New Hampshire Boat Museum

Museum: the New Hampshire Boat Museum was founded in 1992 by a group of antique and classic boating enthusiates who wanted to share their love of New Hampshire's freshwater boating heritage. The New Hampshire Boat Museum has housed its collection for the past 20+ years in wolfeboro, nh in a 5,000 square foot round roof building built in 1954, open on a seasonal basis. In 2022, following a multi-year capital campaign, the New Hampshire Boat Museum purchased a 24,000 square foot building in moultonborough, nh to expand operations. The New Hampshire Boat Museum's headquarters will move there following renovations. This New facility is climate controlled with larger exhibit and program space which will allow the New Hampshire Boat Museum to operate year round. The wolfeboro campus will continue to host many seasonal programs during spring and summer.

Vintage Boat rides: the Museum offers vintage Boat rides which tour lake winnipesaukee on two 28-foot mahogany hacker-craft. Riders experience the golden age of boating while viewing spectacular scenery and magnificent homes and Boat houses, with fascinating narration by their captain about the lake's history, geography, geology, and wildlife.

Educational programs: the New Hampshire Boat Museum offers core educational programs that include Boat building classes for adults, families, and youth; sailing for youth and adults in partnership with wolfeboro parks and recreation; model yachting and model yacht kit building classes; lake discovery days for elementary school-aged children; on-water boating safety classes and more.