Banke
Tickets & Tours
Explore the Museum, join a guided tour, enjoy outdoor skating, or celebrate the season with us. Choose an experience below to get started.
Celebrate the Season
Upcoming Events
Experience the magic of the holiday season at Strawbery Banke Museum.
Featured Holiday Event
Candlelight Stroll
December 4–6, 11–13 & 18–20, 2026
Experience the magic of holidays past as the historic Puddle Dock neighborhood comes alive with seasonal traditions, festive decorations, music, and the return of horse-drawn carriage rides.
Arrival Windows
Friday: 5:30 PM and 6 PM
Saturday: 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM
Sunday: 2 PM and 3 PM
Seasonal Fundraisers
Sponsor a Tree
Decorate an evergreen in the Grove of Sponsored Trees for Candlelight Stroll.
Fewer than 15 trees remain
Businesses: $275
Individuals & Nonprofits: $175
Holiday Wreath Fundraiser
A handcrafted 24-inch evergreen wreath with mixed greens, pinecones, and winterberry. Proceeds support the Museum.
Fewer than 25 wreaths remain
Members: $55 · Nonmembers: $60
Winter at Strawbery Banke
Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond
Enjoy outdoor ice skating in the heart of Portsmouth’s historic Puddle Dock neighborhood. Plan a public skating visit or build your skills through skating lessons.
Plan Your Ice Time
Public Skating
Make time for a favorite winter tradition with family and friends. View the weekly ice schedule for public skating sessions and availability.
During the skating season, tickets for the upcoming week go on sale Sundays at 5 PM.
View Ice ScheduleBuild Your Skills
Learn to Skate
Develop your skating skills and gain confidence on the ice with lessons at Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond.
View available lesson sessions and register online.
Register for Learn to SkateNovember Guided Tours
Harvest Celebrations
Discover how Thanksgiving traditions have changed over three centuries at Strawbery Banke Museum.
Seasonal Guided Tour
Harvest Celebrations
Travel through three centuries of Thanksgiving traditions on a guided tour of four historic houses.
Dates: November 7–8, 14–15, 21–22, 25 & 27–29, 2026
Tour Times: Select times between 10 AM and 2 PM
Length: 90 minutes
Tickets: Members $20 · Nonmembers $25
Guided tours have limited capacity and may sell out. Advance reservations are recommended.
Keep Exploring
Programs & Workshops
Hands-on learning for children, families, groups, and adults.
Homeschool Families
Homeschool Programs
Explore history through workshops, guided experiences, crafts, primary sources, and hands-on activities.
Programs offered throughout the school year.
Historical Book Club
Girls Through Time
Explore the lives of girls in different periods of American history through books, discussion, crafts, and games.
For students in grades 1–5.
Adult Learning
Traditional Craft Workshops
Learn traditional skills in hands-on workshops, from basket weaving and spinning to textiles and other historic crafts.
Browse individual workshops for dates, prices, and registration.
Evening Program
Revolutionary Portsmouth Lectures
Hear historians explore the people, events, and experiences that shaped Revolutionary-era Portsmouth.
Next lecture: Thursday, November 12 · 5:30–6:30 PM