Our educational programs utilize artifacts, visual materials, and the built environment to bring history themes alive for students of all grade levels. MHA programs are available for a nominal fee to school, scouting, and recreational groups of all kinds, and are readily tailored for special needs and special interest groups. Gallery Tours Tours of MHA exhibits use guided inquiry, discussion, and hands-on artifacts to explore themes of Manchester history. Kids learn the city's history through colorful tales of Manchester people and places. Designed to complement state and local history curricula and sure to grab kids' interest, MHA changing exhibits showcase historic artifacts, documents, and images.
Students explore themes of industrialization, immigration, and historic preservation.
This three-hour tour shows how a city works, and gives students a glimpse into Manchester's urban history. Outreach Programs MHA Outreach Programs travel to your school. They come complete with a knowledgeable, kid-friendly presenter, slides, and artifacts for students to handle and examine. Programs are 45 minutes long. Sawmills made lumber, shingles and potash for local and long-distance trade, and riverboats nudged their way through Blodget's Locks and Canal.