Events Schedule for the 2016 season

May 28             Museum opens for the season   1-4 pm

June 14             Humanities to Go Program

August 1             Grange Cook out

August 16          Humanities to Go Program – Kevin Gardner on Discovering New England Stone Walls
                   
                              Free and open to the public

NEW EXHIBIT FOR 2016

On Saturday May 28th at 1:00 pm, The Franconia Heritage Museum will open for the 18th season with a new exhibit - The Grange: a voice for the farmers.
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was founded in 1867. Here in Franconia, Lafayette Grange #208 organized in 1875, disbanded in 1879, re-organized in 1894 and remained active for the next 94 years.
Maxine Aldrich of Sugar Hill, an active Grange member since the age of 16, recently donated several boxes of artifacts pertaining to the Grange. With this donation, combined with writings and mementos from the Sarah N. Welch collection, volunteers at the Museum have created a mock Grange assembly room plus exhibits featuring the Grange's history and impact on society.

Also NEW for 2016... a photographic display on the repair and renovation of Franconia's Dow Clock and Tower. Thanks to Harriet Taylor for providing the materials to create this new addition.
The furnished 1878 New England farm house with attached buildings offers many permanent displays, including Old Man of the Mountain, Iron Furnace, Guest Houses of Yesteryear, antique farm equipment, plus much more! Plan to visit this summer...there is so much to see and learn!