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"Dressed Wholly in the Manufactures of this Country": Fashion and Politics in Revolutionary-Era New England
Dr. Kimberly Alexander, Director of Museum Studies and Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, will talk about the collision of everyday textiles and…
Retracing Footsteps: Hannah Dustin and the Abenaki
We will be hosting a screening and discussion of Retracing Footsteps: Hannah Dustin and the Abenaki at the Exeter Public Library on Wednesday, November 18th,…
Holiday Open House 2026
Please join us for our Holiday Open House on Tuesday, December 1st. Enjoy great company, tasty treats and good cheer while shopping our selection of historical…
A Brief History of New Hampshire License Plates in Eight Examples
License plates may seem like a mundane topic for historical exploration, but these often-overlooked items tie together people, events, politics, and trends…
Town Design in 18th and 19th Century New England
New England's town plans are among the most distinctive in the United States. During the Colonial period, settlers adapted English planning traditions to the…
A Speech, A Trip to Exeter and the Election of Abraham Lincoln
In the fall of 1859, Abraham Lincoln was little known outside Illinois and neighboring states. Yet in May of the next year, he became the Republican nominee…
The Life and Times of Tabitha Gilman Tenney
Exeter native Tabitha Gilman Tenney, an early American novelist, worried that frivolous romantic novels encouraged excessive romanticism in young women. A…
Trolleys to the Beach...and to Work and School and the EHS Annual Meeting
While we now look back on trolleys with nostalgia, they were not fancy, not particularly comfortable, and not very fast. In this presentation, Dave Saums will…