A real old-fashioned fabulous 4th of July! Complete with children's bike & wagon parade, giant kite fly, potato sack races, kids liberty treasure hunt, garden crafts, live music, historic garden tours, costumed role-players, colonial hearth cooking, basket weaving, Island Pond Spinners, hand-thrown pottery, food, and fun for all. Tickets: Regular museum admission of $17.50 for adults. Kids 17 and under are FREE. Active military, retired military, and their families are FREE. Discounted admission for members. Click here to buy tickets online.
An American Celebration! is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors:
PROGRAM:
2012 ACTIVITIES:
10:00 – Colonial Costume Relay Game (GoodwinGarden)
12:00 – Colonial Costume Relay Game (GoodwinGarden)
12:30 – Potato Sack Races (GoodwinGarden)
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest (Shapley/Drisco)
1:00 – Stunt Kite Demos (Puddle Dock)
Kid’s Cup Cake Walk Game (GoodwinGarden)
Historic Garden Tour (TycoVisitorsCenter)
1:30 – Members Only Curator “Thread” Tour (CarterCenter)
1950’s Hoola Hoop Contest (Shapley/Drisco)
2:00 – Giant Kite Fly (Puddle Dock)
Colonial Costume Relay Game (GoodwinGarden)
Pie Raffle Drawing (TycoVisitorCenter)
2:30 – Children’s Bike & Wagon Parade (Parade Tent)
Potato Sack Races (GoodwinGarden)
“Thread” Special Exhibition Tour (CarterCenter)
3:00 - Garden History Tour (Front of TycoVisitorsCenter)
Kid’s Cup Cake Walk Game (GoodwinGarden)
3:30 - Kid’s Kite Fly! (Puddle Dock)
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest (Shapley/Drisco)
4:00 – Pie Raffle Drawing (TycoVisitorCenter)
Colonial Costume Relay Game (GoodwinGarden)
“Thread” Special Exhibition Tour (CarterCenter)
4:30 - Red, White & Blue Kite Fly! (PrescottPark)
Potato Sack Races (GoodwinGarden)
1950’s Hoola Hoop Contest (Shapley/Drisco)
Pie Contest Raffle Drawing (TycoVisitorCenter)
4:45 - Kid’s Cup Cake Walk Game (GoodwinGarden)
LIVE MUSIC
12:00 - 2:30 Traditional Irish Music (AldrichHouseGarden)
12:30 - 2:30 The Serfs (Main Stage)
3:00 - 5:00 Bedford Big Band (Main StageKids Liberty Treasure Hunt (Ages 6+) (Main Entrance)
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Kids Liberty Treasure Hunt (Ages 6+) (Main Entrance)
Explore the Museum! Children are given a list of historical items to locate during the day. Once they have completed their tasks they present their paper to the Prize Tent in GoodwinGarden.
Pie Raffle (TycoVisitorCenter)*Tickets $1.00
Take home a delicious professionally baked fruit pie this year!
Raffle Times: 2:00 & 4:00.
Winning Pies Must Be Collected No Later Than 5:00pm
*AllProceedsSupportStrawberyBankeMuseum.
The Candy Counter at the Marden-Abbott Store
Visit the 1940’s Abbott neighborhood store and purchase your own period candy to take home.
Kids’ Bike & Wagon Parade
(on Puddle Dock near the membership entrance)
Decorate your bike or wagon from 12-2:00pm and line up and wave at 2:30 for the parade!
Traditional Games (GoodwinGarden)
Join the competitions for patriotic prizes! Modern kids will learn to play: Cup Cake Walks, Potato Sack Races and Colonial Costume Relay. See schedule for game times.
Old Fashioned Bubbles (GoodwinGarden)
Make ‘em round, make ‘em square, play with a bubble wand, dip it in a dish of bubble liquid & watch the bubbles fly!
The Cooper at Strawbery Banke (Dinsmore Shop)
Visit Ron Raiselis and Glenn Lael at the Dinsmore Shop for traditional barrel making demonstrations.
Blacksmith Demonstrations (Beside the Dinsmore Shop)
See two traditional forges from the 19th & early 20th century demonstrated by blacksmiths who forge and shape iron with hammers and anvils.
