Admission over $20 I think, used Boston Go card. Provided a good overview of colonial life. Several characteristically dressed guides. Highlights for me was cooking demonstration, WWII era store, also great displays of ordinary objects of the period. Beautiful gardens. I think as an overview of the time it rates higher than Plimuth Plantation. more

This is the only place like this in New England. I have spent a good deal of time in Colonial Williamsburg, and it is sort of like that but in a downscaled very realistic way. This museum gives you insight into house construction techniques, furnishings, and cultural life patterns over a 300 year period in Portsmouth. It is centrally located... more

Fascinating restorations, beautiful grounds, great interpreters. A bit pricey though at $15 per adult. Still its worth a visit. The "Entertainment Book" does have a "2 for 1" coupon but you have to buy the book. more

The interpreters are great. The lady outside the grocery store was fantastic with such a depth of knowledge about wartime Britain. The guides were all very well informed and we spent a very pleasant couple of hours there. more

With an interesting collection of old buildings one expects interesting contents and knowlegable interpreters. That is not the case at Strawbery Banke. The grounds seem empty & desolate. Some of the interpreters were well informed but not all. From comments overheard among staff it is clear they despise the Museum's President & that's probably part of the problem more