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| Calendar & Events | 2008 Calendar & Events
May | June | July | August | September
October | November | December | Strawbery Banke Museum members receive complimentary admission to Strawbery Banke Museum, and free or discounted admission to special events. Click here for membership information or call 603-422-7552.
| | APRIL | Tuesday, April 8
5:30pm - Tyco Visitor's Center
Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society Lecture
John Vander Sande, collector, scholar, and compelling teacher will explore Early (1650-1725) North Shore Furniture: Connoisseurship and Collecting.
Lectures Are Free For Society Members And $10.00 Each For The General Public. For more information, visit http://www.pdasociety.org/.
| Saturday, April 19 (Rain date of Sunday, April 20)
8:30am-12:00 noon
Volunteer Garden Clean Up Day at Strawbery Banke
Join an inspired community of gardeners and help bring new life to the Historic Gardens at Strawbery Banke Museum. Meet at the Tyco Visitor's Center for morning refreshments and work assignments. Bring your favorite gardening tools. Morning refreshments are generously being provided by Starbucks. A complimentary 'Slow Food' lunch (pot luck optional) will round out the day.
Please pre-register by April 14th by calling 603-433-1110 or emailing volunteers@strawberybanke.org.
| Wednesday, April 23
9:30am-4:30pm - Tyco Visitor's Center
Oral History Workshop
This free, interactive workshop will teach participants how to conduct and use oral history interviews for community, educational, and cultural projects. Presented by Jo Radner, PhD., a distinguished scholar, writer, performer, and past president of the American Folklore Society. Sponsored by University System of New Hampshire Center for the Humanities and the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Please pre-register by calling 603-422-7507 or emailing mmoon@strawberybanke.org.
| | MAY | Thursday, May 1
Season Opens
Museum open daily for self-guided visits. May 1 through October 31, hours are 10am to 5pm daily. For more information on tickets, call 603-433-1107.
| Saturday, May 3
10:30 AM
Children’s Fun Run
Annual Fun Run races for children up to age 12. The Children’s Day event is sponsored by the Children’s Museum and held on the grounds of Strawbery Banke. For more information, visit http://www.childrens-museum.org/.
| Tuesday, May 13
5:30pm - Tyco Visitor's Center
Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society Lecture
Jamie Lafleur, owner of The Banks Gallery, ushers in Spring with his May 13th visual “dialogue” across generations, Island Light: Painters of the Isles of Shoals.
Lectures Are Free For Society Members And $10.00 Each For The General Public. For more information, visit http://www.pdasociety.org/.
| Thursday, May 22 - Thursday, June 26
1-4pm on Thursdays at the Shapley Townhouse, 454 Court Street, Portsmouth, NH
Community Writing Workshop: "Autobiographical Writing and Life Review"
Come join these friendly classes for those who are interested in reviewing and recording their own lives or setting down their family histories. By sharing stories, members can help to stimulate memories, discover patterns in their experiences, and begin to record events in ways that will vividly bring the past to life. The teacher and fellow members of the group will work to encourage and support you in your writing. "Autobiographical Writing and Life Review" will be offered in the Shapley Townhouse at 454 Court Street at Strawbery Banke Museum from1 - 4 pm for six weeks beginning on Thursday, May 22 and ending on Thursday, June 26th. The cost for the workshop is $25 and scholarships are available. To register for the workshop please call Jan Marx, 603-433-0868, or email jen29@aol.com.
| | JUNE | Tuesday, June 10
5:30pm - Tyco Visitor's Center
Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society Lecture
Abby Birch will present ‘By His Account Rendered:’ The Business of Cabinetmaking in York County, Maine.
Lectures Are Free For Society Members And $10.00 Each For The General Public. For more information, visit http://www.pdasociety.org/.
| Wednesday, June 18
Taste of the Nation
Taste of the Nation is the nation's preeminent culinary benefit supporting anti-hunger and anti-poverty efforts. The event includes a gala food and wine tasting featuring the area's finest chefs, hand crafted beers, wines, musical entertainment, and a silent auction. Taste of the Nation is sponsored by Share Our Strength and hosted by Strawbery Banke. For tickets and more information, visit http://www.tasteofthenation.org/.
| Friday, June 27
4:00pm
Annual Meeting & Volunteer and Staff Recognition Ceremony
Join us for a brief “state of the Museum” meeting and recognition ceremony for our wonderful volunteers and staff, including granting of the Preservation Award. For more information, call 603-433-1110.
| | JULY | Friday, July 4
12:00 noon–5:00 pm
An American Celebration!
A real old-fashioned fabulous 4th of July! Complete with children’s parade, traditional games and crafts, historic garden tours, music, living history, food and fun for all.
