Join us for a special lecture by local historian Chris Benedetto, "I am engaged with the same cause as you." John Wentworth & New Hampshire in the American Revolution. DATE: Wednesday, July 15 TIME: 7:00 pm LOCATION: RPL Community Room, … Read More
A 250th anniversary celebration of the arrival of the Declaration of Independence in New Hampshire In 1776, travel was slow and it took two weeks for news of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to reach New Hampshire. Joins … Read More
Flax Day at the Wentworth House: A Rain or Shine Event Come have fun processing locally grown flax using heritage tools! Join the UNH History Department Flax Files for a hands-on history event. Explore how New Hampshire families grew and … Read More
Join us on the last Sunday of each month for a day of spinning! Free and open to the public: This event will be held on the last Sunday of each month through September 27th. Knitters are also welcome! If you’re … Read More
Join us for a guided canoe/kayak tour of historic spots along the scenic Salmon Falls River.
Rain or shine event with the Southeast New Hampshire Spinning Guild Do you have a great wheel? Bring it and have some spinning fun with us! Don’t have a great wheel but want to learn to spin on one? Come … Read More
Are there Wentworths in your family tree? All Wentworth descendants are cordially invited to Wentworth Day, an open house at Rollinsford’s historic Colonel Paul Wentworth House to learn about their family’s contributions to New Hampshire history. Admission is free and … Read More
Join us for a special lecture by Dr. Dane Morrison, “Revolution Comes to the Seacoast.” Four months before the “shot heard round the world” was fired at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, the farmers and fishermen of Seacoast New … Read More
When Paul Wentworth built his house in 1701, the Piscataqua region was still on the edge of the New England frontier. The previous eight decades had seen frequent bloody conflicts as the English and French vied for control of the … Read More
Save the date! 17th century living history event DATE: Saturday, August 22, 2026 TIME: TBA Details TBA
Join us on the last Sunday of each month for a day of spinning! Free and open to the public: This event will be held on the last Sunday of each month through September 27th. Knitters are also welcome! If you’re … Read More
Tempest in a Teapot: Tea, Taxes and Rebellion, plus a tea tasting! We all know about the Boston Tea Party, but just why was a tax on tea such a flash point for colonists? At the Wentworth House, we will … Read More
Join us for a special lecture by Dr. Kimberly Alexander, “Resistance Through Fashion: New England, 1760s-1770s” Sunday best versus business casual? Logo t-shirts and ball caps? Designer handbags or no-names? What we wear – and don’t wear – conveys who … Read More
An educational event with the Southeast New Hampshire Spinning Guild Join the Southeast New Hampshire Spinning Guild at the Wentworth House for a day of play with dye! In their last educational event of the year, the Guild will be … Read More
Join us on the last Sunday of each month for a day of spinning! Free and open to the public: This event will be held on the last Sunday of each month through September 27th. Knitters are also welcome! If you’re … Read More
Create an 18th century Larkin & Smith gown! In this 2 1/2-day workshop, At the Sign of the Golden Scissors will teach us to construct an English stomacher front gown in a period manner using the Larking and Smith English … Read More