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What to See & Do in Manchester NH |
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The Amoskeag Mills, the Currier Gallery of Art, and the Anheuser-Busch brewery are Manchester's main attractions. |
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You can't miss Manchester's famous, historic red-brick mill buildings along the Merrimack River. There is a Mill Museum near the city center (follow the signs), but as most of the mills are now used for other business, admire them from the outside. Also note the workers' tenements uphill from the mills, still used for housing city dwellers. Currier Gallery of Art, 192 Orange St (tel 603-669-6144), is a fine small museum strong in 19th- and 20th century European and American glass, English and American silver and pewter, and colonial and Early American furniture. It also has a nice collection of paintings and sculpture from other parts of the world. Degas, Jan Gossaert, and a follower of Meliore are represented along with other masters. A beautiful modern wing shows off the collections to best advantage. To find the museum from I-293, cross the Queen City or Amoskeag bridges and drive along Elm Street (US 3, the city's main north-south avenue) to Orange Street. Go east on Orange six blocks, and the museum is on your left. Anheuser Busch Merrimack Brewery, 221 Daniel Webster Highway (tel 603-595-1202), run by the world's largest brewer of beer, runs tours through its Merrimack facility. They start in the alpine-looking building. This is but one of Anheuser-Busch's breweries. A dozen such places turn out nearly 100 million barrels of beer every year. Don't miss the famous Clydesdale horses, the huge, majestic draft horses that once hauled brewer's wagons through city and town. To find the brewery, go five miles south from Manchester to Exit 11 of the Everett Turnpike, in the town of Merrimack. Manchester Tourist Information
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Sturdy mill-workers' tenements still in use.
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