Let’s Go Fly a Kite! (Across the street at PrescottPark)
Giant kites, Stunt Kites and Kids Kites. Glenn Davison and members of the Kites over New England Kite Club
demonstrate their amazingly beautiful flying skills.
Dr. Jackson’s Surgery (Pitt Tavern)
Meet Dr. Hall Jackson, prominent physician of Portsmouth in the late 18th century. Learn about medical practice of the period. Visit with Mrs. Jackson and try your hand at spinning.
The Potters at Strawbery Banke (Cotton Tenant Potters)
Visit with Maureen Mills and Steven Zoldak as they create beautiful hand-thrown stoneware in their shop.
Colonial Hearth Cooking (Wheelwright House)
18th century colonial hearth cooking demonstrations.
Civil War Encampment (Behind Lowd House)
The Yankee Blue Civil War re-enactors set up camp and present living history of the Civil War era.
Featured Exhibit (Carter Center Rowland Gallery)
"Fashion fades, only style remains the same." - Coco Chanel
StrawberyBankeMuseum presents Thread: Stories of Fashion at Strawbery Banke, 1740-2012. In an innovative twist, the Museum’s Thread exhibition also showcases new fashion designs inspired by the Collection, by some of the most dynamic designers, both established names and up-and-coming ingénues.As the pieces from the Museum collection are too fragile for permanent display and as the contemporary design will return to their creators,Threadis truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Guided Tours at 2:30 & 4:00
Members Only Tour at 1:30
Listen To the Landscape (Throughout the Site)
Take a tour of the gardens and landscapes using your cell phone as your guide. Stroll through original streetscapes to hear about the people and plants that helped to shape our past. (Look for white poles with small burgundy numbers)
Feeding the Spirit of America(1:00)
Historic Garden Tour with the Museum’s Curator of Historic Landscapes, John Forti.
(Meet: behind the visitor center/Listen to the landscape panel)
GoodwinMansion
Visit Mrs. Goodwin in her stunning VictorianGarden, play children’s games and spot the fairy houses in her magical children’s garden.
KidsGarden Crafts (Victorian Children's Garden)
Family garden crafts, fairy houses, lavender wands & perfume.
Salem Trayned Band (Puddle Dock)
A re-enactors pike company of the 1630s
Traditional Basket Weaving (Puddle Dock)
Demonstrations presented by Fred Lawson.
Handmade baskets for sale.
18th Century Windsor Chair-Making (Puddle Dock)
Demonstrations presented by Fred Chellis of Little River Windsors, Berwick ME. Handmade chairs for sale.
1940’s VictoryGarden(Behind the Marden-Abbott Store)
Seed Savings & Free "Renewing America's Food Traditions" heirloom seeds with the Historic Landscape staff in our Pecunies Family's VictoryGarden
Hands-on Weaving (Beside Wheelwright House)
Museum teacher Judith Glotson Getz presents hand-on weaving demonstrations for adults & children.
Island Pond Spinners (Across from Wheelwright House)
Story of a Bad Boy (Thomas Bailey Aldrich House)
Visit the home of Tom Bailey, “a bad boy, well not a very band boy, but a pretty bad boy” and hear all about it!
Follow in the Footsteps of George Washington (Pitt Tavern)
Stop by William Pitt Tavern, a Portsmouth public house that catered to famous American patriots like, John Hancock, Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington.
Dr. Jackson’s Surgery (Outside Pitt Tavern)
Meet Dr. Hall Jackson, prominent physician of Portsmouth.In the late 18th century. Learn about medical practice of the period. Visit Mrs. Jackson and try your hand at spinning
*Gundalow Boat Rides 12 – 5pm (PrescottPark)
Docked in the PiscataquaRiver across the street at PrescottPark, The Piscataqua – a flat bottomed Gundalow boat built at Strawbery Banke in 2011 will offer scenic sails on the river.
A cultural, community and economic initiative to restore and lease underutilized properties at Strawbery Banke Museum in the historic center of downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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The new gundalow, PISCATAQUA, built in the boat shed at Strawbery Banke sailis from Precott Park. Summer 2013 sailing season starts Memorial Day Weekend! For more information, visit www.gundalow.org
Museum membership provides free daily admission, special event ticket pricing and other benefits. Support Strawbery Banke as a place to learn, a place to gather and a sustainable resource for all!
