2018 Calendar of Events
Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
We're always on the look-out for interesting speakers and fun events, so on occasion, we're apt to arrange a Pop-Up Event. Pop-Up Events might be anything from an hour lecture or a mini-exhibit that lasts only a day. There's no way for any of us to know what or when a Pop-Up Event may occur, so you'll just have to be sure to sign up for our newsletter, follow us on Facebook or look for our ads. Who doesn't love a surprise?
Holiday Shopping Gala - Saturday, December 1st
We'll be open by donation on December 1st. Stay tuned for more details...
Past Events
2018 Special Exhibit Opening Celebration - Friday, April 27th
Join us on Friday, April 27th as we welcome the 2018 season at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum.
This year's Special Exhibit:
#theurgetoconnect: From Party Lines to Social Media
Museum members are encouraged to arrive at 6:30 p.m. while the general public is welcomed to arrive at 7:00 p.m.
Enjoy light refreshments, mingle with friends, see our newest acquisitions and discover why party lines and social media really aren't all that different from one another.
Admission by Donation. An RSVP is very helpful and appreciated.
You're welcome to call: 603-456-2234 or email: info@nhtelephonemuseum.org for more details.
See you at the museum!
This year's Special Exhibit:
#theurgetoconnect: From Party Lines to Social Media
Museum members are encouraged to arrive at 6:30 p.m. while the general public is welcomed to arrive at 7:00 p.m.
Enjoy light refreshments, mingle with friends, see our newest acquisitions and discover why party lines and social media really aren't all that different from one another.
Admission by Donation. An RSVP is very helpful and appreciated.
You're welcome to call: 603-456-2234 or email: info@nhtelephonemuseum.org for more details.
See you at the museum!
2018 Special Exhibit: "The Urge to Connect: From Partylines to Social MeDIA" - Tuesday, May 1st
Our 2018 exhibit is underwritten by:
Spring Into Warner - Saturday, May 19th
The Telephone Museum will be open BY DONATION.
Fake News, Leaks and Bias - Friday, May 25th
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution boldly limits governmental interference with certain “enumerated” rights. OLLI presenters, Dan Crean and Barbara Keshen, will look at the rights of the press in today’s legal and highly charged political landscape.
From leaks, to “fake” news, op/ed pages, and claims of biased reporting, the press, the public and politicians seem to have reverted to conflict similar to that existing in the early days of the republic.
This interactive discussion will review significant court decisions from past cases and discuss how the amendment may be applied in these “heated” times.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
From leaks, to “fake” news, op/ed pages, and claims of biased reporting, the press, the public and politicians seem to have reverted to conflict similar to that existing in the early days of the republic.
This interactive discussion will review significant court decisions from past cases and discuss how the amendment may be applied in these “heated” times.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
Welcome Warner! Open by Donation Day - Saturday, June 16th
Let's face it, we're more apt to drive a distance to take in a sight, visit a museum or gallery or shop outside the State. With so much right in your own backyard, we wanted to save you a day of driving; so on Saturday, June 16th the museum will be open to ALL Warner residents by donation only! Make a day of it. Visit the museum, walk the charming town of Warner, grab some lunch, pick up a cold drink and relax in the park.
That Reminds Me of a Story -Friday, June 22nd
Made possible by a grant from:
Rebecca Rule has collected stories, especially about what makes this rocky old state of New Hampshire so amazing, for more than fifteen years.
She says, “The great thing about collecting stories is they’re free and you don’t have to dust them. Stories not only speak to us of history, they hold our identity.”
In this program she’ll tell some of her favorite stories (especially the funny ones) and invite audience members to tell some of their own. She has also promised to share a few party line stories just for us!
Ms. Rule is the author of several books, including, The Best Revenge, which won the NH Writers Project award for Outstanding Work of Fiction. She also hosts an interview show, the NH Authors Series, on NHPTV.
* Depending, of course, on the weather, the Warner Town Hall can get a bit warm. Please be sure to dress appropriately.
**We expect this venue to be full and there is plenty of seating, but please note that NH Telephone Museum members have PREFERRED SEATING.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
She says, “The great thing about collecting stories is they’re free and you don’t have to dust them. Stories not only speak to us of history, they hold our identity.”
In this program she’ll tell some of her favorite stories (especially the funny ones) and invite audience members to tell some of their own. She has also promised to share a few party line stories just for us!
