CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Hello Friends!
Like you, we are still hoping that 'normal' life will resume soon. While we continue to work on our summer programming, we understand that our events may be postponed or presented in a different format. Currently, our plans are to offer our programs via Zoom and in-person. For your convenience, we've added Zoom instructions below.
Please continue to check our website for updates and sign up for our newsletter for the latest news.
Using Zoom during Covid 19
Zoom is a video communications platform, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. NHTM will be using Zoom to host our upcoming events. If you have never used Zoom before, please do not be intimidated by this technology. It is easy to use and there are many people available to help you get started - like us!
The one and only hurdle is that you must have access to a computer. Although Zoom is available on most smartphones, it could be difficult to watch an event given the small screen.
Our local library, the Pillsbury Free Library in Warner, NH, has provided some very helpful information on their website and instructions on how to get started with Zoom. Please click on this link - Zoom for Beginners -
Like you, we are still hoping that 'normal' life will resume soon. While we continue to work on our summer programming, we understand that our events may be postponed or presented in a different format. Currently, our plans are to offer our programs via Zoom and in-person. For your convenience, we've added Zoom instructions below.
Please continue to check our website for updates and sign up for our newsletter for the latest news.
Using Zoom during Covid 19
Zoom is a video communications platform, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. NHTM will be using Zoom to host our upcoming events. If you have never used Zoom before, please do not be intimidated by this technology. It is easy to use and there are many people available to help you get started - like us!
The one and only hurdle is that you must have access to a computer. Although Zoom is available on most smartphones, it could be difficult to watch an event given the small screen.
Our local library, the Pillsbury Free Library in Warner, NH, has provided some very helpful information on their website and instructions on how to get started with Zoom. Please click on this link - Zoom for Beginners -
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New Hampshire Telephone Museum's 2021 Special Exhibit
May through October 2021
As the railroad system expanded, so did the need for a reliable method of communicating. The New Hampshire Telephone Museum’s 2021 special exhibit explores the history of railroad communications as it evolved from a system of simple signs to the use of the telegraph and then the telephone.
In addition to the communications methods they utilized, this exhibit delves into the use of the railroad to carry another form of communication – the U.S. Mail – a system which, coincidentally, was perfected by the future president of the Bell Telephone System, Theodore Vail.
In keeping with the communications theme, the exhibit is rounded out by a fun look at the words and phrases of today whose roots stem from the days of the railroad.
In addition to the communications methods they utilized, this exhibit delves into the use of the railroad to carry another form of communication – the U.S. Mail – a system which, coincidentally, was perfected by the future president of the Bell Telephone System, Theodore Vail.
In keeping with the communications theme, the exhibit is rounded out by a fun look at the words and phrases of today whose roots stem from the days of the railroad.
Thank you to our 2021 Special Exhibit Sponsors
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Blue Star Museum Summer Program - May 15 - September 6, 2021
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America offering free admission to the nation’s active-duty military. NHTM has participated in this program for over 7 years and we are proud to offer free admission for active duty military personnel and their families during this summer-long program.
The 2021 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day and ends on Labor Day.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Date/Time: May 15 through September 6, 2021
Location: NH Telephone Museum, One Depot Street, Warner, NH
Admission: Military personnel and family are welcome by donation
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
The 2021 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day and ends on Labor Day.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Date/Time: May 15 through September 6, 2021
Location: NH Telephone Museum, One Depot Street, Warner, NH
Admission: Military personnel and family are welcome by donation
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Behind The Steam: Early Telephones - May 20, 2021
For this month's Phourth Phriday at the Phone Museum, we are collaborating with the Marshall Steam Museum in Delaware. The Marshall Steam Museum hosts a wonderful series called: "Behind The Steam". Each month MSM takes a closer look at a special item from their collection and then zooms out for a larger discussion with experts and enthusiasts - like us! This month, we'll be experts talking about the Kellogg telephone.
This program is currently VIRTUAL, so be sure to join us online! You must register in advance to attend the virtual program, which can be done at the links below.
Join us as we learn about the amazing Mr. Milo Kellogg and discover the story of the Kellogg wall telephones on display at the Marshall Steam Museum that have also recently been set up to work!
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum & the Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights
Date/Time: Friday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: Virtual event. A link will be provided as the event date gets closer.
Admission: $5.00 - REGISTER HERE
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
WATCH THE REPLAY HERE
This program is currently VIRTUAL, so be sure to join us online! You must register in advance to attend the virtual program, which can be done at the links below.
