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Programs

2025 Program Schedule

All events are free and at the Flanders-Osborne Museum

 in Sunapee Harbor unless noted otherwise.

11 June - Wednesday @ 7:00 pm

Lafayette and the Farewell Tour:  Odyssey of an American Idol

By Alan Hoffman


Famed Rev. War General Lafayette traveled from Concord to Newport through

South Sunapee as part of his tour.


Sponsored by NH Humanities

7 July - Monday @ 5:30 pm

History Cruise Aboard the MV Mt. Sunapee


Explore early lake shore development in Sunapee Harbor and along the Burkehaven, outer Lake Ave & Gardner Bay shores.


Tickets @ $45/person


Reservations Required:  (603) 763-9872 or sunapeehistory@gmail.com


Location:  Sunapee Harbor Pier


10 July - Thursday @ 7:00 pm

Historic Tools and Machinery


Greg Young will explain and demonstrate some of our historic equipment, the Woodsum machine shop, farm implements, blacksmith tools and more.

24 July - Thursday @ 7:00 pm

Industry Along Sunapee's Sugar River


Barbara Chalmers will trace the evolution of industries that once were the life-blood of Sunapee.

4 August - Monday @ 5:30 pm

History Cruise Aboard the MV Mt. Sunapee


Explore early lake shore development in Sunapee Harbor and along the Burkehaven, outer Lake Ave & Gardner Bay shores.


Tickets @ $45/person


Reservations Required:  (603) 763-9872 or sunapeehistory@gmail.com


Location:  Sunapee Harbor Pier


7 August - Thursday @ 6:30 pm

Annual Meeting at 6:30 followed at 7:00 by

Late in Arriving:  How Electricity Changed Rural NH Life

By Steve Taylor


Sponsored by NH Humanities

21 September - Sunday @ 1:00 pm / 1:45 pm / 2:30 pm

Stories from the Grave


Visit with several residents of Lower Village Cemetery & learn about their lives.

Park in school lot, corner of Lower Main and North Road.


Suggested Donation:  $15/person


Reservations Required: (603) 763-9872 or sunapeehistory@gmail.com


**  If raining hard - Sunday, 28 September **


Walk with us through the early stories of Sunapee Harbor!

  • Download the CLIO app on your phone
  • Search under "Tours" by either Location or Title "Sunapee Harbor Historical Walking Tour!
  • Enjoy!!

Past Programs

Information regarding these programs can be found at the Archives!

2024

~  Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire

~  8th Annual History Cruise on Lake Sunapee

~  The Other Lakes of Sunapee:  Otter, Ledge, & Perkins Ponds, & Mountainview Lake

~  Sailing on Lake Sunapee - A World-Class Venue for Pleasure & Competitive Sailing

~  Discovering New England Stone Walls

~  Austin Corbin's Animal Farm

~  Snapshots From the Past

~  Stories From the Grave

~ The History of Agriculture as Told by Barns 


2023

~  Grand Reopening - Flanders-Osborne Museum

~  An Evening of Poetry and Photographs

~  7th Annual History Cruise on Lake Sunapee

~  Then & Now Photos of Familiar Places

~  Fly Tying Workshop

~  Significant Fires in Sunapee

~  Restaurants of Sunapee

~  Anniversary Celebration

~  Sunapee's Parks, Conservation Lands & Natural Resources

~  Early 19th Century Rural New Hampshire Life with author Mary Kronenwetter


2022

~  6th AnnuaI History Cruise on Lake Sunapee
~  An Introduction to 
Sunapee's Historic Buildings & Places, Volume 3
~  Fishing Traditions in Lake Sunapee
~  An Evening with Ned Wayburn, Broadway Producer and Sunapee Summer Resident
~  The Fascinating Life of Sunapee's Own Bruce Cronin 


