~ We are closed for the season! ~
Thank you for a great summer!
Although we are now closed for the season, our online gift shop is open all year long. Stop in and have a look around. When you place an order with us, you support our mission. Thank you! ~ Over the next few months, we will receive a much-needed and long-awaited overhaul of our website; we are grateful for your patience during this period of transition.
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Elisha Marston House Gift Shop
COVID-19 Protocols at our buildings
(subject to change)
Due to the small size of our exhibit space(s), we encourage masks be worn and practice social distancing. We have a limit of eight (8) visitors at a time. We also have sanitizer and masks on hand. High traffic surfaces will be frequently sanitized. As usual, if you are not feeling well, please stay home and get well!
Visit DISCOVER SANDWICH (or use the QR code) to read about our very own Executive Director Jim Mykland!
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2020 ANNUAL REPORT
Click HERE
COLLECTIONS
Even though the Society is currently closed to the public, we would like you to keep our collections in mind. Are you using this time of self-quarantining to go through those photos and memorabilia you have always been meaning to get to? How about those Sandwich related objects you wish and know should be saved, but you are not sure how or if you can keep them. We are here to help! Our mission is to collect those Sandwich family and community related objects, photos and documents and to preserve them for future generations.
We invite you to please put aside items you wish to donate for time being. Once our buildings safely open, we look forward to accepting your donations to add to our collections. Questions? Please email us at sandwichhistory@gmail.com.
We invite you to please put aside items you wish to donate for time being. Once our buildings safely open, we look forward to accepting your donations to add to our collections. Questions? Please email us at sandwichhistory@gmail.com.
BE SANDWICH HISTORY
The Sandwich Historical Society would like your quarantine stories, pictures, or short videos. What have you been doing while at home? How has your life changed?
We would like to record this for future generations. Please send any contributions to suehamgreene(at)gmail.com.
Thank you for contributing!
We would like to record this for future generations. Please send any contributions to suehamgreene(at)gmail.com.
Thank you for contributing!
DECISION 2020 ~ A Letter from our President and Director
The Sandwich Historical Society Board of Trustees voted at their May meeting to cancel the June 27 opening of the 2020 summer season. The Board universally agreed that the Sandwich Historical Society had no other choice. For the time being the schedule of events planned for this summer is suspended.
Although the Elisha Marston House, Quimby Transportation Museum, Grange Hall and Lower Corner Schoolhouse will not be open to the public, the business of Society will continue with the staff either on the premises or working remotely. The well-being of our staff, the public, our volunteers, and our collections are the primary concerns for the board of trustees. Keeping the museum closed is our only safe option.
Another concern discussed was the number of visitors we would anticipate for the summer. What if we prepared for the summer season and no one came to visit? Also the well-being of our visitors with the added liability for the Society is paramount.
The Board decided that staff would create virtual and remote versions of our exhibit theme “Our Women of Sandwich.” Our plans are to offer our members and friends virtual experiences of this exhibit and some remote presentations, so prepare to “relax and escape” with the Sandwich Historical Society this summer!
This has been an unusual year and will continue to be so. This is not the kind of summer we were looking forward to, however, the staff and trustees are in complete agreement this is the best decision for everyone. Please stay-tuned to our website (sandwichhistorical.org), Facebook, SandwichBoard and through emails for further details. Above all, please stay safe and be well.
Sincerely,
Geoff Burrows, President
Abby Hambrook, Director
Although the Elisha Marston House, Quimby Transportation Museum, Grange Hall and Lower Corner Schoolhouse will not be open to the public, the business of Society will continue with the staff either on the premises or working remotely. The well-being of our staff, the public, our volunteers, and our collections are the primary concerns for the board of trustees. Keeping the museum closed is our only safe option.
Another concern discussed was the number of visitors we would anticipate for the summer. What if we prepared for the summer season and no one came to visit? Also the well-being of our visitors with the added liability for the Society is paramount.
The Board decided that staff would create virtual and remote versions of our exhibit theme “Our Women of Sandwich.” Our plans are to offer our members and friends virtual experiences of this exhibit and some remote presentations, so prepare to “relax and escape” with the Sandwich Historical Society this summer!
This has been an unusual year and will continue to be so. This is not the kind of summer we were looking forward to, however, the staff and trustees are in complete agreement this is the best decision for everyone. Please stay-tuned to our website (sandwichhistorical.org), Facebook, SandwichBoard and through emails for further details. Above all, please stay safe and be well.
Sincerely,
Geoff Burrows, President
Abby Hambrook, Director
COVID-19 Update (5/10/2020): The Sandwich Historical Society will not be opening this 2020 summer season; however, our summer exhibit, "Our Women of Sandwich" will be brought to you virtually! The Exhibit team has been thinking of new and creative ways to bring our amazing women to you as well as our collections and buildings, so please stay tuned and check back often!
Until it is safe to do so, we will not be accepting research appointments; however, we will do our best to accommodate your research requests and questions, if possible. Please visit our "Research and Library" page for more information.
We do not charge admissions to any of our buildings, programming and most of our events. We rely on memberships and membership renewals, donations and our gift shop sales to help fulfill our mission. Please consider joining the Society, and if you are already a member .... thank you! Jennifer will contact you by email or letter when it is time to renew.
Currently, the best way to contact the museum is by email:
sandwichhistory@gmail.com or mail: PO Box 244, Center Sandwich, NH 03227. We will do our best to answer all inquiries as quickly as possible! We are grateful for your patience and understanding.
Donations: we are working on establishing a donation link; however, in the meantime, if would like to donate to the Society, please feel free to mail a check to our address listed above. Thank you for your continued support!
We have a very small portion of our gift shop is currently online, although we hope to expand our online presence in the future. If you have shopped with us before, either at the museum, during the Sandwich Fair or Christmas in the Village and you don't see it online, please email and ask! Happy to help if we can.
That is all for now! Wishing you health and happiness!
~Jennifer
Until it is safe to do so, we will not be accepting research appointments; however, we will do our best to accommodate your research requests and questions, if possible. Please visit our "Research and Library" page for more information.
We do not charge admissions to any of our buildings, programming and most of our events. We rely on memberships and membership renewals, donations and our gift shop sales to help fulfill our mission. Please consider joining the Society, and if you are already a member .... thank you! Jennifer will contact you by email or letter when it is time to renew.
Currently, the best way to contact the museum is by email:
sandwichhistory@gmail.com or mail: PO Box 244, Center Sandwich, NH 03227. We will do our best to answer all inquiries as quickly as possible! We are grateful for your patience and understanding.
Donations: we are working on establishing a donation link; however, in the meantime, if would like to donate to the Society, please feel free to mail a check to our address listed above. Thank you for your continued support!
We have a very small portion of our gift shop is currently online, although we hope to expand our online presence in the future. If you have shopped with us before, either at the museum, during the Sandwich Fair or Christmas in the Village and you don't see it online, please email and ask! Happy to help if we can.
That is all for now! Wishing you health and happiness!
~Jennifer