Join us as we learn about the amazing Mr. Milo Kellogg and discover the story of the Kellogg wall telephones on display at the Marshall Steam Museum that have also recently been set up to work!
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum & the Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights
Date/Time: Friday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: Virtual event. A link will be provided as the event date gets closer.
Admission: $5.00 - REGISTER HERE
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
WATCH THE REPLAY HERE
A Reading of the Telephone tales - SaturDAY, August 21st
Every night, at nine o’clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an accountant who often travels for work, calls his daughter and tells her a bedtime story. Set in the 20th century era of pay phones, each story has to be told in the time that a single coin will buy. One night, it’s the story of a carousel so beloved by children that an old man finally sneaks on to understand why, and as he sails above the world, he does. The next night, it’s a land filled with butter men, roads paved with chocolate, or a young shrimp who has the courage to defy expectations and do things differently.
Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights, Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales is composed of many stories within a story. Each is set in a different place and time, with unconventional characters and a wonderful mix of reality and fantasy. Awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy’s most important children’s author of the 20th century. Gorgeously illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali, these stories entertain with wit, surprise, and imagination.
Miss Sue from the Pillsbury Free Library, will select a few stories to read. Join us, as we gather in our outdoor space located on Depot Street. Families are welcomed into the museum afterward to wander and enjoy.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum & the Pillsbury Free Library
Date/Time: Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 1:30 pm
Location: Depot Street Parking Lot
Admission: $5.00 Suggested Donation
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights, Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales is composed of many stories within a story. Each is set in a different place and time, with unconventional characters and a wonderful mix of reality and fantasy. Awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy’s most important children’s author of the 20th century. Gorgeously illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali, these stories entertain with wit, surprise, and imagination.
Miss Sue from the Pillsbury Free Library, will select a few stories to read. Join us, as we gather in our outdoor space located on Depot Street. Families are welcomed into the museum afterward to wander and enjoy.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum & the Pillsbury Free Library
Date/Time: Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 1:30 pm
Location: Depot Street Parking Lot
Admission: $5.00 Suggested Donation
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
NHTM MUSEUM SERIES
Is Privacy Dead? - FRIDAY, JUNE 25th
Open Questions is a series of thought-provoking community conversations presented by New Hampshire Humanities. This series explores essential questions important to Granite Staters. Each program is facilitated by philosophy professors who will explore essential questions about meaning and life.
Maria Sanders is a Philosophy professor and coordinates the Philosophy program at Plymouth State University. She is an applied ethicist whose research engages the public in scholarly philosophical dialogue within the areas of medicine, business, education, and law while encouraging thoughtful interaction with existing and emerging technologies in an attempt to create opportunities for civic engagement and reflective living. Dr. Sanders also hosts a weekly radio program on WPCR-Plymouth (91.7 FM) entitled Philosophy 4 Life which offers a public forum for philosophical discourse. She also co-hosts a television show, Happiness Quest, on Pemi-Baker Cable TV and is currently leading a town-wide "Happiness Quest" in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
Maria Sanders is a Philosophy professor and coordinates the Philosophy program at Plymouth State University. She is an applied ethicist whose research engages the public in scholarly philosophical dialogue within the areas of medicine, business, education, and law while encouraging thoughtful interaction with existing and emerging technologies in an attempt to create opportunities for civic engagement and reflective living. Dr. Sanders also hosts a weekly radio program on WPCR-Plymouth (91.7 FM) entitled Philosophy 4 Life which offers a public forum for philosophical discourse. She also co-hosts a television show, Happiness Quest, on Pemi-Baker Cable TV and is currently leading a town-wide "Happiness Quest" in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum & the New Hampshire Humanities
Date/Time: Friday, June 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: Virtual event. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Register to receive the zoom link: HERE.
Admission: Donations greatly appreciated. Please click here to give.
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Funded by:
Date/Time: Friday, June 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: Virtual event. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Register to receive the zoom link: HERE.
Admission: Donations greatly appreciated. Please click here to give.
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Funded by:
Ethical Aspects of Converging Technologies - Friday, July 23rd
Information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology are converging in ways that were not easily anticipated. We now have distinct new fields such as bioinformatics, computational genomics, nanocomputing and ubiquitous computing. These converging and emerging technologies also introduce a cluster of ethical problems that were not easy to predict or anticipate. Herman Tavani examines a range of issues -- from privacy and informed consent to autonomy and freedom to property rights involving the ownership of genetic information that resides in databases.
