Summer Exhibition 2026
Celebrating Peacham’s Legacy, Mapping our Settlement
The exhibit will display maps, historical documents, objects, and other materials tracing Peacham’s development from its initial settlement in 1776 through approximately 1810.
At the Historical House July 4 – October 3
At Peacham Library October 10 – January 15, 2027
Historical House Dates and Hours:
Sundays: 1 – 4pm, July 5 – September 27
Extra Saturdays of Farmers Markets: August 8, 3 – 6pm; September 5, 3 – 6pm; October 3, 2 – 5pm
Community Block Party and Fireworks: July 25, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Fall Foliage: Thursday, October 1, 10am – 4pm
Objects in the exhibition courtesy of Chief Don Stevens (Abenaki) and Robert Starbuck (maps). All other objects are from the PHA Collections.
Summer Series at Peacham Library
PHA 2026 Special Events
All events held at the Historical House unless otherwise indicated.
- Sunday, July 19, 1:30-2:30pm: Tasting Peacham’s Past; A Sampling of Foods from Early Peacham. Foods will be available to taste, including baked beans which came from the Abenaki. We will also have Chief Don’s cornmeal muffins for tasting.
- Sunday, August 16, 1:30-2:30: Surveying Peacham: How the Town was Laid Out. This is a hands-on demonstration of how surveying chains were used and how the town was laid out.
- Music of the Revolution: Ballads and Bawdy Tunes (a live music event) Date and Time TBD
- Thursday, October 1, Fall Foliage Day, 12:30-1:30pm: Tasting Peacham’s Past; A Sampling of Foods from Early Peacham. Foods will be available to taste, including baked beans which came from the Abenaki. We will also have Chief Don’s cornmeal muffins for tasting.