Museum Resources

Rye Historical Society and Town Museum

and Rye Town Museum
10 Olde Parish Road
Rye, NH

Museum Resources
provided at the Rye Town Museum

What you will find...

The Rye Town Museum is home to an interesting collection of artifacts which have been preserved for generations in order to keep Rye’s history alive. They include:

        Photographs- thousands of originals and reproductions, conveniently cataloged and labeled

        Post-cards- hundreds, dating back to the Grand Hotel Era in Rye’s history, most with fascinating stories of their own

        Ephemera- newspaper clippings, playbills, menus...

        Textiles- elegant dresses, hand-made quilts, much-loved dolls...

        Tools- used by past Rye fishermen, doctors, soldiers and many others

        Letters/Diaries- handwritten and priceless

        Town Records- some centuries old, others as recent as 2008

and much more...

What's available for you...

The staff at the Rye Town Museum is dedicated to making these thought-provoking artifacts accessible and useful to its community. In order to enhance visits to the museum, guidelines to experiencing interpreting, and engaging with the collection are available to visitors.

Click here to access these guides.

Please visit The Rye Town Museum at:
10 Olde Parish Road
Rye, NH 03870
or call at:
(603) 964-7730
or email at:
info@ryenhhistoricalsociety.org