Category: Museum News

The Caldwell Family will be honored with the 12th annual Spirit of Skiing Award by the New England Ski Museum on Saturday November 4, 2017 at the McLane Family Lodge at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme Center, New Hampshire. The award is given annually to an individual or group that… Read more“Caldwell Family to Receive Spirit of Skiing Award”

The New England Ski Museum will hold its first-ever golf tournament at the North Conway Country Club on Monday, September 25, 2017. The proceeds will benefit the renovation of the former North Conway Community Center building into the museum’s new Eastern Slope Branch, which adjoins the country club. The tournament… Read more“New England Ski Museum Plans Golf Tournament”

Spectators are cordially invited to attend the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup at Mount Cranmore on Saturday March 11 beginning with the Opening Ceremony at 9:15 am. The event is a benefit for the New England Ski Museum that honors Hannes Schneider, the mountain resort industry pioneer who operated the ski… Read more“Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race Is This Weekend”

The 21stth annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race at Mount Cranmore will kick off Friday evening March 10 with a twilight ski ascent of the mountain for skiers on alpine touring and telemark equipment, with a hearty buffet in the Eating House following their nighttime descent. Eastern Mountain Sports of… Read more“EMS Twilight Alpine Tour At Cranmore on Friday, March 10”

The Cal Conniff Grant program sponsored by the New England Ski Museum will distribute up to $3,000 in funding to support individuals and organizations that align with the Museum’s mission to preserve the history of skiing and winter sports. The Cal Conniff Grant Program is open to individuals, organizations and… Read more“2017 Cal Conniff Grants Announced”

The Cochran Family of Richmond, Vermont will be honored with the 11th annual Spirit of Skiing Award by the New England Ski Museum on October 28, 2016 at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont. The award is given annually to an individual or group that in the judgment of the ski… Read more“Cochran Family to Receive Spirit of Skiing Award”

Ski Museum Unveils 10th Mountain Division Exhibition On November 15, 1941 a new kind of specialized U.S. Army unit, the 1st Battalion of the 87th Mountain Infantry, was activated at Fort Lewis, Washington. Within the next few years two more mountain infantry regiments would be combined into the legendary 10th… Read more“Ski Museum Unveils 10th Mountain Division Exhibition”

On March 12, 2016, the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race at Cranmore Mountain Resort will celebrate its 20th year as a benefit event for the New England Ski Museum. The race is meant to keep alive the memory of Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider, who was just settling into his new… Read more“Christmas 1940 in North Conway”

New England Ski Museum announces $3,000 in funding for the group’s Cal Conniff Grant program to support individuals and organizations that align with the Museum’s mission to preserve the history of skiing and winter sports. The grants are funded with proceeds of the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race, held each… Read more“2016 Cal Conniff Grants Announced”

Cal Conniff, from Ski Bum to National Ski Executive  New England Ski Museum’s Annual Meeting and Spirit of Skiing Award presentation on November 7, 2015 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, Massachusetts is fast approaching. Spaces can still be obtained by calling the Museum at 800-639-4181 or by visiting http://www.newenglandskimuseum.com/events/…. Read more“Spirit of Skiing Award Dinner Approaches”