New England Antique Arms Society – A club promoting the collecting of history

The 25th Annual Sturbridge Show for the N.E.A.A.S. will be June 9-10, 2023,

– Friday: 10am-5pm – a Day only for Exhibitor Set-up with Early Buyers, and

– Saturday for Regular Admission from 9-4pm. The show closes on Saturday.

– There will not be a Sunday Show.

The New England Antique Arms Society, Inc. was founded by a group of serious antique arms collectors and historians in 1997. Since then, our membership has grown to over 200 members from across the United States and Canada.

Our members include prominent historians, artists, museum professionals, educators, antique arms dealers and collectors.

We are a non-profit corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Connecticut.

We are known as a “Gem of a Show” in New England!

In Sturbridge, Massachusetts

    Located conveniently in the Exhibit Hall and Ballroom

At the Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center 

in Sturbridge, Massachusetts (SEE BELOW)

NO MODERN HANDGUNS ALLOWED

Modern Long Guns allowed up to 1946

Antique Guns (up to 1898) are allowed, of course!

Free Appraisals

Early Buying ONLY 

is on Friday at 10 AM – 5 PM

As an Early Buyer, a donation of $100.00 per person is required (no admission coupons will be accepted on Friday) and your Early Buyer badge allows you entrance for Saturday (just wear your badge at all times).  

The discriminating collector can attend just when the exhibitors are beginning to set up their tables.  You have a wonderful opportunity to buy first-hand!  

We invite all other like-minded Historical Collecting Clubs & Groups, as well as all Reenactor Groups.  Please join us on Sat & Sun and present your club member badge/ member card, or wear vintage reenactor costume to enter at $8.00 each.

Regular Public hours with general admission costs are on

         Saturday: 9 – 4, and closes at 4pm.

There is NO SUNDAY Show.

Public admission costs on Saturday: $12 per person; or $10 per person with either coupon, flier, postcard flier, or ad.

We will now accept a “screenshot” of an Ad, Facebook notice from the NEAAS FB page for a discount.  

To get the $2.00 discount admission, use a flyer, postcard mailing, internet coupon (see the link below), cut out an Ad in a publication, NEAAS Screenshot of the flyer or internet coupon, or print off the Ad in one of the many online Show Calendars we participate in.  Just be sure to use one coupon per person (print multiple copies if you are bring a bunch of people)…easy to do!

You’ve seen the reality shows on the value of historical antiques and militaria.  Bring your items in for a free appraisal from one of the many experts in the room(s),or sell your item!

Click here for the discount admission coupon for 2023 show only

Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center, Sturbridge, Massachusetts (MA)
366 Main Street, Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566

Take advantage of the NEAAS Show room rate of $119.00 per night, or call any other hotel nearby, our contract for that has reduced and I know a lot of people have been unhappy too.  But if you do Call 508- 347 -7393, that’s the rate this year.

(Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center is located on Route 20. From the North, East and West, take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) to Exit 9, Route 20 West. From the South, take either Interstate 84 or Route 131 to Route 20 West. Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center is located on the shore of Cedar Lake, just past the first set of traffic lights.)

The Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center has an easy entrance and free parking.

The signature event for the New England Antique Arms Society was previously known as the Hartford Show. We have moved a half-hour north up route 84 into Massachusetts, onto Route 20 West. The show has provided the highest quality antiques, militaria, early documents, historical items, and more and more in New England for more than 25 years and has grown to be one of the finest in the country.

Every year, the show features outstanding displays of antique and historical arms and related items from the American colonial period through World War II, as well as hundreds of tables of similar items offered for sale by reputable dealers and collectors.

The Society encourages collectors, dealers, and families to come out and spend a day or two immersing yourselves in history, seeing real items that made that history. From Colonial times and the Revolutionary War Era, through the War of 1812 and the Mexican War periods, the Civil War, America’s westward expansion, the Indian Wars, and up to World War I and World War II, it’s all here.

Unlike museums, you can find that piece of history to own, so come out for a rewarding and interesting weekend of history.