Members FREE. Kids FREE. Half-price regular admission for non-members. Purchase tickets at any event entrance. For more information, call 603-433-1100. Additionally, members joining us for this event will receive a voucher good for a free coupon book at Kittery Premium Outlets.
| July 14-25
9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Monday-Friday)
Archaeology Field School
Special opportunity for adults and students ages 14 and up. Search for the secrets of the past by participating in a real archaeological excavation at the Yeaton-Walsh House. For more information, email scharles@strawberybanke.org, or call (603) 422-7521.
| | AUGUST | Saturday, August 2
10:00am–5:00 pm
Strawbery Banke's 50th Anniversary Celebration!
Join us as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Special activities are being planned and there will be cake and fun for all. For more information, call 603-433-1100.
| | SEPTEMBER | Tuesday, September 9
5:30pm - Tyco Visitor's Center
Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society Lecture
Americana collector and dealer Julie Lindberg, will set her eye on weathervanes in her September 9th talk and workshop, Folk Art on High. The talk will focus on manufacturers of quality vanes, primarily in Massachusetts.
Lectures Are Free For Society Members And $10.00 Each For The General Public. For more information, visit http://www.pdasociety.org/.
| Saturday & Sunday, September 20 & 21
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
2008 Tour of Fairy Houses in Portsmouth Gardens
Presented by Friends of the South End (FOSE)
Take an enchanting walking tour through private and public gardens in Portsmouth’s historic South End. Tour features whimsical houses for fairies built with natural materials. These unique creations will be featured at Strawbery Banke Museum, Prescott Park, and six private gardens. The tour starts and concludes on Pierce Island, where you're invited to bring a bag of natural materials and help build a Fairy Houses Village! For info, visit http://www.fairyhouses.com/ or call 603-422-1108.
| | OCTOBER | Saturday, October 4
10:00 am–5:00 pm
Fall Harvest Festival
Gardens, historic landscapes, and putting up the harvest are the focus of this museum-wide event. Participate in special talks, workshops, and garden tours for the avid gardener and the whole family. Members FREE. Free with museum admission. For more information, call (603) 422-1108. Additionally, anyone who puchases a Family admission ticket for the event will receive a voucher good for a free coupon book at Kittery Premium Outlets.
| Tuesday, October 7
5:30pm - Tyco Visitor's Center
Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society Lecture
Lectures Are Free For Society Members And $10.00 Each For The General Public. For more information, visit http://www.pdasociety.org/.
| Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 17–19
ALHFAM Regional Meeting
Strawbery Banke is hosting the Association for Living History, Farm, and Agriculture Museums (ALHFAM) 2008 New England Regional meeting. ALHFAM is an organization of people who bring history to life. ALHFAM enables its members to make history a valuable part of the lives of museum visitors. It achieves this purpose through the exchange and sharing of ideas, information, tools, and experiences centered around accurate, active, participatory, object-based historical interpretation. For more information about ALHFAM and ALHFAM conferences, please visit http://www.alhfam.org/.
| Thursday and Friday, October 30–31
4:00 pm
Ghosts on the Banke
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 and houses of Portsmouth’s oldest neighborhood as you trick or treat safely from house to historic house.
Members FREE. Non-members $6.00/person.
| | NOVEMBER | Saturday, November 1 - Sunday, November 30
Guided Tours
Museum open on Saturdays and Sundays for guided tours only. Tours leave on the hour starting at 10am with the last tour of the day starting at 2pm. Tours are 90 minutes in length. For more information, call 603-433-1107.
| Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 21-23
Store hours: 10am-4pm
Member Appreciation Days at the Museum Store
Strawbery Banke Members receive 20% discount and refreshments in the Museum Store. For more information, call the Museum Store at 603-433-1114.
| | DECEMBER | Weekdays (M-F) throughout December (*except 12/24, 12/25, 12/31)
10:00 am–2:00 pm (tours on the hour)
Holiday House Tours
These guided 90-minute tours focus on the evolution of winter traditions over the centuries. Visitors tour five historic houses and experience the widely various decorations, sights, sounds, and smells of holidays and winter days past. The tour culminates with hot cider and hearth cooking—a homey highlight to the holiday season!
Members FREE. Adults $12.00, Children (5-17) $10.00, Families (2 adults + children under 17) $30.00. For more information, call 603-433-1107.
| Saturday and Sunday, December 6-7, 13-14, 20-21
4:00pm-9:00pm
Candlelight Stroll
Stroll through life in a simpler time as the history of American holiday traditions unfolds around you in New Hampshire's oldest waterfront neighborhood. Candles by the hundreds light the paths and windows, carolers raise clear voices in the winter air, and heaps of sweets on finest china coax visitors to come inside from the wintery lanes. Bring the whole family for a wholesome stroll through the sights, sounds, and smells of New England's favorite holiday season.
Members FREE. Adults $18.00, Children (5-17) $10.00, Families (2 adults + children under 17) $40.00. Children under 4 are FREE. For more information, call 603-433-1107.
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