2010 NBS Tours

2010 NBS Tours & Activities

Here is a sneak preview of some of the exciting events awaiting you at this year’s National Button Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire:

A gala welcome reception on Monday evening will give convention goers an opportunity to both socialize and also to bring home some fascinating new insights into the button culture of the Northeast.

We are also planning several tours, including the World Famous Boston Duck Tour on Monday. See many of the famous sites of Boston from a World War II style amphibious landing vehicle, followed by free time for lunch and shopping at the historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

From Wednesday through Friday there will be programs and workshops to widen your collecting horizons, including an extraordinary program on Friday evening that promises to shatter some myths and open new vistas.

For more information email buttonjoan@att.net

Click these links for even more things to do in the area:

For anyone planning on driving to New Hampshire consider a visit to see two extensive buttons collections. The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT houses the Waterbury Button Company collection (www.mattatuckmuseum.org/collections) and the Keep Homestead Museum in Monson, MA (www.keephomesteadmuseum.org) provides a beautiful country setting for the collection of Myra Keep Lovell Moulton.

The Currier Museum of Art

http://www.currier.org/default.aspx

The Frank Lloyd Wright Zimmerman House. Owned by the Currier. Reservations for tours is recommended as they fill up quickly. Admission to the museum is included if you go on a Zimmerman House tour.

http://www.currier.org/collections/zimmerman.aspx

The SEE Science/Children's Museum

http://www.see-sciencecenter.org/

The Lego project at the SEE Museum. Absolutely worth admission to the museum and some people may enjoy the other exhibits in the museum, although it is aimed at children.

http://www.see-sciencecenter.org/visitors/millyard-project.aspx