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THE SALISBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

OBJECTIVES OF THE SALISBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

To promote the interest in, and the understanding of, the history of the town of Salisbury in the State of New Hampshire.

To collect and preserve objects, facts and information of historical significance to the area, and to make them available to all who wish to examine them.

 Salisbury Historical Society Incorporated 1966

ABOUT THE SOCIETY

Just over fifty-seven years ago a small group of people saw fit to make arrangements to preserve the town hearse. From that effort grew a lively Historical Society.

In a short amount of time a Museum grew around it containing many historical objects and displays including an example of a country store and post office.

The Salisbury Historical Society owns the beautiful Baptist Meeting House where concerts and lectures are held as well as historical displays are show.

 CURRENT ACTIVITIES

  • THE ROUND ROBIN: Annual June event introducing fourth graders to their town’s history. Shared between Andover, Salisbury & Webster elementary schools. Visit to Museum, MeetingHouse & a Cemetery Walk.
  • COLLECTING, PRESERVING & DISPLAYING our collection in our Archives, Museum and Meeting House. Museum and Meeting House
  • CURATINNG, record keeping, displays, care for the collection.
  •  SUMMER DOCENT VOLUNTEERING: Our museum is open each Saturday from 1-3 in season and all day on Old Home Day. 
  • OLD HOME DAY:  Annual Second Saturday in August event. We open our buildings to the public. Docents lead visitors through the buildings, highlighting specific exhibits. White Elephant fundraising sale.
  • LECTURE SERIES:  Summer guest speakers and programs. 
  • SCHOLARSHIP: The Annual Salisbury Historical Scholarship for graduating High School Seniors is one of the largest for a non-profit of our size. 
  • THE HISTORICAL FLAGS PROJECT: The flying of 17 Historical Flags from Memorial Day to Veterans Day (May-Nov), a community and Historical Society shared project. 
  • PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
  • ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECTS: Collecting and sharing historical facts and images about our town, encouraging conversations to help generate interest in our town’s history and keeping the public updated about our activities via our page on Facebook.  
  • WEBSITE On our website you can find over 80 pages of historical information. Links are highlighted in blue, underlined.
  • TRIVIA CHALLENGE a monthly online question to test your knowledge of our town.  
  • OLD HOUSE PROJECT updating our Old Salisbury Houses books
  • ORAL HISTORY PROJECT begun by Paul Shaw with the information published in “They Said It In Salisbury” vol. 1 and 2. This project is in need of volunteers to start up again as it’s essential to have the words of our elder citizens documented.  In this way we can learn our towns history from their words. 
  • MAINTAINING AND GUIDING THE SOCIETY: Serving on the Board of Directors, Offices and Committees.

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