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Behind The Curtain: Strawbery Banke Revealed
Share a laugh with event hosts, answer museum-specific trivia, and be the first to hear about plans for the future.
March 10, 2021
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Behind the Curtain: Strawbery Banke Revealed
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Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7 PM EST
Free and open to the public. Preregistration required.
Experience inspiring stories firsthand from trustees, staff, donors, volunteers, business partners, and the community as Strawbery Banke reveals the work that went on behind the scenes in 2020 to help position the museum in 2021 and beyond.
Share a laugh with event hosts, answer museum-specific trivia, and be the first to hear about plans for the future. Additionally, all attendees will be entered into a drawing to win a lifetime Strawbery Banke Membership, an estimated value of $12,000!
Can't attend? Please consider making a gift to the Strawbery Banke Fund March Match Challenge. For the month of March only, Strawbery Banke Board of Trustees is matching all gifts, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000.
Strawbery Banke Fund March Match
To ensure the museum meets its fundraising goals, the Board of Trustees of Strawbery Banke Museum has generously stepped forward with a challenge to other Strawbery Banke supporters. For the month of March only, every dollar given to the Strawbery Banke Fund will be matched, up to $25,000. Additionally, gather virtually at the museum with the Board of Trustees and staff on Thursday, March 25 at 7 PM for the first-ever March Match virtual event, "Behind the Curtain: Strawbery Banke Revealed."
Garden Planning and Design
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 6-7 PM
Free and open to the public. Preregistration required.
Only a few spaces remaining.
Envision and plan seasonal garden designs in this mini virtual lecture with Erik Wochholz, Curator of Historic Landscapes. Learn how to incorporate heirloom seeds, soil science, pest management, and other techniques used in the museum’s historical gardens and landscapes into designs at home.
No promo code needed for preregistration.
Did you miss Oppression and Freedom: Slavery in 18th-Century Portsmouth with Bethany Allen, Education Coordinator, on February 16, 2021?
Virtual Homeschool Day: Cookstove Bake-Along
Thursday, March 18, 2021, 2:30-3:15 PM
Cast-iron cookstoves became popular in the 19th century during the Industrial Revolution. Bake Victorian tea cakes on a cookstove and discuss how measurements changed during the 19th century and from where ingredients came from and how they traveled to Portsmouth. Viewers are welcome to observe or download the recipe and bake along!
Members: $8 per individual/ $16 per family; Nonmembers: $10 per individual / $20 per family.
Purchase a Homeschool Program Subscription and receive access to ALL homeschool classes for ONE LOW COST.
Virtual Archaeology Field School
Monday, June 21 - Friday, July 2, 2021.
This virtual course is intended to offer training in archaeological methodology to students in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, history, or related fields. Because social science research has been interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, archaeologists are relying on mediated techniques to continue their research. This virtual field school offers a series of eight self-paced modules including material and digital techniques that participants can explore and apply. The instructor provides recorded tours and videos from the museum grounds and lab, digital course readings, and virtual activities.
Members $50; Nonmembers $75. Limited to 35 participants.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
Strawbery Banke members have access to it all — discounts to onsite summer camps and stimulating educational programs, including virtual programs and history clubs for remote learners and homeschoolers.
Strawbery Banke Museum is most grateful for your ongoing support in these challenging times. To become a member, please click here.
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Mailing address:
PO Box 300, Portsmouth NH 03802-0300
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