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What's New at the Wright Museum, a World War II museum located in Wolfeboro, N.H.?

The Wright Museum is open by special arrangement during the months Nov. - April. Click here for hours and additional information.


Wright Museum's WWII Speaker Bureau
Bring the resources of the Wright Museum to your local historical society, classroom, or civic group.

Ernie Pyle & the Story of a Lost Photograph

Treasures of the Wright Museum

Missions of Modernity: American Advertising, 1935-1955


The Secret History of MacArthur's Wet Ankles




Check out a  photo album of  great pictures from some recent events. 


2008 marks the 63rd anniversary of the Allied capture of Remagen Bridge as the Allies surged across the Rhine. The Wright  Museum's collection includes the only surviving Pershing tank from this crucial victory. Click here to read more!


Wright Museum Publications
Download a PDF of the museum's newsletter, The Wright Times, and our
2008 brochure :    

      Winter 2008
     Fall 2008 
     Spring 2008 (3MB)
    
Late Winter 2008
     Winter 2007
     Summer 2007
     Spring 2007

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New!
Take a Virtual Tour of the Wright Museum
You will need PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer. If you do not have PowerPoint, or if yours is an older version, the Viewer is available as a free download from Microsoft. Note: the Virtual Tour is a 2MB file and may take a while to run from the Internet. To expedite your download, it is recommended that you right-click the Virtual Tour
link, select "Save Target As," and save it to your location of choice. Running the dowloaded file from your computer will be much smoother and quicker.  

 Also New: Downloadable PDF articles illustrate the fascinating
stories featured in the museum's changing displays:

February & July: Rare Photo of Ernie Pyle Comes to Light
May: Nazi U-boat Carries a Half Ton of Uranium into Portsmouth Harbor 

June: Harley Davidson, WWII, and the Rise of the Post-War Biker Culture
August-October: Governor Herbert Lehman's 1941 Cadillac
October: The Secret History of Gen. MacArthur's Wet Ankles


2007 Archive:

May: N.H. Connection to the Sinking of the Bismarck 
June: Manchester's Rene Gagnon & Iwo Jima 
July: 65th Anniversary of the  Navy WAVES
August: Soldier-made Trench Art
September: The Navy Seabees
October: War in the Pacific--One Man's Experience  
November: The Service Flag 

December: Wartime Christmases

Coming Later : GM and Ford team up to produce the Pershing T26E tank; Child's play during WWII. Plus much more. Please visit again soon.


 

The Wright Museum is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to celebrating Americans' sacrifices and achievements during WWII.  The museum's mission is to preserve and share the stories of America's Greatest Generation for the benefit of generations to come. To fulfill this mission, the Wright Museum collects, cares for, and exhibits artifacts illustrating the heroic efforts of ordinary people living during extraordinary times.     

All of the museum's programs and events are supported solely through private donations. To lean more about how you can support the Wright Museum, please visit our Membership page. In addition, the Wright Museum's educational mission is generously supported by our Business Partners. We hope that you will take a moment to browse this veritable honor roll of community-minded businesses - and thank them for their support by favoring them with your patronage.

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The Wright Museum, P.O. Box 1212, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro, NH 03894
Phone: (603) 569-1212 • FAX: (603) 569-6326 •  E-mail: info@wrightmuseum.org


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