Tag: canoes

When Andy Opel's daughter was born in 2004, he noticed there were no children's books about Lake Winnipesaukee, so he decided to write one. Seven years and one gifted illustrator later, that idea became the first in a beloved series about life on the lake.... Read More

On Wednesday, July 22, the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will host Ernest Thompson, Academy Award-winning writer of On Golden Pond, as part of its popular Hulls and Hops Speaker Series, sponsored by Notch Brewing.... Read More

Sandy Martin completed her first oil painting at age 13, opened her own studio at 16, and by 22 was apprenticing at one of Rockport, Massachusetts' most respected galleries. More than five decades later, the Wolfeboro artist will share her work at the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) on Thursday, July 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.... Read More

Sandy Martin completed her first oil painting at age 13, opened her own studio at 16, and by 22 was apprenticing at one of Rockport, Massachusetts' most respected galleries. More than five decades later, the Wolfeboro artist will share her work at the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) on Thursday, July 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.... Read More

Sandy Martin completed her first oil painting at age 13, opened her own studio at 16, and by 22 was apprenticing at one of Rockport, Massachusetts' most respected galleries. More than five decades later, the Wolfeboro artist will share her work at the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) on Thursday, July 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.... Read More

On Thursday, June 25, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will host Junior Skippers Lake Discovery Day. A free program designed for kids in kindergarten through the fifth grade, “Does it Float?” is the theme of June’s session.... Read More

Walk in with a stack of lumber. Walk out with a boat you built yourself. Spaces are still available for the New Hampshire Boat Museum’s Youth, Family, and Adult Boat Building Class on Saturday, July 11 through Sunday, July 19 at the museum's Wolfeboro campus, 399 Center Street.... Read More

The New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will host "An Evening with NHBM Member Artists" on Thursday, June 11, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at its Moultonborough Campus.... Read More

The New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will offer Children's Story Hour in collaboration with the Moultonborough Public Library on three Thursdays this summer: June 11, July 9, August 6, and September 10 from 11:00 a.m. to noon.... Read More

In the spring of 1945, a small Florida pleasure-craft company named Correct Craft built 406 wooden Storm Boats for the U.S. War Department in just 19 days—working around the clock, but never on Sundays. Those 17-foot plywood assault craft, powered by purpose-built 50-horsepower Evinrude outboards, carried American soldiers across the Rhine River and helped bring World War II to a close.... Read More