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1938 Pageant Identification Project pageant
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.

 

Contact Us:
PO Box 1601
Hampton, NH 03843-1601
phone: 603-929-0781

 

HHS Event Reminders

HHS YouTube Channel
Containing our popular documentaries
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Upcoming Events

  • Town tree-lighting ceremony
    Dec.5
    Locations: Tuck green; Hampton Rec Center; Founders Park
  • Tuck Museum Closes for Winter
    Dec.7

Search the HHS website using the entry box below

The Tuck Museum will close for the winter at the end of the day
on Sunday, Dec.7; it will reopen on Weds, April 1

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Hampton Tree-Lighting
6 - 7:30 p.m.; December 5;
Founders Park; Tuck Field;
Hampton Historical Society Green

Come enjoy this Hampton tradition with an added classic twist:
  • Santa; Hayrides; Tree Lighting; Vendors & Fire Pit;
  • Barn open with Festivities;
  • Letter Writing to Santa in the Old Schoolhouse;
  • Historical Gift Shop;
  • Live Entertainment; Granite State Bell Ringers
  • 1924 fire truck - the Sanford Pumper (see our latest newsletter)
Sponsored by HHS and Hampton Parks & Recreation (not school sponsored)

The recent info about Witches, WMUR's Chronicle program, and the witch "shelf exhibit" has been moved to the Goody Cole page

pa100376_both_cp1_fx1-sm.jpg 100th Anniversary Glassware
All of the photos and info from the 100th Anniversary events have been moved to a special area of the website's Archives. There are 2 new albums there - one for the first event (the HHS Documentary video), and one for the last event (the Speakeasy). Also, visit the museum gift shop to buy our commemorative glassware. 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

ssh-poster_vsm.jpg 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

Flats, Shacks, and Claws DVD Saltmarsh Farming DVD 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

manning_airplane-icon1.png 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.