If you haven’t seen the new Museum Shop just inside the Tyco Visitor’s Center, it is worth a special Portsmouth trip. We asked the gift shop manager to create a gift package especially for SeacoastNH.com readers. Here is what your prize (if you are the lucky winner) will include:

•  - a tea towel featuring the Museum houses
•  - a Strawbery Banke Guide Book
•  - a canister of Lighthouse Coffee (sales of this supports the museum and the Friends of Portsmouth Lighthouse)
•  - a tin of Portsmouth Strawberry Tea
•  - a Maple Leaf bottle of Maple Syrup
•  - AND A $45 FAMILY PASS TO THE 2006 CANDLELIGHT STROLL

Yes, that is an increduble prize, but it’s all yours if you selected at random from those who correctly answer the history question below. The Museum Store is currently open from 10 am - 5:30 pm. They will be open every day until Christmas and then weekends until April 1. To contact the store for your holiday gift buying call (603) 433-1114.

About Strawbery Banke Museum

Step into 400 years of living in our neighborhood. Strawbery Banke provides the opportunity to see how people lived for four centuries of New England history. Through restored furnished houses, exhibits, historic landscapes and gardens, and costumed role players, Strawbery Banke interprets the living history of generations who settled in Portsmouth, NH from the late 17th century to the mid 20th century.

Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH is open May through October 22, Monday through Sunday 10 - 5; and October 23 through April, Saturday and Sunday 10 - 2 for guided 90-minute walking tours on the hour. Call 603-433-1100 for more information or visit the web site. Why not visit the official Strawbery Banke web site now and make plans to visit.

OCTOBER HISTORY CONTEST

Strawbery Banke Museum was incorporated in 1958 when a number of Portsmouth, NH houses were saved from destruction by urban renewal. The museum campus includes about 10 acres on the Piscataqua River in an area that was occupied by European settlers starting in 1631. The museum is located in which part of downtown Portsmouth? (That's right, no hint this month!)

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