August 2023 - New Hampshire Magazine

Rocks in our Heads

August 30, 2023

Rebecca Rule,

When asked what crop the soil of New Hampshire is most suited for, the astute Yankee replies:“Rocks.” It’s rocks that rise in the garden each spring. You can hoe ’em out and toss ’em to the side, but next spring (every spring) they’ll be back. They just keep coming. We are, after all, the Granite State. Our symbol is, after…

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Who Wants to Curate a Cereal Box Museum?

After three decades of archiving fun cereal memorabilia, a lifelong collector decides to pass on the breakfast torch

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick, Allegra Boverman, Photographer,

After three decades of archiving fun cereal memorabilia, a lifelong collector decides to pass on the breakfast torch

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Berry Berry Cute

Catherine Brouillette + Museum of Strawberry Shortcake, Peterborough

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick, Allegra Boverman, Photographer,

Catherine Brouillette houses one of the largest collections of Strawberry Shortcake in the world in her Peterborough home.

Toying With Nature

Todd Zingales + Museum of G.I. Joes, Hollis

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick, Allegra Boverman, Photographer,

Hollis resident Todd Zingales has an extensive collection of G.I. Joe’s and an endless supply of ideas on what to do with them.

An Alarming Hobby

Geoffrey Kittredge + Museum of Clocks, Nashua

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick, Allegra Boverman, Photographer,

Eighth-grader and Nashua resident Geoffrey Kittredge gets lots of practice at time management with his extensive museum of clocks

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Chocolate-Covered Contraband

Erin Farwell + Museum of Kinder Egg Prizes, Milford

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick, Allegra Boverman, Photographer,

They may be banned in the United States but Erin Farwell has a vast Museum of Kinder Egg Prizes in her Milford home.

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Gate City Smithsonian

Craig Michaud + Museum of Nashua History, Nashua

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick, Allegra Boverman, Photographer,

Craig Michaud’s basement houses a wonderful and wide Museum of Nashua History. His collection includes local sports memorabilia, memories from restaurants past and hundreds of other nostalgic nods.

Pop Culture Pezervation

Dave Bernier + Museum of PEZ Dispensers, Sanbornton

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick, Ilya Mirman, Photographer,

Sanbornton’s Dave Bernier shares a a look inside his own personal museum of PEZ dispensers.

Super Collectors: NH’s Fascinating and Passionate Hobbyists Share Their Collections

August 18, 2023

Darren Garnick,

To celebrate the heart of flea market season — antique hunting often complements foliage-watching here in the fall — New Hampshire Magazine reached out to some of our state’s most passionate collectors and asked if they’d share some of the objects they love.