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182 Central Ave.
Dover, NH 03820

603-742-1038

The Keefe House
15 Summer Street
Dover, NH 03820

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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Happy National #libraryshelfieday everyone! Did yo Happy National #libraryshelfieday everyone! Did you know the Woodman Museum has an extensive Research Library that you can rent time in? Interested in researching local history? Contact the Woodman today! #libraryshelfie #research #library #museum #dovernh #newhampshire #history
The 1675 Damm Garrison dodged a bullet yesterday. The 1675 Damm Garrison dodged a bullet yesterday. Hope everyone is well and safe today after the storm. #oldhouse #snow #dovernh #newhampshire #winterstorm
Meet the staff of the Woodman Museum! 
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Our Administrator, Donna, joined The Woodman Museum in Spring of 2022 after a long career in the financial services industry. She is a UNH graduate who has lived in the area all her life and enjoys poking around to discover local history and historic sites, especially anything that ties into family ancestry. She also volunteers for local nonprofit organizations as time allows, primarily as a greeter at the humane society in Dover.
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Our Director of Operations, Mike, joined the Woodman Museum in 2011 after a career in the trades. He too grew up in the area and is a graduate of Great Bay Community College. Mike brings a wealth of knowledge of all things Woodman Museum and Dover history. Mike enjoys good music and touring museums throughout the country. 
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Our Executive Director, Jon, originally joined the Woodman Museum in 2017 as a volunteer after serving six years in the U.S. Coast Guard. Growing up in Dover, he remembers going on his third-grade tour to the Woodman Museum like so many others. He is a graduate of UNH with a degree in American History. Jon's hobbies include Civil War reenacting, football (Roll Tide), and ice hockey. 
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Special thanks to Samantha at @sunspiritphotography for taking some awesome photos of the staff!
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Updating the Images of Dover room, we think we jus Updating the Images of Dover room, we think we just found the original wallpaper from the 1800s! #history #museum #oldhouse #dovernh #newhampshire
Quite the snow day at the Woodman Museum today! #s Quite the snow day at the Woodman Museum today! #snow #snowing #snowday #museum #dovernh #newhampshire #winter
We might be closed for the season, but there’s s We might be closed for the season, but there’s still plenty of historical events going on in the area! We’re at @colonelpaulwentworthhouse today checking out the Harmon’s Snowshoe Rangers! You can see them until 4pm today and from 10-3 tomorrow!
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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.