The New Hampshire Historical Society is an independent nonprofit organization that saves, preserves, and shares the history of New Hampshire . The organization is headquartered in Concord , the capital city of New Hampshire .
3-459: Founded in 1823, the Society marked its 200th anniversary in 2023. The organization chronicled its history in two issues of its journal, Historical New Hampshire . Over two centuries the Society has amassed a collection that includes thousands of books, documents, and objects documenting the history of New Hampshire. Information about the collections, including thousands of images, is available through
6-685: The Loose: Social Studies for Granite State Kids .” In 2024 the Society received a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History for Moose on Loose: Social Studies for Granite State Kids. The Society is governed by a board of trustees and employs a professional staff . Its library and museum, located at 30 Park Street in Concord, is open to the public year-round. The New Hampshire Historical Society
9-559: The Society’s online collections catalog at nhhistory.org . The Society shares its collections through its library, museum, websites, publications, exhibitions, and school and adult educational programs. In 2017 the Society launched the “ Democracy Project: Revitalizing History and Civics Education in New Hampshire Schools .” The project resulted in the creation of an educational resource for students and educators called " Moose on
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