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STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM14 Hancock Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 603-433-1100www.strawberybanke.org
TO DAY AT S T R AW B E RY BA N K E
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MUSEUM HOURSMAY 1 – OCTOBER 31 OPEN DAILY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. Visit the historic houses, costumed role-players, crafts and exhibitions 10 am – 5 pm.
Visit www.strawberybanke.org for more information.
About the Buildings Strawbery Banke Museum is unique in preserving neighborhood buildings original to their sites, buildings from other Portsmouth locations rescued from demolition, and a vast collection of objects from Portsmouth’s past.
32 buildings at Strawbery Banke are on their original sites. Four were moved here to save them from demolition. Research and archaeology provide an historical background for the restorations. Additional research into the lives of former residents continues the story and provides the basis for interpretation.
Strawbery Banke Museum is a not-for-profit educational organization supported by admissions, sales, contributions and membership. Strawbery Banke Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Tax-deductible Gifts and Bequests support educational programs and the preservation of Strawbery Banke Museum. For more information on supporting the important work of Strawbery Banke Museum, please contact the Director of Development at 603-422-7551.
Become a Member and receive FREE daily admission May through October. JOIN TODAY and the full price of admission is credited toward the cost of membership. Ask the Admissions Desk for an application form.
Proceeds from membership support programs and preservation at Strawbery Banke as "a place to learn, a place to gather, and a sustainable resource for the community."
For Your Safety and Comfort:• Pets are not allowed on the grounds.• Please do not touch or eat the plants in the gardens.• Smoking is prohibited.• Food and beverages are prohibited in exhibit buildings.• Cell Phones: please be courteous to fellow museum visitors when
taking calls.
Photography and Videotaping Tripods are not permitted in exhibit buildings. Visitors may photograph and videotape for their personal use only. Commercial photography and special projects require advance permission. Please contact the Director of Marketing at 603-433-1102.
Shopping The Visitors Center carries a selection of Strawbery Banke gift items and souvenirs, books, crafts, toys and reproductions. Please visit Pickwick's at the Banke, the Strawbery Banke Museum store, for an enchanting shopping experience.
Dining Figtree Kitchen at Strawbery Banke in the Visitors Center features a selection of pastries, sandwiches, panini, quiches & salads. Children's menu is available. Beverages include gourmet coffee, beer & wine. Enjoy outdoor terrace & complimentary Wi-Fi.
Restrooms are available in the Tyco Visitors Center, Jefferson House and Penhallow House.
Why Become a Member?
Members enjoy free daily admission, discounted
admission to special events and programs and a
10% DISCOUNT in the café.
Puddle Dock, circa 1890
Wheelchair Accessible
Food
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SITE MAP
Jefferson House K4 Restrooms. Private. Built c. 1816.
Jones House F7 Family Discovery Center and play yard. 1796–1843 home of Joshua Jones. Built c. 1790.
Lowd House I7 Exhibition. 1824–1837 home of cooper Peter Lowd. Early craftsmen’s tools and trades. Built c. 1810.
Marden-Abbott Garage H4 Exhibition. World War II Homefront. Reconstructed outbuilding.
Marden-Abbott House and Store H4 Furnished house. World War II-era home and family-run grocery store. Built c. 1720.
Patch House C2 Private. Built c. 1820.
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JACKSONHOUSE
MARDEN-ABBOTT HOUSE,STORE AND GARAGE
LOWD HOUSE
PEACOCKHOUSE
PATCH HOUSE
JEFFERSONHOUSE
ALDRICHHOUSE
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YEATON-WALSHHOUSE
YEATONHOUSE
WINNHOUSE
WHEELWRIGHT HOUSE
WEBSTER HOUSE
WALSHHOUSE
VICTORYGARDEN
TYCOVISITORSCENTER
STOODLEY’S TAVERNEDUCATION CENTER
STABLE
SHERBURNEHOUSE
& GARDEN
SHAPLEY-DRISCOHOUSE
SHAPLEY TOWNHOUSE
SHAPIRO HOUSE& GARDEN
RIDER-WOODHOUSE
SHAPLEY HOUSEPITT TAVERN
PENHALLOWHOUSE
CONANTHOUSE
CHASE HOUSE
COTTONTENANTHOUSE
DINSMORE SHOP
DUNAWAYHOUSE
GOODWINGARDEN
GOOKIN HOUSE
COMMUNITYGARDENS
GREENHOUSE
ETHNOBOTANICAL GERDEN
HOUGH HOUSE
JONES HOUSE
GOV. GOODWIN MANSION
CARTERCOLLECTIONS
CENTER
VICTORIANCHILDREN’S
GARDEN
ROWLAND GALLERY
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HEIRLOOMAPPLE ORCHARD
JACKSONHOUSE
MARDEN-ABBOTT HOUSE,STORE AND GARAGE
LOWD HOUSE
PEACOCKHOUSE
PATCH HOUSE
JEFFERSONHOUSE
ALDRICHHOUSE
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YEATON-WALSHHOUSE
YEATONHOUSE
WINNHOUSE
WHEELWRIGHT HOUSE
WEBSTER HOUSE
WALSHHOUSE
VICTORYGARDEN
TYCO VISITORSCENTER
STOODLEY’S TAVERNEDUCATION CENTER
STABLE
SHERBURNEHOUSE
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SHAPLEY-DRISCOHOUSE
SHAPLEY TOWNHOUSE
SHAPIRO HOUSE& GARDEN
RIDER-WOODHOUSE
SHAPLEY HOUSEPITT TAVERN
PENHALLOWHOUSE
CONANTHOUSE
CHASE HOUSE
COTTONTENANTHOUSE
DINSMORE SHOP
DUNAWAYHOUSE
GOODWINGARDEN
GOOKIN HOUSE
COMMUNITYGARDENS
GREENHOUSE
ETHNOBOTANICALGARDEN
HOUGH HOUSE
JONES HOUSE
GOV. GOODWIN MANSION
CARTERCOLLECTIONS
CENTER
VICTORIANCHILDREN’S
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ROWLAND GALLERY
DISCOVERY CENTERDISCOVERY CENTER
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Peacock House G3 Private. 1-1/2 story urban dwelling. Built c. 1821, expanded c. 1880 and c. 1940.
