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