Herman T. Tavani is Professor of Philosophy at Rivier College and Co-Director of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT). He is the author, editor, or co-editor of five books on ethical aspects of information technology.
Herman T. Tavani is Professor of Philosophy at Rivier College and Co-Director of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT). He is the author, editor, or co-editor of five books on ethical aspects of information technology.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum & the New Hampshire Humanities
Date/Time: Friday, July 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: New Hampshire Telephone Museum - Lower Meeting Room
Admission: Donations greatly appreciated.
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Funded by:
Date/Time: Friday, July 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: New Hampshire Telephone Museum - Lower Meeting Room
Admission: Donations greatly appreciated.
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Funded by:
The History of Radio with Peter St. James- Friday, August 27th
Peter St. James began his radio career while still in high school working weekends as a board operator for Red Sox games in Norway, Maine. To help pay for college, he later worked a 6PM to 11PM shift at WABI/WBGW in Bangor.
After graduation, St. James worked at WSKW/WTOS and WHOM, before moving to New Hampshire in 1974, taking a job at WMOU/WXLQ. St. James has an almost fifteen-year affiliation with Oldies 99.1 - WNNH-Concord and more than ten years, at 107.7 WTPL in Concord.
With a life-long career in radio, St. James has amassed awards, accolades and a lot of fans from every corner of the State with no signs of slowing down.
After graduation, St. James worked at WSKW/WTOS and WHOM, before moving to New Hampshire in 1974, taking a job at WMOU/WXLQ. St. James has an almost fifteen-year affiliation with Oldies 99.1 - WNNH-Concord and more than ten years, at 107.7 WTPL in Concord.
With a life-long career in radio, St. James has amassed awards, accolades and a lot of fans from every corner of the State with no signs of slowing down.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Date/Time: Friday, August 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: New Hampshire Telephone Museum - Lower Meeting Room
Admission: $5.00 non-members/ NHTM members - free
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Date/Time: Friday, August 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Location: New Hampshire Telephone Museum - Lower Meeting Room
Admission: $5.00 non-members/ NHTM members - free
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Community Conversation- Wednesday, September 29th
Learn about the origins of telephone service in Warner from the people who worked for the local telephone company.
With Lynn Clark as moderator, Paul Violette and others will share stories of their years working to provide and maintain telephone service in all types of weather and through changing technologies.
Audience members will be invited to share their stories as well! This program is part of a series produced by the Warner Historical Society.
With Lynn Clark as moderator, Paul Violette and others will share stories of their years working to provide and maintain telephone service in all types of weather and through changing technologies.
Audience members will be invited to share their stories as well! This program is part of a series produced by the Warner Historical Society.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum & the Warner Historical Society
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Location: Virtual event. As the event date gets closer you may register to receive the zoom link: HERE.
Admission: $5.00 Suggested Donation
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Location: Virtual event. As the event date gets closer you may register to receive the zoom link: HERE.
Admission: $5.00 Suggested Donation
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Silent film: Railroad-Theme [film tbd] - SunDAY, October 24, 2021
Jeff Rapsis is a writer/editor, educator, and also a composer and performer who specializes in creating live musical scores for silent film screenings. His talent and enthusiasm have made him a crowd-favorite! As October approaches we will select a railroad-themed film to show, hopefully, at the Warner Town Hall. Stay tuned.
Hosted by: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Date/Time: Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Location: Warner Town Hall - Limited Seating.
Admission: $10.00 non-members/ NHTM members - $5.00
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
Date/Time: Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Location: Warner Town Hall - Limited Seating.
Admission: $10.00 non-members/ NHTM members - $5.00
Contact: Graham at 603-456-2234
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. When a Pop Up Event is scheduled it will take place either outside or via Zoom until further notice.
Past Events
Examples of past events...
STORYTELLING IN THE DIGITAL AGE - FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH
BEYOND THE 'I': WHEN MEMOIR MEETS HISTORY - FRIDAY, JULY 24TH
RUNNING THE RAILROAD - AN INSIDER EXPLAINS THE BASICS - FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH
MOVIE NIGHT: "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH
HISTORY WALK - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD
STORYTELLING IN THE DIGITAL AGE - FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH
BEYOND THE 'I': WHEN MEMOIR MEETS HISTORY - FRIDAY, JULY 24TH
RUNNING THE RAILROAD - AN INSIDER EXPLAINS THE BASICS - FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH
MOVIE NIGHT: "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH
HISTORY WALK - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD