ABOUT US and OUR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
The Lisbon Area Historical Society is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit that was founded in 1964, and preserves and promotes the rich history of Lisbon, Lyman, and Landaff, New Hampshire.
Our headquarters and museum are in the c. 1914 Historic Lisbon Congregational Church Parish House at 9 Depot Street, Lisbon, New Hampshire. The property is on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.
Our museum collection includes artifacts from the 1700s to present day including photographs, postcards, stereoviews, diaries, journals, clothing and textiles, farming and household items, books, maps, genealogy, and collections about people, cemeteries, events, railroads, homes, farms, business and industry, recreation, medicine, organizations, churches, schools, government, military, music, and more….
OUR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Bishop and allied families
Bronson and allied families
Goudie, Moore, and allied families
McGregor, Bowles and allied families
Alvin Thurber photographs and glass plates
Lisbon Regional School archive
Young-Cobleigh Tavern artifacts
Our Board of Trustees is a working board supported by LAHS members, volunteers, members of our community, and others in a wide area, and our nonprofit is sustained through financial donations, membership dues, donations to our collection, and grant funding for specific projects.
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