• Every Building Tells a Story

    Tour historic buildings on their original sites, including a stately mansion, working-class homes, a colonial tavern, a 1940s corner store, and more.

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Strawbery Banke brings more than 350 years of history alive, from Indigenous history to the present day, in a historic waterfront neighborhood in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Museum interprets a changing neighborhood and tells the stories of everyday life throughout the ages. You are invited to tour historic houses on original sites, meet engaging costumed roleplayers, watch traditional crafts demonstrations, and explore heirloom gardens and historical landscapes.

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National Register of Historic Places

USA Today’s Readers’ Choice No. 7
Best Open Air Museum in the U.S.

Yankee Magazine’s Best of New England

TripAdvisor Award of Excellence
and Best Museum in New Hampshire