Last updated: 1/16/2014
18 Highlawn Rd.
Warner, NH 03278
216 Tucker Drive
Hopkinton, NH 03229
As of January 15, 2014 the Museum is closed while the Museum's building is being renovated. Please call before traveling to check on our status.
Admission fees will be announced once the museum reopens.
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Sandra W. Martin
phone: 630-746-6121
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The Museum contains collections, exhibits, and hands-on nature activities with prizes for children. The collections include rocks, minerals, fossils, sea life, insects, Indian artifacts, mounted birds and mammals, and plants.
The Museum is appropriate for adults and children. The Museum anticipates reopening in 2014. When it does, it will be open on weekends and holidays. It will also open by appointment on weekdays for groups of 10 or more.
The Museum is operated entirely by volunteers.
Recommended age for the Museum: ages 4 and up. It can be best described as a "family museum."
Our mission is to develop awareness and appreciation of the natural world and the environment through the Museum's hands-on collections, trails, and educational programs.
The Little Nature Museum was founded by Sandra Waddell (Martin),its current director, at the age of 13, in Winthrop, MA. It opened in 1955. Sandra began teaching weekly after-school children's science classes at her parents' home to two age groups; as many as 30 children attended. Summer classes were eventually added and field trips scheduled. An annual open house or similar event has been held since its founding providing the public, and especially children, the opportunity to learn more and become excited about nature and science.
The Museum began to offer on-site and outreach programs in the early 1970's on a variety of nature-related topics. In recent years experts in a variety of environmental fields have been invited to present programs and workshops. It was located in Sandra's home in Weare, NH for 31 yrs. and most recently was located at Gould Hill Farm, Contoocook, NH. The Museum is looking forward to its new and larger home across from the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner, NH.
mounted birds and mammals
fluorescent minerals
minerals
rocks
mollusks
corals
fossils
echinoderms
insects
plant galls
cones
lichens
fungi
mammal pelts
arachnids
Interpretive trails will available in the future.
Annually,during the winter/spring the Museum hosts several free programs with guest speakers on a variety of natural science topics.
During the spring, summer, and/or fall, it also offers a series of outdoor workshops annually (fee required). In the fall, it hosts a fun,educational event, NatureFest.
The Museum is located in a barn on the grounds of the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum.
The Little Nature Museum is a federally registered non-profit organization.
The Museum is governed by a Board of Directors.
Access: Members
Appointment required: Yes
The Museum issues a quarterly newsletter and an annual report. It is sent to museum members and museum donors.
Some educational materials are available on loan to educators. Outreach programs are available and are described on the website.
Gift Shop
Group Tours
When the Museum reopens,it will be fully handicap accessible.
Wheelchair Accessible
Parking
Restrooms
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