Annual Exhibits 1998-Today

All exhibits were written up extensively in corresponding Museum Journals. For more details and historic images, refer to Journals from the years of each exhibit.

Franconia Branch

1997: Salute to American Women on Skis 

1998:   Over The Headwall: Nine Decades of Skiing in Tuckerman Ravine.

1999:   Revolutions in Hardware: Synthetic Skis, Release Bindings, Adaptive Ski Equipment.

2000:   Tales of the 10th: The Mountain Troops and American Skiing.

2001:   Technology of Alpine Ski Resorts: Lifts, Snowmaking and Grooming.

2002:   Highlights of New England Skiing.

2003:   No annual exhibit due to the construction of Paumgarten Building and relocation of collections.

2004:   Winter Work: The CCC and New England Skiing.

2005:   Hannes Schneider: Skiing Pioneer.

2006:   Eastern Inspirations: The Impact of the Northeast on American Skiing.

2007:   The National Ski Patrol and Ski Patrolling in America.

2008:   Vanished From the Land: The Lost Ski Areas of New England.

2009:   Nordic Skiing From Stone Age to Skating.

2010:   Five Rings, Six States: New England’s Olympic Skiers.

2011:   From Pastime to Enterprise: Skiing Becomes a Business.

2012:   No annual exhibit due to renovation of permanent exhibit.

2013:   Ski Area Survivors.

2014:   Green Mountains, White Gold: Origins of Vermont Skiing.

2015:   The Mountains of Maine: Skiing in the Pine Tree State.

2016:   The Mountain Troops and Mountain Culture in Postwar America.

2017:   Skiing in the Granite State.

2018:   Before and Beyond the Lifts: Sketches of Backcountry Skiing.

2019:   Ski Photographers of the White Mountains.

2020, 2021: No annual exhibit due to Covid closures.

2022:   The Postwar Revival of Alpine Skiing.

2023:   New England Originals.

2024:   The History of Ski History.

2025:   Glimpses of a Golden Age: American Skiing, 1955-1966.  

North Conway Branch

2019/2020: Shaping the Eastern Slopes: Ski Trails of the CCC

2021/2022: Backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering in the Northeast

2022/2023: Jackson Ski Touring: The First Half Century

2023/2024: New Hampshire Ski History with Annalee Ski Dolls

2024/2025: Leisure & Legacy: The Timeless Ski Photography of Slim Aarons

2024: Pins, Patches, and More: Tiny Treasures, Big Stories