Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum

Small Museum In Warner Of Native American Art And Objects From Across North America, With The Medicine Woods, A Trail Of Plants Used By Native Peoples For Food And Medicine (Confirm); Founded In The Early 1990s (Confirm). · Warner, New Hampshire

A small museum on a quiet hillside road in Warner, a village off Interstate 89 northwest of Concord, devoted to the art, objects and traditions of Native peoples across North America. It was founded in the early 1990s (confirm) around a private collection and has grown into a compact set of galleries showing baskets, beadwork, quillwork, moccasins, pottery, carvings, clothing and a birchbark canoe, arranged by region from the Northeast woodlands to the Plains, the Southwest and the Arctic (confirm current displays). Visits have traditionally been led by a guide who explains the objects and the nations that made them (confirm format). Outside, the Medicine Woods is a short trail through a woodland garden of plants that Native peoples have long used for food, medicine and craft, with labels on their uses (confirm). The museum speaks of Native nations as living communities, including the Abenaki, whose homeland takes in this part of New Hampshire. It is open seasonally, roughly spring to autumn, and suits a short, thoughtful visit rather than a full day.

18 Highlawn Road, Warner, New Hampshire, 03278, United States

The museum opens seasonally, roughly from May to late October or November (confirm each year's dates). In season it usually opens most days, often Monday to Saturday from about 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday afternoons, with some weekdays closed early or late in the season (confirm). It is closed through the winter, apart from occasional booked school or group visits (confirm). Last entry or the last guided tour is usually about an hour before closing. The Medicine Woods trail is walked during museum hours and is at its best from late spring to early autumn. Special events and craft days are held on set dates only.

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