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-eight years ago, the Baptist Meeting House became our headquarters and exhibition space.
Within a short amount of time a small group of individuals took it upon themselves to arrange for the preservation of the town’s horse-drawn hearse in the adjacent Hearse House. They created a museum with a fine array of historical items and exhibits, such as a reconstruction of a country store and Salisbury post office.
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Though it is a quiet time we are still working away behind the scenes getting ready to set our Calendar for 2025 and we are adding as go. We are busy in the many fields below and we always rely on and welcome volunteers to keep our town’s history alive. Our newest project The Interactive Map Viewer has been launched:
- INTERACTIVE MAP VIEWER Our President Joe Schmidl has launched an interactive map for town history lovers. It is a project that will grow in content but much information has already been entered to date.
- COLLECTING, PRESERVING & DISPLAYING our collection in archive in our MUSEUM and MEETING HOUSE
- CURATING Record keeping, displays, care for the collection.
- THE ROUND ROBIN Annual June event introducing fourth graders to their town’s history. Shared between Andover, Salisbury & Webster elementary schools. A visit to our Museum, Meeting House & a Cemetery Walk hightlights the day.
- SUMMER DOCENT VOLUNTEERING Our museum is open in Summer and all day on Old Home Day.
- THE HISTORICAL FLAGS PROJECT The display of 17 historical flags from Memorial Day to Veterans Day (May to November) represents a collaborative project between the community and the Historical Society.
- OLD HOME DAY The annual event on the second Saturday of August welcomes the public into our buildings. Docents guide visitors, showcasing particular exhibits. Additionally, a White Elephant sale is held to raise funds for the Society.
- LECTURE SERIES Summer guest speakers and programs.
- SCHOLARSHIP The Annual Salisbury Historical Scholarship, awarded to graduating seniors from Salisbury, NH, is among the most substantial for a non-profit organization of our scale.
- PROPERTY MAINTENANCE the never ending maintenance of our old buildings, property and trees continues.
- ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECTS We collect and share historical facts and images of our town, foster conversations to spark interest in our local history, and keep the public informed about our activities through our Facebook page.
- WEBSITE: Our website features more than 80 pages of historical information, with links prominently highlighted in blue and underlined for easy navigation. Areas include: Cemetery Index, Town History Topics, Trivia Challenge Index
- TRIVIA CHALLENGE A monthly online quiz to challenge your knowledge about our town. All question and Answers over the years are Indexed Trivia Challenge.
- 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, holding office positions, and participating in committees.
For the latest news, contributions of historical information, or stories of historical interest, and for interaction, we are now on Facebook.