1938 Pageant Identification Project
HHS is trying to identify all the people in a panoramic picture of the cast of the Pageant of 1938. Click the image above for more info about how you can help us in this project.

 

HHS Event Reminders

• March 26 24 – 6 p.m. – Women of 76
  by actress Rita Parisi; the event will recognize both Women’s History Month and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence; Lane Library


• April 1 - Tuck Museum Reopens


• April 16 – 6:30 p.m. – Poetry Night at the Museum;
  7th and 8th grade students from Hampton Academy read their poetry about Hampton in 1776


• June 4 – Hampton Trolley Tour
  – 2 tours - 3 p.m and 4 p.m. Tuck Museum


• July 18; 19 – each day 1 - 3 p.m. – CRC behind the scenes tours;
  RSVP, please; Tuck Museum


• August 22 – time TBA – Textiles and Treaures ;
  Tuck Museum


• October ? – date and time TBA – Annual Meeting and program


• October 24 – 1 p.m. – Ring Swamp Cemetery Tour;
  starts at Tuck Museum


• December 4 – 7:00 p.m. – Tree Lighting on the Green ;
  Tuck Museum

S.O.S. - Save Our Sanford!!

For more info about Save Our Sanford, click here

100th Anniversary Glassware

Visit the museum gift shop to buy our commemorative glassware when the museum reopens on April 1. The wine glass on the left is $12; the mug is $10. Click here for larger view (browser back to return).

Seeking Safe Harbor in Hampton

Seeking Safe Harbor in Hampton - Stories of Ships and Shipwrecks, an exhibit at the Tuck Museum of Hampton History, shows Hampton connections to the sea from its earliest settlers to the ships they built, life-saving stations, lighthouse keepers and the many wrecks that occurred on the coast. Click here for more info.

HHS DVD Documentaries now on YouTube

Our 2 documentaries about clamming, lobstering, and fishing; and salt marsh farming are now available for free viewing on our YouTube Channel. Click the individual images at left to go directly to the particular video.

Manning Banner - Prophecy for Hampton
Enlarged exhibit

In the 1930s, Warren H. Manning, a well-known landscape architect, was hired by the town to draw up plans for the beautification, restoration, and advancement of Hampton Beach. It was called the Prophecy for Hampton. Its most visible component to the public was a large banner (12 feet wide) that was used to publicize the renovation proposal.

An enlarged exhibit in the main presentation area of the museum shows photos of this banner, and these website pages complement the exhibit with a more detailed view of the banner itself in high resolution, complete with labels. Click here for more info.