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Community Resources

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Looking for events around the area? Wondering about some resources for kids? Check out these event resources as well as listings for area classes, activities, outdoor fun, and more. If you would like to have anything added to the list, please contact Clare Dombrowski with your organization information.

COMMUNITY EVENT RESOURCES:

You can also find a number of these on Facebook to get regular updates of events.

Boston Central: Calendar of Events for the greater Boston area

Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitor’s Bureau

Greater Newburyport Mothers and Family Club (membership required)

Macaroni Kids: Newburyport Activities and Events

North Shore Kid: Calendar of Events, camp information, and resources

Seacoast Kids Calendar 

ART

Amesbury Farmhouse Studios (Amesbury)

Art for Everyone (Exeter, NH)

Began By Hand (Merrimac)

Board & Brush (Amesbury)

Colorful Kids (Amesbury)

Essex Art (Lawrence)

Newburyport Art Association (Newburyport)

Offbeat Owl Paint Bar (Exeter, NH)

Pottery Isle (Newburyport)

Purple Sage Pottery (Merrimac)

The Artist’s Playground (Newburyport)

BEACHES

Coast Guide Beaches  A guide to all the beach on the North Shore.

Crane Wildlife Refuge (Ipswich)

Hampton Beach (Hampton, NH)

Plum Island (Newburyport)

Salisbury Reservation (Salisbury)

BIKING/WALKING TRAILS

Amesbury Trails has guides to trails in town.

Riverwalk: Amesbury’s scenic walkway and bike path.

BOWLING

Academy Lanes (Bradford)

Exeter Lanes (Exeter, NH)

Leo’s Super Bowl (Amesbury)

Riverwalk Lanes (Amesbury)

DANCE

Adagio Dance Studio (Exeter, NH)

Bracken School of Irish Dance (Salisbury)

Dance Technics (Merrimac)

JNP Dance Academy (Amesbury)

Joyce Dance Studios (Amesbury)

Kadee’s Tumbleweed (Salisbury)

Murray’s Academy of Irish Dance (Exeter, NH)

Musical Arts Academy of Music and Dance (Exeter, Dover and North Hampton, NH)

Rap ‘N Tap School of Dance (Amesbury)

The Dance Place (Newburyport)

 FARMS/GARDENING

Applecrest Farm Orchards (Hampton Falls, NH)

Cider Hill Farm (Amesbury)

Davis Farmland (Sterling)

Heron Pond Farm (South Hampton & Kensington)

Ingaldsby Farm (Boxford)

Long Hill Orchard (West Newbury)

Richardson’s Dairy (Middleton)

Russell Orchards (Ipswich)

Smolak Farms (North Andover)

Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury)

Tendercrop Farm (Newbury)

GYMNASTICS/EXERCISE

All Around Gymnastics Training Center (Newburyport)

Clipper City Gymnastics (Amesbury)

Crossfit (Amesbury)

Gymboree (Rye, NH)

Haverhill YMCA (Haverhill)

MetroRock Indoor Rock Climbing (Newburyport)

New Hampshire Academy of Artistic Gymnastics (Hampton, NH)

Off the Wall Gymnastics (Plaistow, NH)

Yogasmith (Amesbury)

Rumble Tumble (Portsmouth, NH)

Rye Airfield Indoor Skate and Bike (Rye, NH)

Seacoast United (Hampton, NH)

ICE SKATING

Amesbury Town Park, 138 Friend Street

Graf Skating Rink (Newburyport)

The Rinks at Exeter (Exeter,  NH)

INDOOR PLAYSPACES

aMAZEment Center/Cedarland (Haverhill)

ARTastic (Hampton Falls)

Itsy Bitsy Zone (Amesbury)

Jump On In! (Haverhill)

Junior Gym (North Hampton)

Monkey Joe’s (Danvers)

LANGUAGES

Jade’s Classroom (Newburyport)

MARTIAL ARTS

Atlantic Karate Training Center (Hampton, NH)

Great Bay Tai Chi & Yoga Center (Amesbury)

Mike Worobel Martial Arts (North Hampton, NH)

Tokyo Joe’s Studios of Self Defense (Salisbury)

MINI GOLF

Buc’s Lagoon (Hampton, NH)

Captain’s Cove (Hampton, NH)

Captain’s Corner (Salisbury)

Cedarland Family Fun Center (Haverhill)

Jurassic Mini Golf (Salisbury)

Monster Mini Golf (Danvers)

Nunan Florist & Greenhouse (Georgetown)

Richardson’s Ice Cream (Middleton)

Sagamore Golf Club (Hampton, NH)

MOVIES

Cinemagic (Salisbury)

Stage Two Cinema Pub (Amesbury)

Vision Max Cinema (Salisbury)

MUSEUMS

This is a partial list of museums.  For a longer list, please visit museums.  Also, don’t forget to check our library and other local libraries for museum passes to get free or discounted admission to some of these museums.

American Independence Museum (Exeter)

Boston Children’s Museum (Boston)

Boston Museum of Science (Boston)

The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (Dover, NH)

Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH)

Custom House Maritime Museum (Newburyport)

Cushing House Museum (Newburyport)

Discovery Museum (Acton)

Lowell’s Boat Shop (Amesbury)

Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)

Seacoast Science Center (Rye, NH)

Strawbery Banke (Portsmouth, NH)

Wenham Museum (Wenham)

Whittier House (Amesbury)

MUSIC

River Music Academy (Amesbury) 

Baby Wiggle (Newburyport)

Itsy Bitsy Zone (Amesbury)

Music Together (Newburyport)

The Musical Suite (Newburyport)

Zach Fields Drum Studio (Newburyport)

NATURE

Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Topsfield)

Joppa Flats Audubon (Newburyport)

Maudslay State Park (Newburyport)

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Newburyport)

 Riverwalk (Amesbury)

Wolf Hollow (Ipswich)

PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS

Action Cove, 15 Bachelor Stree, West Newbury

Alliance Park, Main Street, Point Shore Area

Amesbury Town Park Playground, Friend Street

Atkinson Common, 1 Storey Avenue, Newburyport

Ayers Playground (Kent Street Playground), 1 Buck Street, Newburyport

Bartlett Mall (Newburyport)

Bradley Palmer State Park (Topsfield)

Cashman Park, 5 Pop Crowley Way, Newburyport

Collins Street Playground, Collins Street

Endicott Park (Danvers)

Inn Street Playground, Tot Lot on Inn Street, Newburyport

Maudslay State Park (Newburyport)

Moseley Woods (Newburyport)

Patton Park, 330 Bay Road, Hamilton

Perkins Playground, 15 Beacon Avenue, Newburyport

Salisbury Beach Reservation Playground (Salisbury)

Sawyer Park, Trundlebed Road, Kensington, NH

SKIING/WINTER

New England Sports Park, Tubing (Amesbury)

Bradford Ski Area (Bradford)

SWIMMING/PADDLING

Lake Gardner, 80 High St.

Plum Island Kayak (Newburyport)

ZOOS

Charmingfare Farm (Candia, NH)

Franklin Park Zoo (Boston)

Southwick’s Zoo (Mendon)

 Stoneham Zoo (Stoneham)

York’s Wild Kingdom (York, ME)

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