Wonder Boxes - Era 6

October 1, 2021-May 20, 2022.  New Hampshire NOW:  A Photographic Diary of Life in the Granite State.  Nearly 50 photographers traveled throughout the state between 2018 and 2020, making thousands of images that collectively create a twenty-first-century portrait of...

June 4, 2021-September 2, 2021 During World War II, a hand-picked group of American GI’s undertook a bizarre mission: create a traveling roadshow of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience. The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops...

October 15, 2020-February 15, 2021 October 22, 2020 marked the 250th anniversary of the first meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth College, which was held at the Wyman Tavern in Keene, NH. Seven trustees met in the north parlor of the Tavern to initiate the business...

November 6, 2019- April 18, 2020 Toys: The Story of Toy Manufacturing in the Central Connecticut River Valley examines the development of the toy industry to reveal the technological innovations of its residents, the history of childhood play theory in America,...

January-April, 2019 The story of a radiologist who, after years living as a white person in New Hampshire, including in Keene, tries to join the military during World War II but is rejected after being designated an African-American, is the subject of a local...

November 2, 2018-January 2019 Regenerating Fragments was a show of quilts by fiber artist Anne Francisco. Francisco creates dynamic quilts from discarded fragments. Her subjects are dragons, spirals, geometric whirls, simple shapes and complex grids. Her designs are...

October 2018 The Historical Society of Cheshire County co-curated this pop up exhibit with Keene Community Education’s English as a Second Language classes for the festival. Hear and Now is a multicultural exhibit based on oral histories conducted with and by 15...

February 9- May 5, 2018 “Marketing Monadnock,” illustrates the role Mount Monadnock has had throughout this region and beyond by showing how often it’s been used on marketing materials throughout history. Many artists and authors have focused on the mountain’s beauty...

June- September, 2018 ​In the Historical Society's art exhibit, All Around Monadnock: The Character and Heritage of the Monadnock Region, over 50 artists submitted artworks to celebrate the natural beauty and cultural heritage of the Monadnock region of New...

January 25- April 21, 2017 Martha Willson's Diary Exhibit was created as a youth-curated project in collaboration with Keene High School’s advanced placement U.S. history class. In May 2017, students transcribed the 1850 diary of teenager Martha Willson of Keene to...

January 25- April 21, 2017 Albert Quigley lived in the small New Hampshire hill town of Nelson for almost three decades, from the 1930s to the 1960s. Towns such as Nelson were struggling to survive as the Depression caused economic hardship, agriculture and industry...

October 3-October 7, 2016 In the spring of 2016, students in Keene High School’s AP US History, American Studies, and Public Speaking classes collaborated with the Historical Society of Cheshire County, thanks to a Keene Academy Fund grant, to interview approximately...

May 29, 2015-September 5, 2015 Treasured Places, Protected Spaces: An Exhibition of Artwork Featuring Conservation Lands of the Monadnock Region This summer art, conservation, and history will come together at the Historical Society of Cheshire County. The featured...

April 10, 2015-May 10, 2015 Icons of the Civil Rights Movement, commemorating those who played roles in the history of the Civil Rights Movement in America. Pamela Chatterton-Purdy’s artwork depicts thirty iconic figures of the Civil Rights Movement in gilded wooden...

October 8, 2014- November 8, 2014 What makes people of varied backgrounds come together to participate in an archaeological excavation?  That’s something that the Historical Society of Cheshire County is asking its student volunteers. Two students, Cole Tollett and...

June 21, 2014- September 12, 2014 Showcasing important works by nineteenth and early twentieth century painters of New Hampshire’s White Mountains and Mount Monadnock, “Canvassing the White Mountains: Icons of Place” tells how the work of the artists impacted the...