Horatio Colony Museum

About

We preserve and disseminate local and regional history. We provide a cultural resource for education, entertainment and recreation.

Story

The Horatio Colony House Museum is a stately 1806 Federal style house, located on Main Street in Keene. The house was the home of Horatio Colony II, descendent of one of Keene’s historic families. The old-time New England home is filled with original family furnishings and fabulous collections, which offer a gracious view of a vanishing lifestyle of culture, refinement and travel. The furnishings span from late 18th through late 19th century, giving the house a warm, eclectic look of refinement and grace.

A beautiful city garden frames the house with perennial borders that provide antique grace and an array of color throughout the season. Norway maples shade a grassy lawn which gives visitors a place to rest and enjoy.

The Horatio Colony Nature Preserve is a 645-acre parcel of woodlands and wetlands extending from Daniels HIll Road in Keene, NH south to Forest Avenue in Swanzey, NH. The land is owned and operated by the Colony Memorial Trust. The preserve provides the community with 5.5 miles of hiking trails, a historic cabin and foundations, place-based education initiatives, ongoing research activities, and a public program series. Since the mid-1980's, the Colony Memorial Trust has contracted with Antioch University New England to manage the preserve.