Wright Museum of World War II

ABSOLUTE MUST for any history lover within a two hour radius! Who knew you could find such a well stocked, informative museum in this little town? They have a ton of vehicles on display from the tank in the middle of the outside façade to motorcycles and airplanes (and MORE tanks) inside. The docents were incredibly knowledgable and I was surprised at the sheer size of the museum.

What a lovely, well-​planned, and well cared for museum! We started with a five minute talk from a docent and then a short film. Then we saw what life was like during WWII, including toys, games, victory gardens, ration stamps, basically how Americans pulled together as a united nation to fight the war. After that we went through a series if six rooms called the Time Tunnel. Each room shows what life was like from 1939 to 1945.
Then we saw the tanks! They had an M4 Sherman, M5 Stuart, and an M26 Pershing. They also had an armored car, a 6×6 truck, and a tractor along with four Harley Davidson motorcycles designed for the Army. My husband geeked out while I rested on a bench. Upstairs they had model aircraft carriers, exhibits about life in the military, and a rotating art exhibit — right now it’s photographs from WWII. To wrap up the visit, they had a replica soda fountain and a gift shop.
The exhibits were all very well done and professionally displayed, not just thrown together like some local museums I’ve seen in the past. It’s not just tanks, so if you’re in the area and interested in life in the 40s, you should definitely go!

Interesting museum pertaining to the WWII period, both the war and the home front.

What a fantastic collection, not just of military memorabilia but also of items from «the homefront,» art work made years later and other WW2 associated material. As an earlier reviewer said, it’s all the more impressive to find this in a small town in central NH. The one thing I’d offer is that I think for most children under high school age it would likely only hold their interest for a short time unless they were particularly into WW2. But being a history buff, I could have spent hours there.

Truly great museum on WWII — staff add all sorts of insight. A must visit site with kids.

It didn’t take much to convince my two boys to go into this museum with me. I mean, common, there’s a WWII Sherman Tank bursting out of the brick wall facing the street!
Inside, it’s a fairly typical military history museum in terms of it being lots of static displays of historic artifacts and military memorabilia. There isn’t much hands-​on for the kids to do, but the kids enjoyed walking around and looking at the stuff for a little while. It made for a good afternoon out of the house and a nice boat ride down to Wolfeboro and back.
It’s actually much bigger and much nicer than I expected. My expectations were fairly low going into a place in the middle of rural NH. It’s a two-​story place with quite a few exhibits to see.
My favorite exhibit was seeing their collection of WWII aircraft nose-​art, but… uh… it’s not exactly an exhibit you want to take young children to, especially if your children can READ. «Daddy, what does it mean „Give it to her?“ Daddy, why is she standing there and holding herself like that? Daddy, why are her clothes so tight?» I’m not knocking the artwork by any means — I thought it was really cool to see it, but I quickly decided to move on to the next exhibit before my boys started asking too many questions I didn’t want to answer.
In the end, I would say it was worth the price of admission and good for an hour or so of walking around inside on a hot summer day.