Plan a Visit

The Children's Museum of Portsmouth
280 Marcy Street
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
(603) 436-3853
FAX (603) 436-7706
E-mail:questions@childrens-museum.org

Regular Hours (Fall-Winter-Spring) Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Open Mondays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. during summer, school vacations and selected holidays. Click on our calendar for our most current schedule.

Office Hours
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Admission (as of 7/1/05)
$6 adults and children; $5 for senior citizens; free for members of The Children's Museum of Portsmouth, members of ACM or ASTC and children under 1. Discounted rates are also available for groups of 10 or more that pre-register. Please call the museum for more information.

Accessibility
The museum is equipped with a wheelchair ramp and lift as well as accessible bathrooms. The lift accomodates some models of child-sized wheelchairs only. We also have a designated bus drop-off site and parking spaces for visitors with disabilities. If you have any questions related to accessibility, please call the museum at (603) 436-3853 before your visit.

Directions
Note: Use these directions, not directions you find on the Internet!

From the north (Maine): Route 95 South to Exit 7 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Turn LEFT onto Market Street. Stay in the left lane and follow Market Street into downtown Portsmouth (about 3/4 of a mile). Turn LEFT onto Bow Street. Follow Bow Street as it curves to the right, staying in the left-hand lane as you approach the stop sign. At stop sign, continue straight. At second stop sign, turn LEFT onto State Street. Get into the right-hand lane. Take the last RIGHT onto Marcy Street. The museum is five blocks up on your right.

From the south (Massachusetts): Route 95 North to Exit 7 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Turn RIGHT onto Market Street. After the first light, stay in the left lane and follow Market Street into downtown Portsmouth (about 3/4 of a mile). Turn LEFT onto Bow Street. Follow Bow Street as it curves to the right, staying in the left-hand lane as you approach the stop sign. At stop sign, continue straight. At second stop sign, turn LEFT onto State Street. Get into the right-hand lane. Take the last RIGHT onto Marcy Street. The museum is five blocks up on your right.

From the northeast (Concord/Dover/Rochester): Route 4 to Route 16, the Spaulding Turnpike. Follow the turnpike South to Exit 3 (left exit). Merge onto Woodbury Avenue and follow for about four miles into downtown Portsmouth. (Woodbury Avenue will become Market Street at about the halfway mark). Stay to the LEFT at the blinking yellow light near the Sheraton Portsmouth Hotel and Conference Center. Turn LEFT onto Bow Street. Follow Bow Street as it curves to the right, staying in the left-hand lane as you approach the stop sign. At stop sign, continue straight. At second stop sign, turn LEFT onto State Street. Get into the right-hand lane. Take the last RIGHT onto Marcy Street. The museum is five blocks up on your right.

From southern New Hampshire coast (Hampton/Rye): Route 1 North to traffic light at fork by Bowl-O-Rama and the cinemas. Bear right at fork, heading toward downtown Portsmouth. At first traffic light, turn RIGHT onto South Street. Follow South Street through one traffic light and one blinking light to the stop sign at the end of the road. Turn LEFT. Continue for 1/2 block and take second RIGHT onto Marcy Street. The museum will be 100 yards up on the left.

From the west (Manchester/Nashua): Take Route 101E to 95 North, and take Exit 7 in Portsmouth. Turn RIGHT onto Market Street. After the first light, stay in the left lane and follow Market Street into downtown Portsmouth (about 3/4 of a mile). Turn LEFT onto Bow Street. Follow Bow Street as it curves to the right, staying in the left-hand lane as you approach the stop sign. At stop sign, continue straight. At second stop sign, turn LEFT onto State Street. Get into the right-hand lane. Take the last RIGHT onto Marcy Street. The museum is five blocks up on your right.

Parking
Parking is limited at the museum, particularly during the warmer months. Nearby on-street parking is also available. Vans and buses must drop off visitors at the designated unloading zone directly in front of the museum. Buses and vans can then park for free at the Peirce Island Lot off of Marcy Street, near Prescott Park.

Eating
Food and drink are not permitted inside the museum. Visitors who wish to bring a snack or lunch may eat at our outdoor picnic tables or on our front plaza in the amphitheater or trolley. Portsmouth also has many family-friendly restaurants, and there are menus available for your review at the front desk.

Amenities
Air conditioning
Changing tables
Picnic tables