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GREEN EGGS: Millyard Museum

  • Wednesday, April 12, 2017
  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Manchester Historic Association, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH 03101

Registration

  • USGBC NH Chapter Member
  • Anyone who is not a member of the USGBC NH Chapter

Registration is closed

GREEN EGGS EVENT

April 12, 2017

Location:  Millyard Museum, Manchester Historic Association

200 Bedford Street     Manchester, NH 03101

What could be more sustainable than the harnessing of hydropower, using local natural resources to construct one of the world’s largest textile manufacturing complexes.   Please join the New Hampshire Chapter of the USGBC for a tour and lecture by John Clayton, noted author and Executive Director of the Manchester Historic Association. 

Registration and light breakfast 7:30 to 8 AM

Museum will be open for a self-guided tour from 7:30 to 8:30 AM

8:30 to 9 AM Introduction and Lecture by John Clayton

This event is open and at no charge for members

Non-members cost is $20 

 

Operated by the Manchester Historic Association, the Millyard Museum is housed in Mill No. 3 at the corner of Commercial and Pleasant Streets in the historic Amoskeag Millyard. The Museum features the permanent exhibit, Woven in Time: 11,000 Years at Amoskeag Falls, that tells the story of Manchester and the people who have lived and worked here. The story starts with the native peoples who fished at Amoskeag Falls 11,000 years ago and continues with displays on the area's early farmers and lumbermen, and the beginnings of industry in the area.

The exhibit then focuses on the story of the development of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. This powerful corporation would become one of the largest textile producing company in the world, employing over 17,000 people, including immigrants from many countries. The company's vast brick millyard still dominates the cityscape today. The story continues into the 20th century, as innovative businesses flourish in the city and new groups of immigrants come to Manchester to start new lives.

The Museum's Henry M. Fuller State Theatre Gallery features rotating exhibitions on a variety of topics.  The Millyard Museum also features the Discovery Gallery, a multi-purpose space used for school groups, family programs, lectures, temporary exhibits and other activities.


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