2021

~  5th Annual History Cruise on Lake Sunapee
~  A book signing and introduction to Sunapee's
Historic Buildings & Places - Vol I (updated edition) & Vol II
~  The History of Sunapee's Infrastructure:  roads, water & sewer systems, phones, electricity & dumps
~  The Bride Wore Purple:  Vintage Sunapee Clothing
~  The Hotel Era at Lake Sunapee:  The Grand and Not-So-Grand
~  Poetry & Wine 

2020

 ~  5th Annual History Cruise on Lake Sunapee postponed to 2021
~  An Introduction to Historic Buildings & Places - Vol II postponed to 2021
~  The Train Comes to Lake Sunapee:  What it took to get it here and its effect on the economy -
YOUTUBE VIDEO

~  The Hotel Era Around Lake Sunapee:  The Grand and Not-So-Grand - YOUTUBE VIDEO on the history of the Granliden Hotel
~  Vintage Sunapee Clothing - postponed to 2021
~  The History of Agriculture as Told by Barns with John Porter - postponed, date TBD

2019

 ~  Sunapee's Historic Buildings & Places - Part 2
~  4th Annual Lake Sunapee History Cruise
~  Sunapee's Earliest Photographers
~  Museum Program - The History of the Angell Family & Farms
~  Museum Program – Restoring Wooden Boats
~  Museum Program - Gov. Wilbur Cross's Summers at Sunapee 


2018

~  Open House at the Archives with special exhibit about the Sunapee Fire Department and Notable Fires
~  3rd Annual History Cruise on Lake Sunapee
~  Sunapee’s Historical Buildings & Places
~  Rides on the Sunapee Zephyr Steamboat Sunapee 250th Celebration Kick-Off Dinners around Town
~  Sunapee 100 Years Ago
~  Summer Life in the ’20s & ’30s
~  Sunapee’s 250th Celebration Events – Scenes of Sunapee Art Show
~  Sunapee Folklore, Mysteries & Trivia  

2017

~  I Remember Sunapee by John Warren
~  Pleasure Boating on Lake Sunapee

~  Billy B. Van in George’s Mills
~  Aerosmith History Day
~  Skindiving & Treasures in Lake Sunapee
~  About the NH Boat Museum

2016

~  Summer’s 1968 Bicentennial Celebration Remembered
~  History Cruise Aboard the MV Mt Sunapee – Sunapee Harbor, Granliden, Burkehaven
~  Summer Visitors in the Age of Steam
~  George’s Mills – Water Power & Tourism
~  Captains Dan & Frank Woodsum Reminisce:  Recollections of a life and the business of Steamboating on Lake Sunapee
~  Building Sunapee 


2015

~  Summer Fun: Growing Up Around the Lake in the late 1950s & 1960s
~  Frank Morse’s Sunapee Water Ski School & Show 1948 – 1970s
~  Personal Water Craft: Canoes, skiffs & rowboats
~  The Lake Sunapee Board of Trade
~  Regatta! The 65 Year History of the Lake Sunapee Regatta Association
~  Winter Fun: A History of Sunapee’s Ski Tows, Ski Jump & Skating Rink 

2014

~  Notable Women of Sunapee
~  Women’s Organizations of Sunapee
~  A Magic Lantern Show – Slides from the Collection
~  Woodbine Cottage Dessert Night
~  Wooden Launches on Lake Sunapee
~  Sunapee’s Cemeteries and Churches

2013

~  Cranky Yankees! Jim Cooke portrays Coolidge, Webster, Everett and Adams.
~  Art & History Walk Along the Herbert Welsh Trail
~  The Armenia White, A History of the Woodsum Steamboat Company’s flagship
~  History of Business and Industry Along the Sugar River
~  Sidney Bickford, Artist: His Life and Art of Nature

~  Island Hopping on Lake Sunapee : The History & Lore of Lake Sunapee’s Islands
~  The Hurricane of 1938: How Sunapee Coped 

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PO Box 501 , Sunapee, New Hampshire 03782

(603) 763-9872

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