November 2010

The Camden County Historical Society's three-building complex on the eastern edge of Camden is one of the region's largest historical facilities. The museum, eighteenth-century mansion, library, offices and auditorium include more than 20,000 square feet of public area and 10,000 square feet of service and storage area.

Step into early America as and tour Historic Deerfield’s eleven house museums. Explore hundreds of years of history along an original, mile-long street. Two houses, the Stebbins House and Sheldon House, are available for self-guided tours all day during the regular season.

The Flynt Center of Early New England Life at Historic Deerfield has dramatically enhanced public access to the museum’s nationally acclaimed decorative arts collections. Set back from the village street at the edge of a pumpkin field, and in line with several 19th-century barns, the Flynt Center is fully accessible to all visitors with a dramatic entrance into a lobby that leads to exhibition galleries.

The Florida Carriage Museum & Resort is home to one of the worlds finest collections of carriages. Step back into the past and enjoy more than 160 European and American Carriages including the elaborate 1850 Armbruster Dress Chariot once owned by Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria, and his wife Elisabeth. One can see an English Omnibus, horse-drawn fire fighting apparatus, a World War I supply wagon, the colorful and ornate Sicillian Caretta, and a Dutch Tikker. This Tikker is one of a pair; the other was displayed by Count de Hamptinne in the Hotel Particulier in Ghent, Belgium. And that's only the beginning of what this Museum has to offer. It is truly a must see for those who value history, love pagentry and enjoy the unique. The experience can include shopping in the Gift Shop, a carriage ride through the 400 acre Resort complete with a guided Stable Tour. Visitors may tour the Museum independently or arrange for a trained Docent to guide them.

Mr. Edward Miner's exhibit of Early Apopka artifacts at the 1968 Folk Festival in Apopka inspired the formation of an Historical Society. He obtained forms for incorporation and secured the use of 3 rooms in the former school building that had become Apopka City Hall. An amateur archaeological group from the Central Florida Anthropological Society, then exploring at Lake Apopka, agreed to provide exhibits of prehistoric life in the area. The public request for background for exhibit cases brought response from five well qualified artists , new residents to Apopka, who volunteered their talents and created a pictured story of Apopka history. The society's philosophy remains: The past is my heritage; the present is my responsibility; the future is my challenge.

The Museum collects books, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings and Town Reports, as well as bibles, quilts, fire-fighting apparatus, signs, and more.  Its holdings are cataloged, indexed, cross-referenced and conserved.  If visitors are looking to conduct research regarding many aspects of Swanzey's history, the Museum should be a first stop.

Visitors begin their visit to the New Hampshire Telephone Museum with an introductory video, featuring interviews with an operator and a lineman recalling the early days of the telephone.

The collection of telephones, equipment and tools begins with a replica of the very first telephone, which carried inventor Alexander Graham Bell’s words to his startled assistant Thomas A. Watson. Trace the development of the telephone from hand-cranked magneto boxes on walls to the wireless technologies of today. Crank a magneto telephone to connect yourself to an antique switchboard, and dial a telephone to see a 9-foot-tall stepping switch in action.

The New Hampshire Telephone Museum is the creation of Dick and Paul Violette, Chairman and President/CEO of the Merrimack County Telephone Company.

At the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm the agricultural way of life in New Hampshire, from 1790 to the present, is preserved. Visitors can see a working farm with sheep, goats, cows, steers, oxen, chickens, and turkeys. In spring and summer, see lambs and pigs. Walk into the 1830's garden and view the historic crops and vegetables. Take a leisurely 6/10 mile hike on the Binsack Trail, a low impact experience offering spectacular views of Remick Farm, Mount Chocorua, and the Ossipee Mountain Range.

Remick Farm has a cattle barn, milk house, maple sugar house, stable, and a historic English Barn. Many of these buildings are open in spring, summer, and during special events. Take a tour of these facilities with a Remick Museum Tour Guide, who provides you with exclusive access and information on historic farm tools and equipment.

Come inside the Museum Farm House, where you can tour the living quarters of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick and his wife, Marion Ella Miles Remick. See the modest furnishings of their country life; view the medical equipment of the doctor. In the Visitor's Center, view exhibits on The Farmer's Year, and other changing, seasonal exhibits.