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Oct 2023

Sat 14
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Voices from the Cemetery: Saturday

Nov 2023

Sat 4
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Veterans Day Event 2023


Sun 26
All day

Last Day of the Season

Apr 2024

Wed 3
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Opening Day


Sat 6
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

UNH Flax Exhibit Opening


Mon 8
2:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Solar Eclipse Viewing Event


Sat 20
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Dover Day at the Woodman


Wed 24
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Combing History in New Hampshire

May 2024

Wed 8
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

2nd NH Volunteer Infantry -Civil War

Oct 2024

Sat 12
10:00 am onwards

Voices from the Cemetery: Saturday & Sunday


Sun 13
Until 3:30 pm

Voices from the Cemetery: Saturday & Sunday


Sat 19
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

NH Magical Maker Fair

Nov 2024

Sat 9
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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182 Central Ave.
Dover, NH

603-742-1038

The Keefe House
15 Summer Street
Dover, NH

Mailing Address:

Woodman Museum
PO Box 1916
Dover, NH 03821-1916

Our Hours

Hours of Operation:

Wednesday – 10am – 5pm
Thursday – 10am – 5pm
Friday – 10am – 5pm
Saturday – 10am – 5pm
Sunday – 10am – 5pm

(April – November)

The last museum tour departs at 3:30pm. Please arrive no later than that.

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Todays #woodmanwonderswednesdays is a trolley lamp Todays #woodmanwonderswednesdays is a trolley lamp, that once served as the guiding light for a Duplex Model streetcar used in the fleet of the Dover, Somersworth, and Rochester Street Railway! The Dover, Somersworth, and Rochester Street Railway was built on the shoulders of the Union Street Electric Railway, which ran on the tracks dating back to the 1880s. Unfortunately, with the popularization of motorized transport, the rise of bus service in the region ended the Street Railways. 
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The Woodman Museum is looking to hire a full-time The Woodman Museum is looking to hire a full-time Development Officer. For more information please visit: https://nemanet.org/networking/apply_now. aspx?view=2&id=872298 . Interested applicants should please email their cover letter and resume to Jonathan Nichols, Executive Director, at director@woodmanmuseum.org
NEW EVENT! Come see Dover High School’s Art Hono NEW EVENT! Come see Dover High School’s Art Honors Society Art Showcase on February 7th, from 5-7pm! This event is free and open to the public so come on down and support the arts! For additional information head to our website! 

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To bring us into 2025 we’re highlighting an obje To bring us into 2025 we’re highlighting an object from our storage that was made on New Year’s Eve. This copper tube was filled with objects and sealed the evening of December 31st, 1999, to celebrate the turn of the Millenium. It was filled at a town-wide celebration in the Cocheco Falls Millworks on Central Ave, put on by Dover Main Street. The party featured a piano bar, dinner, and a raffle. Guests were invited to bring an item special to them to place in the time capsule, which is not to be opened until New Year’s Eve 2999. 

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Happy New Year! We are incredibly grateful for all Happy New Year! We are incredibly grateful for all of your support this last year and can’t wait to have you all back in 2025!
Happy Holidays from The Woodman Museum! Today we b Happy Holidays from The Woodman Museum! Today we bring you the first video edition of our Woodman Wonders Wednesdays series! Today we take a close look at these stunning blown glass ornaments made by the Marks Brothers in Dover, NH. Let us know about some our your favourite holiday ornaments down in the comments. We hope you enjoy and have a wonderful and restful holiday! 
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Hale House Continued...

Born in nearby Rochester NH, John Parker Hale is best known as the first avowed Abolitionist Senator in the United States. It is an odd irony that, in the two decades Hale was in the Senate, Dover profited from the manufacture of cotton products that were produced by Southern slave labor. Living in William’s own house, Hale took a solid stand against slavery - a position that earned him enmity from Southern leaders, even a death threat on the Senate floor from a colleague. It also earned Hale a statue in 1892 on the lawn of the state capitol in Concord, NH, where his figure now stands with Daniel Webster, President Franklin Pierce and John Stark.

Today, the collections throughout two of the three floors of the Hale House are arranged into galleries displaying Hale Family artifacts, local and regional history, New England period furniture, fine and decorative arts and more.

Woodman House Continued...

The younger Charles Woodman inherited the estate from his mother. A successful financier and manager of the Strafford Savings Bank, he resided here throughout his life. He married twice: his first wife, Hannah (Coffin) Woodman, died in 1854 and in 1856 he married Annie (Allen) Woodman. When she died in January 1915, Annie Woodman left the sum of $100,000 “for the establishment …of an institution for the promotion of education in science and art and the increase and dissemination of general and especially historical knowledge.” The trustees of the estate acquired the Woodman house and the adjoining Hale House, which by chance came on the market that same year. The renovation of the interior was directed by local architect J. Edward Richardson, and the Institute opened in July, 1916.

Today, the collections throughout the three floors of the Woodman House are arranged into galleries displaying natural science (mounted specimens, rocks and minerals, fossils, seashells), Native American culture, military history, “childhood” history (schools, Scouting, toys, games and dolls), seasonal themed exhibits and more.

Damm Garrison House Continued...

In 1915, Col. Daniel Hall (the founding Head Trustee of the Woodman Museum) had an interview with Mrs. Rounds and broached the matter of having the garrison and its contents removed to the grounds of the Woodman Museum. The proposition proved to be acceptable to her; in due time she made a formal gift of the Damm garrison to the Museum. Daniel Chesley was entrusted with the task of removing the house to its new home; it took him one week, using wooden rollers and a horse, to move the garrison to the grounds. Local architect J. Edward Richardson directed the construction of the protective outer “colonnade” building that surronds and protects the garrison currently.

Today, the collections throughout the two floors of the William Damm Garrison House are arranged into galleries displaying local Colonial and Early American history.

Keefe House & Carriage Barn Continued...

Today, the first floor of the Keefe House (the Thom Hindle Gallery) features rotating artist and artisan exhibitions throughout the year. The second floor of the Keefe House (the Robert Whitehouse Library) serves as administrative offices and a climate controlled archive. The attached two story Carriage Barn houses local and regional transportation, trades, farm, and household collections.