“Virtual tours are offered every Wednesday at 11 am and 2 pm. Tours for the upcoming month will be posted on the 15th of each month.”*
Cost: $5 – Adults; $3 – Seniors, Students, Educators & First Responders; FREE for Museum Members and Veterans.
*Registration ends at 4 pm the day prior to the tour date.
Experience the American Independence Museum as never before!
This interactive tour takes you through the Ladd-Gilman House and provides a history of the colonial era, with a specific focus on New Hampshire and the American Revolution.
This 45 minute guided tour will end with time for Q&A with your tour guide. All tours take place on the Zoom platform, so please ensure you have the app or software downloaded prior to the tour start time.
Interested in arranging a virtual tour for your group or classroom? Email us at [email protected]!
EXETER TV
In celebration of the anniversary of the Dunlap Broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence’s arrival to Exeter on July 16, 1776 we invite you to view the premier of this crowd-sourced reading of this founding document.
Tune in to watch your friends, neighbors, local dignitaries, and maybe even yourself read the Declaration! Produced and presented in partnership with Exeter TV.
EXETER TV
Join us for this virtual presentation of the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence as part of our re-imagined American Independence Festival!
This special program is being produced and presented in partnership with Exeter TV and will include a memorial salute, a new festival video, welcoming remarks, and the traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence by John Taylor Gilman portrayed by descendant Greg Gilman.
Making it even more meaningful this year, the reading will take place in the original location it was read from when the Dunlap Broadside arrived in Exeter on July 16, 1776!
We love our members! In appreciation of all you do for the museum we are hosting a Members’ Only Virtual Tour as part of the Festival. Join us from the comfort of your own home as museum staff take you on a tour of the Ladd-Gilman house.
After there will be plenty of time for questions and further discussion. As this is a new tour to the museum, we are also happy to get your feedback once the tour is over. If you are not yet a member you are welcome to sign up now and join us!
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Join us for this virtual presentation as part of our re-imagined American Independence Festival!
Bring a little fun and learning to your mid-day meal. This virtual Lunch & Learn will be a close-up look at the museum’s special annual exhibit examining Commemoration and Memorializing. Museum Curator Jen Carr will share highlights from the exhibit, explain the exhibit development process, and take guest questions in this informal and engaging talk we are hosting through Zoom.
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Come to the Exeter Parks & Rec’s very own Drive-In Theatre created just for the summer of 2020! This special showing of National Treasure will include a bag of museum goodies and a special preview of our Festival video made in partnership with Exeter TV. This promises to be a fun night of socially distanced fun for the whole family!
Tickets are limited and reservations must be made through Exeter Parks & Rec.
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Join us for this virtual presentation as part of our re-imagined American Independence Festival!
Presented by local author Renay Allen in partnership with Exeter TV.
Black Revolutionary War soldier Jude Hall has been profiled in books since the 1800’s, yet he is little known in his hometown.
Join local author and activist Renay Allen to learn about Jude and his family and their contributions to America. She also discusses Exeter, NH’s historic black enclave and a new proposal for a town park to honor it. Renay is writing a trilogy of historical-fiction mysteries that acknowledge and honor Black Exeter.
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Set during the American Independence Festival weekend, “Incident at Exeter Tavern” honors Jude, and “Incident at Ioka” honors his nephew, the abolitionist poet James Monroe Whitfield. (Available at RM-Allen.com, Water Street Bookstore, or Amazon/Kindle.)
REGISTERJoin us for this virtual presentation as part of our re-imagined American Independence Festival!
Seventeen seventy-six is considered the seminal year of our nation’s history, and the drafting, adoption, and signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia were pivotal events.
In faraway Charleston, South Carolina, however, circumstances were unfolding that would profoundly affect the course of our newly-declared sovereignty—a collision between inexperienced South Carolina provincial troops and the military might of the British empire.
In “1776: The Year of William Moultrie, the Battle of Sullivan’s Island, and the Declaration of Independence,” author Chip Bragg chronicles the rise of South Carolina’s iconic patriot, Brig. Gen. William Moultrie, his defense of a small palmetto-log fort in Charleston harbor on June 28, 1776, and the consequences of America’s first significant Revolutionary War victory.
About the presenter
Chip Bragg is a recently retired anesthesiologist from Thomasville, Georgia where he has lived and practiced medicine for the past 31 years. His lifelong passion for American history has resulted in the publication of four books. He is currently the chairman of the education committee of the Society of the Cincinnati. His most recent book, of which he is coauthor, is Patriots in Exile: Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine during the American Revolution. It is scheduled for release in July 2020.
June 25: 10 am – 11:30 am
Cost: $15
School may be out for summer, but it’s time to hit the hornbook! Learn what an 18th century classroom was like in this interactive online program. Schoolmaster Mike will share tools used by students during the 18th century, such as a hornbook and quill pen.
Following his presentation with an active question and answer period, participants will be led in a fun 18th century movement break and a quill writing exercise. Receive your very own 18th century packet with quill pen, dry ink packet, ink well, slate and chalk and one adult and child admission ticket (good through the 2021 season) in an American Independence Museum tote bag.
Colonial school kit may be shipped for an additional flat fee of $10 or picked up at our gift shop at no additional charge
* Have more than one student? Select any additional supplies needed to add to your tote when you purchase your tickets.
Tour times: 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm
$10 Non-members, $7 Non-member children ages 6-18
$7 Members, $3 Member children ages 6-18
Free, children under 6
Families with elementary school aged children are invited to join our 3:00 or 3:30 tour created with them in mind! Don your Halloween costume as we become detectives using the cemetery to uncover stories of the past. At the end of the tour you will receive a colonial treat!
The American Independence Museum invites you to Winter Street Cemetery to celebrate the waning light and autumn season on Saturday, October 24. Your colonial tour guide will meet you at the Winter Street Cemetery, where you will see the final resting place and the graves of many of Exeter’s famous and infamous revolutionary residents, hear their stories, and learn about this historic cemetery.
All ticket prices include a free pass to visit the museum in 2021.
