(Courtesy photo) Fishing equipment used by American Indians is part of an exhibit on display at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner. The equipment may have been used at Amoskeag Falls, a prime fishing spot.

WARNER — The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, a 12.5 acre campus with indoor and outdoor exhibits on Highlawn Road, just off of Kearsarge Mountain Road in the Concord suburb of Warner, is celebrating the upcoming Indigenous Peoples Day by offering free admission to all visitors.

The museum, whose street address is 18 Highlawn Road, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, the annual October holiday that for decades has been known as Columbus Day, but has been undergoing a gradual name change to Indigenous Peoples Day.

“We hope folks will come and learn about the Native People who have lived here for thousands of years,” Andrew Bullock, the museum’s executive director, said in a notice about the free-admission offer.

While the day is not a state holiday in New Hampshire, some cities and towns have recently passed legislation to make Indigenous Peoples Day a municipal holiday. One of those cities is Nashua, where Mayor Jim Donchess made it official by reading a proclamation at a speaking program last year on the banks of the Merrimack River.

More about the Indian Museum, its history, and its Indigenous Peoples Day observance will be featured in a full story in The Sunday Telegraph.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.