Ms. Rule is the author of several books, including, The Best Revenge, which won the NH Writers Project award for Outstanding Work of Fiction. She also hosts an interview show, the NH Authors Series, on NHPTV.
* Depending, of course, on the weather, the Warner Town Hall can get a bit warm. Please be sure to dress appropriately.
**We expect this venue to be full and there is plenty of seating, but please note that NH Telephone Museum members have PREFERRED SEATING.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
Eastman Day - Saturday, June 23rd
Eastman Community Association residents can enjoy 50% off admission to the museum.
Warner hiSTory Walk - Friday, July 27th
History is told through stories about the people and places from the past. You don’t have to attend a lecture or read a history book to hear these stories.
Join us as we stroll through downtown Warner and hear local actors share a few tales about Warner’s history and the people that lived and worked there.
Along the way you’ll be entertained with stories about a telephone operator, a spiritualist, women writers and poets, business men and African-American soldiers.
Our walk begins at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum and will end at the Upton-Chandler House for refreshments and a view of their latest exhibit.
Program begins at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum and we'll walk down Main Street to the Upton Chandler House
$7/members $10/non-members [NHTM members AND Warner Historical Society members]
Tickets can be purchased at the Telephone Museum and on the night of the event.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
Join us as we stroll through downtown Warner and hear local actors share a few tales about Warner’s history and the people that lived and worked there.
Along the way you’ll be entertained with stories about a telephone operator, a spiritualist, women writers and poets, business men and African-American soldiers.
Our walk begins at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum and will end at the Upton-Chandler House for refreshments and a view of their latest exhibit.
Program begins at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum and we'll walk down Main Street to the Upton Chandler House
$7/members $10/non-members [NHTM members AND Warner Historical Society members]
Tickets can be purchased at the Telephone Museum and on the night of the event.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
3rd Annual Brews for Bell - Sunday, August 12th
We are thrilled to announce that the 3rd annual Brews for Bell craft beer tasting will happen this Sunday, August 12th starting at 11:30 am and wrapping up at 2:00 pm at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum in downtown Warner! There will be food and music, raffles and more.
This year's craft beer line up:
Moat Mountain Czech Pilsner
Litherman’s Depeach a la Mode – Wheat Beer w/ Peach & Milk Sugar
Bell’s Two Hearted IPA
Dogfish Head Indian Brown
Left Hand Milk Stout
Litherman’s Milli Banilli – Vanilla Banana Porter
Admission is $20 per person for 5 taste tickets (+ 1 bonus taste courtesy of The Local).
We'll have the grill going with hamburgers and hot dogs:
Hamburgers = $2.00
Hot Dogs = $1.00
The first 50 people to sign up will get their very own "Brews for Bell" pint glass! Additional taste tickets will be available for sale on site for $1 each. Bring a little extra cash for the 50/50 raffle as well!
This year, the event will be held outside. Of course, ticket holders are more than welcome to check out the Museum's Main Gallery and Special Exhibit.
All proceeds will enable NHTM to continue our mission of preserving and sharing the history of one of the most important inventions of all time! [and we're talking about the telephone, folks, not beer!]
This year's sponsors:
Sugar River Bank
The Local
Der Markt at Marklin
Bellows-Nichols Insurance Agency
Market Basket
MainStreet BookEnds
This year's craft beer line up:
Moat Mountain Czech Pilsner
Litherman’s Depeach a la Mode – Wheat Beer w/ Peach & Milk Sugar
Bell’s Two Hearted IPA
Dogfish Head Indian Brown
Left Hand Milk Stout
Litherman’s Milli Banilli – Vanilla Banana Porter
Admission is $20 per person for 5 taste tickets (+ 1 bonus taste courtesy of The Local).
We'll have the grill going with hamburgers and hot dogs:
Hamburgers = $2.00
Hot Dogs = $1.00
The first 50 people to sign up will get their very own "Brews for Bell" pint glass! Additional taste tickets will be available for sale on site for $1 each. Bring a little extra cash for the 50/50 raffle as well!
This year, the event will be held outside. Of course, ticket holders are more than welcome to check out the Museum's Main Gallery and Special Exhibit.
All proceeds will enable NHTM to continue our mission of preserving and sharing the history of one of the most important inventions of all time! [and we're talking about the telephone, folks, not beer!]
