New Hampshire Heritage Lecture Series: The Story of the Libby Museum

A dentist, inventor, sculptor, poet, politician, and scientist, Dr. Henry Forrest Libby opened a museum in 1912 to display his large personal collection of natural history relics. Nestled between Mirror Lake and Lake Winnipesaukee, the museum was the lifelong dream of this remarkably eclectic man. After spending much of his adult life in dentistry, first as an itinerant dentist and then in a practice in Boston, Libby returned to his native Lakes Region when he was in his forties, determined to pursue his interest in the natural world. His accomplishments included the creation of calcined gypsum, a substance that was critical in preserving the specimens he had found. He later patented his discovery. Join Alana Albee, director of the Libby Museum and distant relation of Dr. Libby’s, to learn more about the story behind the Libby Museum of Wolfeboro.The New Hampshire Heritage Lecture Series highlights the stories behind the state’s many historic and cultural attractions