Children's Museum of New Hampshire

The Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover is a well-regarded regional children's museum that serves the Seacoast New Hampshire and Southern Maine family community. With 1,012 Google reviews and a 4.6 rating — strong numbers for a museum of this scale — it's clear that this is a genuine community asset that families return to regularly.

The museum uses a session-based structure rather than continuous open hours — morning sessions (9AM-12PM) and afternoon sessions (1-4PM) — which helps control capacity and prevents the overcrowding that plagues bigger-city children's museums during peak periods. Plan your arrival with the session schedule in mind.

Exhibit content covers the typical children's museum range: imaginative play spaces, science and building exhibits, arts and creativity stations, and age-appropriate exploration zones for infants through early elementary. The scale is appropriate for the Dover context — this isn't the 50,000-square-foot size of a major urban children's museum, but the experience is curated and focused in a way that often makes smaller museums more enjoyable for families with young children.

Note on location: Dover, NH (03820) is in Seacoast New Hampshire, about 1 hour north of Boston and 1 hour south of Portland, Maine. The city_slug shows 'portland' which reflects a data categorization issue for this New England children's museum.

ACM membership from any participating children's museum in the country provides reciprocal free admission — check your home museum's membership benefits before purchasing tickets.