This year's sponsors:
Sugar River Bank
The Local
Der Markt at Marklin
Bellows-Nichols Insurance Agency
Market Basket
MainStreet BookEnds
NH State Police K-9 Demonstration - Friday, August 24th
Back By Request!
The K-9 Unit has been part of the State Police since 1963. The teams, comprised of a specially trained trooper and dog, are geographically assigned to all troops within the state. Are you curious about how these teams communicate with one another? Join us as a NH State Police Officer shares how these relationships are formed, the various training techniques, use & operation of K-9 Units throughout the State. This presentation will include a live demonstration with a working dog.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
The K-9 Unit has been part of the State Police since 1963. The teams, comprised of a specially trained trooper and dog, are geographically assigned to all troops within the state. Are you curious about how these teams communicate with one another? Join us as a NH State Police Officer shares how these relationships are formed, the various training techniques, use & operation of K-9 Units throughout the State. This presentation will include a live demonstration with a working dog.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
Blue Star Museum Summer Program - May 26th - September 3rd
For the 6th year running, the New Hampshire Telephone Museum will participate in the Blue Star Museums summer program which helps military families create memories! We will offer free family admission for active duty military families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. To help plan your visit, download their Parent Toolkit.
Smithsonian’s Museum Day Live 2018 - Saturday, September 22nd
Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums, like us, and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. The Museum Day ticket provides free admission for two people on Saturday, September 22, 2018.
Tickets will be available for the public to download beginning at midnight on August 15, 2018.
Learn more: Museum Day - 2018
Tickets will be available for the public to download beginning at midnight on August 15, 2018.
Learn more: Museum Day - 2018
New Hampshire Heritage Lecture Series: Why a Telephone Museum in New Hampshire? - Saturday, September 29, 2018, 2 p.m.
Learn how four generations of one family turned a lifelong career in the independent telephone industry into one of New Hampshire’s hidden gems. This presentation by Executive Director Laura French and President/Curator Paul Violette explains how Warner became the home of the New Hampshire Telephone Museum.
The New Hampshire Heritage Lecture Series highlights the stories behind the state’s many historic and cultural attractions. This program is included in the price of admission to the Society; free for New Hampshire Historical Society members.
*This event is taking place at the HISTORICAL SOCIETY on Park Street.
Address and Telephone
New Hampshire Historical Society
30 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
603-228-6688
Directions
Take Interstate 93 to Exit 14. Northbound--turn left at the light at the end of the exit ramp; Southbound--turn right at the light at the end of the exit ramp. Move into the left lane in order to take a left onto North Main Street. Take the next right onto Park Street (a one-way street that goes up the right side of the State House). At the stop sign, continue straight; the New Hampshire Historical Society is the granite building on the right. Metered parking is available on surrounding streets and in downtown Concord's public parking garages.
Accessibility
The New Hampshire Historical Society's building, including the rotunda, exhibition gallery, auditorium, reading room, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Accessible parking is located behind the building in the Society's lot (entrance off North State Street), and the building's rear entrance is wheelchair accessible via a ramp from the parking lot.
The New Hampshire Heritage Lecture Series highlights the stories behind the state’s many historic and cultural attractions. This program is included in the price of admission to the Society; free for New Hampshire Historical Society members.
*This event is taking place at the HISTORICAL SOCIETY on Park Street.
Address and Telephone
New Hampshire Historical Society
30 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
603-228-6688
Directions
Take Interstate 93 to Exit 14. Northbound--turn left at the light at the end of the exit ramp; Southbound--turn right at the light at the end of the exit ramp. Move into the left lane in order to take a left onto North Main Street. Take the next right onto Park Street (a one-way street that goes up the right side of the State House). At the stop sign, continue straight; the New Hampshire Historical Society is the granite building on the right. Metered parking is available on surrounding streets and in downtown Concord's public parking garages.
Accessibility
The New Hampshire Historical Society's building, including the rotunda, exhibition gallery, auditorium, reading room, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Accessible parking is located behind the building in the Society's lot (entrance off North State Street), and the building's rear entrance is wheelchair accessible via a ramp from the parking lot.
Predictive Fiction - Friday, September 28th
What is "Predictive Fiction"? It's the realization that we (professionals, public, policy makers, etc.) need to try to get a better handle on where technological change is going, and how to anticipate some of the impact of the various trajectories. A tool for doing this is a fairly constrained form of Science Fiction that speaker Jim Isaak calls "predictive" fiction.
