Plan your visit to Strawbery Banke Museum

Strawbery Banke Museum’s historic houses are open seasonally from April 27 through October 27, 2024, and for special events and programs throughout the year.

Plan your visit to the Puddle Dock neighborhood, where you can travel throughout time and learn more than 350 years of history, from Indigenous history to the present day, in the same waterfront neighborhood. Tour historic houses on their original sites, meet engaging costumed roleplayers, watch traditional crafts demonstrations, and explore heirloom gardens and historical landscapes.

Traveling to Portsmouth in the winter months? Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond allows visitors to enjoy seasonal outdoor ice skating on professionally maintained ice. Additionally, the Museum offers year-round events, programs, and workshops, helping to engage audiences of all ages and bring history to life. Click here to view the Museum’s calendar of events.

Hours of Operation

April 27-June:
Daily: 10 AM-4 PM

July-August:
Daily: 10 AM-5 PM

September-October 27: 
Mondays, Thursdays, & Fridays: 10 AM-4 PM
Tuesdays & Wednesdays: Closed
Saturdays & Sundays: 10 AM-4 PM

Museum Admission

Adult: $24.00
Senior (65+)/Student: $22.00
Child (ages 5 - 17): $12.00
Child (under 5): Free
Family (2 Adults & Children): $60.00
Members: Free — Learn More!

Directions

Directions and parking for
14 Hancock Street,
Portsmouth, NH 03801

Featured Exhibits

  • Water Has a Memory: Preserving Strawbery Banke and Portsmouth from Sea Level Rise

    Strawbery Banke’s historic houses — some of Portsmouth’s most valuable and irreplaceable heritage — are being damaged by the impact of sea level rise. Learn the ways that Strawbery Banke is partnering with the City of Portsmouth and other key organizations to measure, analyze, and adapt to the impacts.

  • The Walsh House Interactive Exhibit

    Visitors are invited to sit at the dining table, lie on the bed, open drawers, and try on costumes to better understand everyday life in 1802 and draw connections between the past and present.

  • People of the Dawnland

    Learn more about past and present Abenaki and Wabanaki cutlure, arts, foodways, storyteling traditions, and more in the interactive People of the Dawnland exhibit. Touch traditional basket weaves, play with a cornhusk doll, step inside a reproduction wigwam, or see what plants are growing in the Abenaki teaching garden.

  • Port of Portsmouth: War, Trade & Travel

    Learn about Portsmouth’s and the Seacoast’s maritime history in the Montrone Family Gallery. focuses on the maritime history of Portsmouth and the Seacoast, showcasing a collection of models and paintings of ships built in Portsmouth and the stories of those who sailed them.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Visitors to Strawbery Banke Museum, Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond, and Pickwick's at the Banke are welcome to park for free in the Museum parking lot located at 14 Hancock Street, space permitting.

    There is NO onsite parking for special events.

    If the lot is full, visitors are encouraged to try nearby offsite parking options including the Hanover Street Parking Garage and Foundry Place Parking Garage. For more information, please visit Park Portsmouth's website.

    There are three accessible parking spots, including two for wheelchair vans. Vehicles are welcome to pull up to the Museum entrance for visitor drop-off and for those requiring accessibility accommodations.

    Buses, campers, and RVs should make advanced parking arrangements with Strawbery Banke by contacting the Visitor Services Department at 603.433.1100.

    Those parked in Strawbery Banke's parking lot visiting other locations besides the Museum and vehicles parked overnight will be towed at the owner's expense. If a vehicle has been towed, contact Superior Towing at 603.436.8787.

  • Strawbery Banke is committed to providing an inclusive environment for all visitors and improving accessibility to the museum grounds and its offerings for everyone. Please click here for details of how the Museum provides accessible options onsite.

    For questions or requests about specific programs or needs, please contact Jonathan Brown, Director of Visitor Services, via jbrown@sbmuseum.org or 603.433.1110.

  • Dogs and other pets are not permitted on the Museum grounds when the Museum is open.

    Additionally, dogs and other pets are not permitted on the grounds during Strawbery Banke's events, including Tuesdays on the Terrace.

    Click here to view the calendar of events.

    Service dogs, as defined by the ADA, are welcome.

  • Still photography is permitted for private, noncommercial use only. Flash is not permitted inside any of the historic houses. Photographs cannot be published, sold, reproduced, transferred, distributed, or otherwise commercially exploited in any manner whatsoever.

    Photography is not permitted in certain special exhibitions or any areas designated "No Photography." Personal video cameras are permitted unless otherwise stated and use is subject to the terms above.

Visitor Code of Conduct

Strawbery Banke is committed to making history accessible. The Museum strives to be an inclusive and safe environment for all and condemns violence, bullying, or hate speech based on age, race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected class. Whether in person or as part of online programming, Strawbery Banke expects all staff, volunteers, visitors, and members to act responsibly and be considerate of others throughout the Museum. If you see anyone acting in a way that is disrespectful to others, please alert Museum staff.

The Museum reserves the right to refuse admission, revoke membership, control occupancy, or eject/remove any person for any reason without refund, including violating the code of conduct or exhibiting unsafe, inappropriate, or disruptive behavior, or behavior likely to cause damage. Guests who do not act responsibly may be asked to leave. If they refuse to leave the property, they may be referred to law enforcement and prosecuted for criminal trespass.

    1. Please ask Museum staff about the objects and stories within each historic house to learn more about the things that interest you.

    2. Explore the gardens and ask staff about the flora planted in each.

    3. Adult supervision of children is required while on Museum grounds.

    4. Food and drinks are not permitted inside the historic houses. Please enjoy food and beverage in the Lawrence J. Yerdon Visitors Center. For those who bring boxed lunches, the Kennebunk Savings Terrace offers a large outdoor space with tables and chairs during the Historic House Season (May 1 through October 31). Additionally, there are several areas throughout the grounds that are suitable for picnics.

    5. Visitors are not permitted to engage in solicitation of staff, volunteers, or other visitors for any purposes while on Museum grounds.

    6. Service animals, as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act, are welcome on our grounds. Please note that pets and emotional support animals are not permitted.

    7. Smoking, vaping, the use of smoke-related products (i.e. e-cigarettes, cigars, tobacco and its derivatives) and the use of cannabis and its derivatives are prohibited on Museum grounds, inside the buildings, and in the parking lot.

    8. Weapons of any kind, or any other item deemed dangerous by the Museum, are not permitted on Museum grounds unless designated by the Museum president.

    9. Strawbery Banke exhibits are for visitor enjoyment and learning. Please help keep them intact. While several exhibits are hands-on and interactive, please refrain from touching those that are not designed for those purposes.

    10. Take non-flash photos for personal use! Except where noted, photography for personal use is allowed. Tripods, lights, selfie sticks, and flash photography are NOT permitted inside the historic houses and galleries. However, please avoid bringing tripods or lights. Photographs cannot be reproduced for sale without prior permission.