Franconia Heritage Museum

Open house at the Franconia Heritage Museum (553 Main Street). Features ice cream and new exhibits.

Donuts donated by the Franconia Coffee House “Ring of Fire” wins Most Creative! Franconia Area Heritage Council’s 2023 entry into the Old Home Day Parade, “Ring of Fire” is a 1/6th scale model of Franconia’s Iron Furnace, complete with a smoking stack! The original octagonal stone stack that is visible on the far bank of the Gale River is all that remains of a 200-year-old iron smelter shown on an 1805 map of Franconia. 00:00 00:09 Unmute Settings Enter fullscreen 00:00 Settling Down: Celebratin

4:00–6:00 PM. Treats for the kids and Cider and Donuts. Donuts donated by the Franconia Coffee House.

Good people, an interesting historical speaker in conjunction with NH Humanities, a cash bar, and dinner to follow. Place your order by Halloween (October 31): choice of pork tenderloin, chicken Parmesan, or baked haddock (vegetarian option by request). Contact Phil Krill at 603-616-7341. $48pp for dinner. Mail payment to Franconia Area Heritage Council/Box 169/Franconia NH/03580 Prior to the 7 pm dinner, we’ll have our annual meeting and a special presentation by Alan R. Hoffman, in conjunction

The 2024 FAHC Annual Meeting took place on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at Chef Joe’s Bistro in Franconia, with record attendance. We met in the downstairs dining room at 5:00 PM. This year’s event was free of charge, and Chef Joe’s famous heavy hors d'oeuvres were served. Special Guest Speaker, Jeffrey Zygmont entertained us with select Robert Frost poetry on New Hampshire farming in 1900. 651 Main Street, Franconia, NH Robert Frost on the Farm: New Hampshire Farming in 1900 as Told by the Poet

Join us at the Franconia Heritage Museum to meet up with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. Cookies, punch, and good cheer will also be provided. We hope to see you, your children, and your grandchildren here. Bring your cameras! Franconia Area Heritage Council Annual Meeting and Dinner

“Big house, little house, back house, barn”―this rhythmic cadence was sung by nineteenth-century children as they played. It also portrays the four essential components of the farms where many of them lived. The stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders stand today as a living expression of a rural culture, offering insights into the people who made them and their agricultural way of life. A visual delight as well as an engaging tribute to our ninet