Penhallow House A7 Restrooms. 18th-century home of Deacon Samuel Penhallow, moved from Pleasant Street in 1862. Built c. 1750.
Pitt Tavern F1 Furnished building. Revolutionary War-era tavern visited by George Washington, John Hancock and the Marquis de Lafayette. Built c. 1766.
Rider-Wood House C4 Furnished house and exhibition. Early 19th- century home of English immigrant and widow Mary Rider. Built c. 1800.
Rowland Gallery A6 Exhibition space for the Museum. Special Exhibits highlight pieces from the permanent collection as well as items loaned from other institutions. Built 2007.
Shapiro Garden E4 Recreated vegetable garden of 1919.
Shapiro House E4 Furnished house and exhibition. 20th-century home of the Russian-Jewish immigrant Shapiro family. Built c. 1795. Shapley-Drisco House K7 Furnished house. Contrasts home life in the 1790s and the 1950s. Built c. 1795.
Shapley House G1 Private. 18th-century workshop/store. Built c. 1790.
Shapley Townhouse I1 Private. Built c. 1814.
Sherburne Garden J6 Recreated Colonial-period, raised-bed kitchen garden and orchard based on archaeobotanical evidence.
Sherburne House J7 Exhibition. 17th-century house construction. Built c. 1695/1703.
Stable D6 Private. Built c. 1890/1920.
Stoodley’s Tavern D12 The Lou and Lutza Smith Youth Learning Center serves as an education center for school groups and Museum offices. Moved from Daniel Street in 1966 to save it from demolition. Built c. 1761.
Tyco Visitors Center E8 Admissions desk, orientation film, lecture hall, café. Built 2005; expanded 2013.
Victorian Children’s Garden E11 A family teaching garden based in the Victorian era.
Victory Garden H5 Restored 1940s victory garden of the Pecunies family.
Walsh Garden B9 Late 18th-century teaching garden.
Walsh House G4 Reserved for special events. Home of sea captain Keyran Walsh in the early 19th century. Built c. 1796.
Webster House A11 Private. 1814–1816 home of statesman Daniel Webster at the beginning of his law career. Moved from High Street in 1961 to save it from demolition. Built c. 1785.
Wheelwright House I3 Hands-on exhibition of life in 1785 and 18th century cooking demonstration. Built c. 1780.
Winn House G5 Exhibition. Late 18th-century home of storekeeper Timothy Winn, brother-in-law to Thales Yeaton. Architectural styles and building construction. Built c. 1795.
Yeaton House G4 Late 18th-century home to shopkeeper and tobacconist Thales Yeaton, brother-in-law to Timothy Winn. Built c. 1795.
Yeaton-Walsh House G6 Unrestored. Built c. 1795.
PUDDLE DOCK
Aldrich Garden E3 Colonial Revival garden created in 1908.
Aldrich House E2 Furnished house and exhibition. Victorian novelist, poet, and editor Thomas Bailey Aldrich spent several years of his childhood living here with his grandparents. Built c. 1797.
Carter Collections Center A5 State-of-the art facility constructed to house the Museum’s important collections of furniture, ceramics, textiles, glass, archaeological artifacts, tools, and works of art on paper. Built 2007.
Chase House B2 Furnished house. Home of Stephen Chase, an early 19th-century merchant. Portsmouth furniture. Built c. 1762.
Chicken Coop H5 1950s reproduction with heritage breeds.
Conant House A4 Private. Ongoing restoration. Home of Aaron Conant, a stagecoach driver on the Portsmouth-Boston line in the mid-19th century. Built c. 1791.
Cotton Tenant Houses F5 Crafts demonstrations. North – Weaving, basket crafts demonstrations. South – Heirloom Garden Crafts Center, demonstrations. Built c. 1836.
Dinsmore Shop H7 Coopering demonstration. Moved from Dundee, NH. Built c. 1800.
Dunaway House L6 The Mombo restaurant features creative, internationally inspired cuisine. Built 1967.
Ethnobotanical Herb Garden F4 A globe-spanning exploration of herbs used for food, medicine, textiles and flavor.
Goodwin Garden B10 Recreated Victorian garden based on an 1862 landscape plan and Sarah Goodwin’s detailed diary. Interpreted to 1870.
Gov. Goodwin Mansion D11 Furnished house. 1832–1896 home of Civil War governor Ichabod Goodwin and his wife, Sarah Parker Rice Goodwin. Moved from Islington Street in 1963 to save it from demolition. Built c. 1811.
Gookin House G1 Pickwick's at the Bank museum store. Moved to this location in 1878 by Williams Cotton. Used as a warehouse. Built c. 1790.
Greenhouse D10 Victorian era hothouse from Wentworth By the Sea Hotel, featuring period plants.
Hough House J3 Private. Home of Thomas Hough, a ship’s carpenter in the late 19th century. Built c. 1750/1860.
Jackson House J5 Exhibition. Comparison of structural and decorative changes and a look at the lives of various residents of the house over a span of 160 years. Built c. 1790.