Isaak uses stories that are built on our current understanding of science/technology and project a modest distance into the future to explore how these things may affect society.
A few examples along these lines include:
-the augmentation of human capabilities via implanted devices to transform our physical or even mental capabilities
-hearing aids that handle a wider range of frequencies, provide greater distance in hearing, play MP3 files or even translate languages
-visual augmentation to see a wider range of frequencies, greater distance vision, night vision, or heads-up display of texting, web browsing, video -- and ultimately augmented reality (addition of images into your field of view)
-Chemical augmentation -- concentration pills, memory pills, personality pills, intelligence pills, or just plain "feel good" pills
-Biological augmentation -- fixing disease, fixing genetic defects, adding genetic enhancements, genetic engineering from pre-conception on, etc.
-Computer/machine "awakening" into devices which appear to be conscious, intelligent, self-replicating, etc.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
Isaak uses stories that are built on our current understanding of science/technology and project a modest distance into the future to explore how these things may affect society.
A few examples along these lines include:
-the augmentation of human capabilities via implanted devices to transform our physical or even mental capabilities
-hearing aids that handle a wider range of frequencies, provide greater distance in hearing, play MP3 files or even translate languages
-visual augmentation to see a wider range of frequencies, greater distance vision, night vision, or heads-up display of texting, web browsing, video -- and ultimately augmented reality (addition of images into your field of view)
-Chemical augmentation -- concentration pills, memory pills, personality pills, intelligence pills, or just plain "feel good" pills
-Biological augmentation -- fixing disease, fixing genetic defects, adding genetic enhancements, genetic engineering from pre-conception on, etc.
-Computer/machine "awakening" into devices which appear to be conscious, intelligent, self-replicating, etc.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
GENEALOGY Workshop with Barbara Corliss - October 10th
Barbara Corliss, a long-time genealogist, will be joining us on Wednesday, October 10 at 3:00 pm to discuss all that she has learned in her 40 years of research.
Whether you are new to genealogy or you've been working on your family tree for years, Barbara is sure to teach you a few things to make your quest more enjoyable and successful.
Please bring whatever materials you would like. You will have many opportunities to ask questions.
Please continue to follow us here on Facebook and our website for more details and cost.
Whether you are new to genealogy or you've been working on your family tree for years, Barbara is sure to teach you a few things to make your quest more enjoyable and successful.
Please bring whatever materials you would like. You will have many opportunities to ask questions.
Please continue to follow us here on Facebook and our website for more details and cost.
Movie Night: "His Girl Friday" - Friday, October 26th
When hard-charging New York newspaper editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) discovers that his ex-wife, investigative reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), has gotten engaged to milquetoast insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), he unsuccessfully tries to lure her away from tame domestic life with a story about the impending execution of convicted murderer Earl Williams. But when Hildy discovers Williams may be innocent, her reporter instincts take over.
We’ll provide the popcorn!
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
We’ll provide the popcorn!
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Programs begin at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation.
This year's 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum Series is being proudly sponsored by the law offices of Upton & Hatfield; "Supporting New Hampshire Communities Since 1908".
Dialing Dad - Saturday, November 3rd
Abraham Megerdichian, son of Armenian immigrants, worked as a machinist of jet engine parts. Using the skills he acquired at work, Abe crafted in his home workshop, his interpretations of everyday objects made from solid blocks of scrap metal – aluminum, brass, copper and stainless steel. We are fortunate to have one of his sculptures (pictured right) on temporary display here at NHTM.
Abe was thought of as a humble, kind and generous soul who simply made his metal creations as gifts for his family and those dear to him. After his passing at the young age of 60, Abe’s son, Robert, grew to see these creations for what they are – true works of art.
Join us as Robert presents the poignant story of his dad, his collection, and the work he's doing to share these beautiful objects with the public.
Saturday, November 3rd 1:00 pm.
To see more of Abraham's work, click here.
Abe was thought of as a humble, kind and generous soul who simply made his metal creations as gifts for his family and those dear to him. After his passing at the young age of 60, Abe’s son, Robert, grew to see these creations for what they are – true works of art.
Join us as Robert presents the poignant story of his dad, his collection, and the work he's doing to share these beautiful objects with the public.
Saturday, November 3rd 1:00 pm.
To see more of Abraham's work, click here.