inclusivity - American Independence Museum

2022 Season Begins

by ion | Jan 5, 2022

Yellow Colonial House with the American flag hanging out front.

The American Independence Museum will be reopening on Wednesday, May 4th!
Ladd Gilman House tours will take place Wed-Sat: 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm & 3 pm. The Ladd Gilman House is open for self-guided tours anytime during museum open hours.
Folsom Tavern tours will take place Wed-Sat: 11 am & 1 pm.

Admission Prices

Adults $8
Seniors, Students, Educators & First Responders $6
Children ages 6-18 $4
Children under 6 $0
Active/Retired Military and Veterans $0
Museum Members, Library Passes or Time Travelers $0

American Independence Festival

by ion | Jan 4, 2022

Get your Festival Ticket!

Date: Saturday, July 16
Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Location: American Independence Museum Grounds
Cost:
Adult: $10
Child (ages 4-18): $4
Children under 4: FREE
Veteran, Active or Retired Military: FREE
Museum Members: FREE

2022 Festival

Join us Saturday, July 16 for festivities on museum grounds. Make sure to check back in here as we update the festival program with confirmed presenters and activities. We invite you to engage with us as we celebrate, commemorate, and learn.

Festival Program Includes:

An adult dressed in 18th century clothing sits by an open camp fire and bakes flatbreads using the embers, a ring of children watch

Revolutionary Foodways

Reenactor dressed as Jack Staines (a middle-aged black man with short white hair and short facial hair wearing a grey buttoned up shirt with white collar under a brown cloth jacket)

First Person Reenactors

A family of four use paint to decorate rocks of the liberty herb garden

Family Saturdays

Reenactors dressed in uniforms belonging to the King's Own Fourth Regiment of the Foot

Military Demonstrations

A child watches as a trained artisan decorates an unfired clay bowl using a specially cut sponge as a stamp

Artisan Village

Two men in Revolutionary Era clothing sit and drink a beer

Beer Garden

A reenactor from the Acton Minutemen challenges a child to a game of checkers. The outcome is yet to be determined.

Military Camp Life

Beer For History Czar’s Brewery

by ion | Oct 28, 2021

Beer for History featuring Czar's Brewery 11/18

Purchase Beer For History Tickets

$15 AIM Members
$20 Non-members
$ 5 children under 21

What’s a tavern without beer? Join us for Beer for History as we bring the spirt of Folsom Tavern alive. This week’s event will feature Czar’s Brewery.

Different programming will be ‘on tap’ at each event including music, trivia or colonial tavern games.

Held outside on the lawn of the Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833 featuring tents and campfires for sitting or mingling.

Fireside Tavern Night

by ion | Oct 21, 2021

Architectural Tour Highlight of the main bannister, wooden railing with many spindles.

Guests are encouraged to bring healthy non-perishable food and toiletry donations for St. Vincent dePaul.

Join us for a jolly good time on the grounds of the Folsom Tavern. Sip hot cider around the campfire, listen to colonial music, watch fireside cooking demonstrations, and make a simple craft. Pop inside the Tavern to visit the museum’s gift shop and local vendors selling handcrafted and carefully curated gifts, sure to delight even the hardest to shop for on your list.

This is a free event.

Holiday market vendors include:

Ridgetop Rustics
Denise Brown Books
Parker Mountain Comfort Wraps

Vendors:

Architecture Tour

by ion | Oct 21, 2021

Purchase Architecture Tour Tickets

$5 AIM Members
$10 Not yet members

Stop by for a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the Ladd-Gilman House and Folsom Tavern! Learn about the evolution of the buildings, decorative styles, and architectural features that make them unique. Put your thinking cap on while you look for clues around the rooms, closets and attics. Tours will take place on Fridays at 12:30 and 2 p.m. and last approximately 90 minutes. They will depart from the Ladd-Gilman House. Tours are limited to 6 people, pre-registration is encouraged, masks required.

Note: Due to the historic nature of our buildings, they are not handicap accessible. This tour will include many areas of the buildings not typically open to the public. Guests should be comfortable navigating uneven floors, steep staircases, low ceilings and the occasional spider web.