Welcome to the Wright Museum, a World War II museum located in Wolfeboro, N.H. The Wright Museum is open seven days a week, May 1 - October 31. Click here for hours and additional information. Take a Virtual Tour of the Wright Museum. See instructions on the right-hand side of the page. Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns - "America's Storyteller" -  will be the Wright Museum's special guest for a can't-miss evening on August 7. All proceeds of this event will help support valuable educational programming for learners of all ages. Please visit our events page for additional information. March 7 marked 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! Enter to win a pair of seats aboard a WWII vehicle in Wolfeboro's 4th of July Parade! Download a PDF of the museum's newsletter, The Wright Times, and our 2008 brochure :        NEW! Spring 2008 (3MB)     Late Winter 2008      Winter 2007      Summer 2007      Spring 2007 The Wright Museum's thanks its 2007 Business Partners for another successful year. The Wright Museum publishes an eNewsletter. Click here to view our most recent edition! Receive upcoming issues by e-mailing: info@wrightmuseum.org

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: Rare Photo of Ernie Pyle Comes to Light May: Nazi U-boat Carries a Half Ton of Uranium into Portsmouth Harbor 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 in 2008 : Harley Davidson's WWII-era motorcycles; 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.

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 ©2003-2008 by the Wright Museum. All rights reserved.  Page updated May 6, 2008.