Museums run on more than exhibits and artifacts. They run on the people who show up, ask good questions, and take on the unglamorous work

On the home front, Americans spent three months preparing for a peace that kept slipping away. In late summer 1944, the United States Post Office

This Friday will mark 25 years since the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. On this anniversary, a special remembrance ceremony will be hosted

The Wright Museum’s 13th annual Cruise In to the Wright is coming up this Saturday, August 15th, 2026! Read on for all the information you

Picture a museum curator, and you might imagine someone in white cotton gloves, alone in a hushed vault, turning a rare artifact over in the

The Wright Museum is excited to offer a special presentation on the history of Scouting in WWII this August. On Friday, August 7 at 2pm,

Shipyard Powerhouse On a cold January morning in 1944, the quiet along the Piscataqua River shattered with the sound of whistles, hammers, and cheering. At

“We Too, Have a Job To Do”  Dr. James E. West, Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America,  Scouting Magazine, January, 1942 October 12, 1942

On Thursday, June 25, 2026, the museum will host a special ceremony to dedicate a new display featuring the original ship’s bell from the USS

“From our farms and gardens, as well as from our mines and factories, come the munitions of victory.” Paul V. McNutt, Director of Defense, Health, and

The men in the water thought the Americans would shoot them. They had just scrambled off the sloping deck of a sinking U-boat, flinging themselves