Children's Museum of New Hampshire

Wacky Art Wednesdays
2025-07-02 14:30 - 15:00, 2025-06-25 14:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Join us at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire every Wednesday at either 10:30am or 2:30pm to do a wacky and wonderful art project. Children are invited to join our educators to make a wacky and wonderful art project to take home! We’ll take inspiration from art in our own Gallery 6, from famous artists, or from the world around us. Want to join in? Simply reserve spots in the museum’s play session that correspond to the date of the Wacky Art Wednesday you want to join!
Included with museum admission, and as always, free for Members!
STEAM programs are sponsored by Granite State Development Corporation, Breezeline, Eversource, Sprague, and Novocure.
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CLOSED
2025-06-30, 2025-06-23 | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
We are closed today. Please plan your visit for another day and reserve online.
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Birthday Party Rentals Available - Sundays
2025-06-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-01 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-25 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-11 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Celebrate your child’s next birthday with us! Birthday Parties are available to book at CMNH on Friday and Sunday afternoons. Families have access to a private classroom area for food and cake, along with complete access to the museum’s exhibits. The museum is closed to the public during birthday parties, however parties are at the same time and are NOT private. If you want a private party, you must book both party times. Parents are expected to stay with their children while playing in the museum, and help them follow museum rules. Children may not be left unattended at any time. Online booking required.
Members: $375
Non-Members: $395
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Grown-up Art Workshop: "Make a Felt Owl"
2025-06-28 13:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Grown-ups, are you looking to be creative and try something new? Do you love art that you can touch? If so, join fiber artist Rachel Benson from The Fiber Web to learn the fun possibilities of working with fibers! In this workshop, adults will work three dimensionally to needle felt an adorable owl with detail colors of your choosing and get to explore different felting techniques. The possibilities with fiber are endless! No experience required and all materials provided. This workshop requires pre-registration and is for adults: $45 per adult (CMNH Members: $42). Rachel is a fiber artist whose work is currently featured in the museum’s Gallery 6 art exhibition “Curious Creatures” on view through September, 2025.
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"The Art of Felting" Art Workshop with Rachel Benson
2025-06-28 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Learn the basics of felting in this free open-ended, drop-in workshop, included with museum admission. Children and families are invited to watch a demo and feel a variety of felted items and different types of wool, as well as experiment with wet felting and take home a tiny felted acorn. This workshop is included with regular Museum admission and free for members. No separate registration required—please reserve tickets online for the Saturday morning play session, 9am–Noon. Rachel is a fiber artist whose work is currently featured in the museum’s Gallery 6 art exhibition “Curious Creatures” on view through September, 2025.
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Birthday Party Rentals Available - Fridays
2025-06-27 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-20 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-13 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-06 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-30 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-23 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-09 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States

NH Maker Fest
2025-06-07 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
The annual NH Maker Fest is an all-ages celebration of creativity and innovation, organized and hosted by CMNH. The Fest is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From artists to entertainers, to entrepreneurs to homesteaders, the Maker Fest is a venue for these “Makers” to show hobbies, experiments, projects, and for all of us to discover something new. The Fest takes place in and around the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in downtown Dover, NH on the first Saturday of June from 10am-3pm. Play with bubbles, experiment with science, learn new skills, take a selfie with a robot, and so much more! Entrance into the Fest is by donation (suggested $5/person). Online tickets are available for purchase, or donate at the door.
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Car or Cash Raffle Live Drawing Event
2025-06-05 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | The Brook Casino, 319 New Zealand Raod, Seabrook, 03874, United States
Our annual Car or Cash Raffle fundraiser comes to an end tonight! Raffle tickets are $100 and a first place prize winner will get to choose between $25,000 towards a new vehicle from Bill Dube Ford Toyota, or $20,000 cash. A 2nd place prize winner will win $5,000 cash. Online ticket sales end today at noon today. Then from 5-6:30pm, ticket purchasers (plus one guest 18+) are invited to the live drawing event, held at The Brook Casino in Seabrook, NH. A $1,000 door prize (sponsored by Bill Dube Ford Toyota) will be awarded to a ticket purchaser who is at the live drawing event.
Ticket sales at the Brook end at 5:50pm. All ticket purchasers are invited to enjoy complimentary appetizers, beverages, and a cash bar (21+). The first and second-prize winners need not be present at the drawing to claim their prize.
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Member Only Monday
2025-06-02 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Attention Children’s Museum of NH Members of all levels! Come to these exclusive Member-only playtimes in the exhibits! Online reservations are still required but as always, are free for Members.
Are you not a Museum Member yet? Purchase a Membership today and get access to these special Member-only events, which we offer most months. Members also get many great perks, including free museum admission year-round, reciprocal admission to area cultural institutions, special Member pre-sales, discounts on classes, camps, birthday parties, and special events that happen only once a year!
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Exploring Our Way: Sensory Friendly Playtime
2025-06-01 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-06 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
For some children with autism spectrum or sensory processing disorders, a visit to museums like the Children’s Museum of NH is challenging or over-stimulating. Exploring Our Way are FREE low-sensory events designed for children with autism spectrum or sensory processing disorders, and allow them to explore the Museum along with their families without the noise, crowds, and stimulation of a typical open day. We limit the number of families who can attend, turn down sounds and lights, provide a quiet zone with sensory activities away from the exhibit floor, and have noise-canceling headphones to borrow. A medical diagnosis is not required. This program is free, but online pre-registration is required.
Access & Inclusion programs are sponsored by M&T Bank.
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"Bring a Friend" Member Only Night at the Museum
2025-05-15 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Attention Children’s Museum of NH Members of all levels! Come to this exclusive Member-only “Night at the Museum” playtime in the exhibits, and bring a non-member family as your guests! Online reservations are still required but as always, are free for Members.
Are you not a Museum Member yet? Purchase a Membership today and get access to these special Member-only events, which we offer most months. Members also get many great perks, including free museum admission year-round, reciprocal admission to area cultural institutions, special Member pre-sales, discounts on classes, camps, birthday parties, and special events that happen only once a year!
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FREE Parenting Speaker with pizza dinner
2025-05-08 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Children’s Museum, 6 Washington Street, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Wonder & Wellness Speaker Series with Occupational Therapist Jessica Lewis: Problem Behaviors & How To Navigate Them
Things don’t always go according to plan. Learn how to troubleshoot challenges in the moment and how to set yourself up for long-term successes when things get tough. Build your toolbox of strategies and learn where to go when you feel ready for some help. Jessica Lewis is an occupational therapist by trade and she is currently the Director of Family Centered Early Supports and Services at Community Partners. This free workshop is organized by and hosted at the Children’s Museum of NH as part of their Wonder & Wellness Speaker Series, sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank. Pre-registration is required for these workshops, which include a simple pizza dinner (5-5:30pm), as well as limited free childcare for ages 4 and up (must use bathroom independently) for participating families during speaker presentation (5:30-6:30pm).
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