Lyme Historians Inc.
Lyme Historians Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
The Lyme Historians, Inc. was founded in 1961 with the purpose of helping document the town's history, keeping it alive and relevant to the present day by maintaining exhibits and collections and acquiring books, maps, documents and artifacts pertaining to Lyme New Hampshire.
About
The Lyme Historians, including the museum, moved into the Churchill-Melvin House on 15 Main Street in Lyme, in the fall of 2016. The new museum includes 3 rooms of revolving exhibits, 1 room with stationary exhibits and attached barn with exhibits. New items were donated to add to the exhibit rooms including an Estey organ that belonged to a Lyme resident. A new entrance was added on the east side of the building with a view towards 4 historic sites in town: the Lyme Congregational Church, the horsesheds, the old jailhouse and the old Lyme plain cemetery. 2017 was the first full year of operation in the Churchill-Melvin House. The museum has weekly hours when open to the public year-round and by appointment. Publicity is done by local paper and on the upper valley and town list serve and signs.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as described in the filing, is “To research the history of lyme and share it with residents and others. to preserve documents, records, photographs, maps and other relevant artifacts. to cultivate an appreciation of the town's history and how it informs the present.”.
When describing its duties, they were characterized as: “The lyme historians, inc. was founded in 1961 with the purpose of helping document the town's history, keeping it alive and relevant to the present day by maintaining exhibits and collections and acquiring books, maps, documents and artifacts pertaining to lyme new hampshire.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal regulations by reporting their state of operation as NH.
- The filing shows that the non-profit's address as of 2019 is PO BOX 41, LYME, NH, 03768.
- As of 2019, the non-profit has reported a total of 0 employees on their form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are less than $100,000.
- Revenue is between $100,000 and $250,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $99,604.
- The organization has 15 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1961.
- The organization pays $0 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $2,549 in fundraising expenses.