Museums
America’s Credit Union Museum

418-420 Notre Dame Ave. (Main entrance on Armory Street)
Manchester, NH 03102
603-629-1553
Hours: Mon, Wed & Fri 10am – noon & 1 – 4pm
Admission Free

America’s Credit Union Museum is the national museum for credit unions and their history. The first credit union was founded in 1908, in Manchester, New Hampshire, by Monsignor Pierre Hevey, pastor of St. Marie’s Church. St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association’s office was in the home of its first president, Attorney Joseph Boivin. The Boivin home now houses the museum, where several rooms have been restored to the original period. Exhibits, artifacts, and a video present the history of the credit union movement and its leaders from its early beginnings in Europe to present day.

 

Currier Museum of Art

201 Myrtle Way
Manchester, NH 03104
603-669-6144
 Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun 11am – 5pm; Thurs 11am – 8pm; Sat 10am -5pm
Admission Charged
The Currier is an internationally renowned art museum featuring European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture. The permanent collection includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Monet, O'Keeffe, Calder and Wyeth. A lively schedule of exhibitions complements the Currier's commitment to regional art. The Currier also owns Frank Lloyd Wright's 1950 Zimmerman House, complete with the original furnishings and the owner's fine art collection.

Manchester Historic Association Millyard Museum

200 Bedford St. (corner of Pleasant St. & Commercial St.)
Manchester, NH 03101
603-622-7531
Hours: Tues - Sat 10am – 4pm

Admission Charged
Visit the Millyard Museum and get into Manchester's history. The museum offers visitors a view of Manchester's 11,000 year history from Native Americans who settled on the Amoskeag Falls to the employees of Manchester's famous Amoskeag Manufacturing Company to today's businesses and residents. In addition to the interactive main exhibit, the State Theatre Gallery offers a variety of special changing exhibits.

 

Children’s Metamorphosis

6 W. Broadway
Derry, NH 03038

603-425-2560

Hours: Tues - Sat 9:30am – 5pm; Sun 1 – 5pm. Friday evenings 5 – 8pm
Admission Charged

This hands-on children's museum features a climbing wall, mountain stream, toddler area, hospital emergency room, grocery store, construction site, and many hands-on exhibits geared towards children ages 1-8.

 

Fitts Museum

74 High St.
Candia, NH 03034
603-483-5573
Hours: Saturdays in July & August and by appointment with any of the Trustees.
Admission: Free
The Fitts Museum was once known as the Captain Jesse Eaton place. The original one-room home (now the kitchen) and the loft above, was the first dwelling on the site. The Federal style front section was added in about 1820. The home and adjoining grounds were donated to the Town of Candia by the Fitts Family in 1901 to house a library and museum. The collection contains many artifacts passed along to the museum by Candia residents of the 18th, 19th, & 20th centuries. These include furniture, glass and china, musical instruments, paintings, books and documents, tools, and items of everyday life through the generations.

 



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