Summer is meant for excursions, and what better destination than New Hampshire during New Hampshire Antiques Week this August? This is the time of year when hundreds of collectors venture to the White Mountain State to find some of the country’s best antiques and art dealers, auctions, and top shows for Americana.

The shows and auctions are held in Manchester, Concord, and Portsmouth. While in the area, take some time to visit the many museums, historic sites, and the bounty the state has to offer.

Antiques in Manchester exhibitors Grace and Elliott Snyder will be offering many examples of Americana, including this hooked rug.
One of the baskets to be shown in the exhibition A Tisket A Tasket from MidWeek Antiques Show dealers’ private collections.

ANTIQUE SHOWS AND AUCTIONS

22nd Annual MidWeek Antiques Show
August 4–5; Douglas Everett Arena, 
15 Loudon Rd., Concord, N.H.
For information visit www.barnstar.com
MidWeek celebrates its twenty-second year this August with more than sixty-five exhibitors. MidWeek dealers have set aside special pieces for this show and at prices that reflect current market values for period antiques, folk art, and decorative arts where quality and value enhance your collection. Also on view will be an exhibition from the dealers' private collections, A Tisket A Tasket; and a featured exhibit on the contemporary art of dealer John SIdeli, The Sum of the Parts.

4th Annual Antiques in Manchester
August 5–6; New Location: 
Sullivan Arena, St. Anselm College, 
100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester
For information visit 
www.antiquesinmanchester.com
The relocation to Sullivan Arena on the campus of St. Anselm has allowed Antiques in Manchester to expand its dealer roster to fifty three. Quickly gaining in prominence, this show, now in it's fourt year, has become an important stop for collectors of all levels who come from across the country to buy from the top Americana exhbitors in the show.

Visitors will find wonderful Americana at the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Show.

58th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show
August 6–8; Radisson Hotel, 
700 Elm Street, Manchester, N.H.
For information visit www.nhada.org
An annual tradition for the past fifty-eight years, people line up for hours in order to be among the first inside. This year's show features sixty-seven exhibitors from across the country with a wide range of items from folk art to fine procelain, country and formal furniture, paintings and prints and more. In addition, independent curator Deborah M. Child will autograph her latest book, Soldier, Engraver, Forger: Richard Brunton's Life on the Fringe in America's New Republic.

Northeast Auctions
Important American Furniture, 
Folk Art Maritime & China Trade
August 14–16
Treadwell Mansion, 
93 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, N.H
For information and preview hours, 
call 603.433.8400 or visit 
www.northeastauctions.com
This year Ronald Bourgeault of Northeast Auctions is combining his celebrated Americana and Marine Art auctions, to be held at the historic Treadwell Mansion in Portsmouth, the company's headquarters. Visit the website for preview hours.

Governor John Langdon House, Portsmouth. Courtesy Historic New England. Photo: Sandy Agrafiotis.
Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden.
Courtesy The national Society for the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire.

MUSEUMS: PORTSMOUTH, CONCORD, MANCHESTER

PORTSMOUTH

Historic New England

Governor John Langdon House; 143 Pleasant Street; 603.436.3205
Rundlet May House; 364 Middle Street; 603.430.7531
www.historicnewengland.org

Portsmouth Historical Society
John Paul Jones House – Discover Portsmouth
Historic mansion and visitor center
43 Middle Street and 10 Middle Street
603.436.8420; www.portsmouthhistory.org
Exhibition: “Edwin and Mary Scheier: Mid-Century Modern New Hampshire Artists” (through Oct. 2, 2015). See https://www.incollect.com/articles/edwin-and-mary-scheier-mid-century-modern-new-hampshire-artists

Moffatt Ladd House & Garden
National Historic Landmark and Mansion
154 Market Street; 603.436.8221; www.moffattladd.org

Strawbery Banke
A seacoast neighborhood
14 Hancock Street; 603.433.1100; www.strawberybanke.org
Current exhibition: Game On! In Pursuit of Play on Puddle Dock. Through October.

Garden at Goodwin House, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth. Courtesy Strawbery Banke Museum.
Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth, NH.

Warner House
Oldest urban brick dwelling in northern N.E.
150 Daniel Street; 603.436.5909; www.warnerhouse.org

Wentworth Lear Historic Houses
Among America’s finest Georgian houses
50 Mechanic Street; 603.436.4406; www.wentworthlear.org

CONCORD

Mary Baker Eddy Historic Home
62 N. State Street; 603.225.3444; www.longyear.org

Pierce Manse
Home of 14th President Franklin Pierce
14 Horseshoe Pond Lane; 603.225.4555; www.piercemanse.org

 

Zimmerman House; contact Currier to schedule a tour. Courtesy Currier Gallery of Art and Zimmerman House

MANCHESTER

Currier Gallery of Art and Zimmerman House
Current Exhibition: From Birds to Beasts: Audubon’s Last Great Adventure (through August 30, 2015); Upcoming: Maxfield Parrish: The Power of Print (Oct. 9, 2015-Jan. 10, 2016).
150 Ash Street; 603.669.6144; www.currier.org

Millyard Museum
200 Bedford Street, #103; 603.622.7531
www.manchesterhistoric.org/millyard-museum

This article was originally published in the Autumn 2015 issue of Antiques & Fine Art magazine, a digitized version of which is available on afamag.com. Antiques & Fine Art and AFAmag are affiliated with InCollect.com.