Portsmouth Athenæum

A non-profit membership library, gallery, and archive, incorporated in 1817 and located in the heart of historic Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The third-floor Shaw Research Library and Randall Gallery are open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday. For elevator access, please call (603) 431-2538.

Check our calendar for tours of the first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room.

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 4, 2024
  • Art 'Round Town for exhibit "First in the Nation: New Hampshire Primaries – 1920-2020"

    October 4, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

    Please join us during Art 'Round Town for our current exhibit "First in the Nation: New Hampshire Primaries – 1920-2020" in the third-floor Randall Gallery.

October 6, 2024
  • PACM SERIES: Piano Duo of Evren Ozel and Ariel Horowitz

    October 6, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    St. John's Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel St, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

    The Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music Series hosts the Piano Duo of Evren Ozel and Ariel Horowitz at St. John’s Church in Portsmouth, NH.

    Click here for more information.

HOURS

 

Shaw Research Library &

Randall Gallery

 

Tuesday through Saturday

 

1 to 4 p.m.

 

 

Reading Room Tours

 
Volunteer Dependent
Saturdays &
Thursdays
 
1 to 2 p.m.
(Check our calendar.)

EXPLORE THE ARCHIVES

The Athenæum houses an outstanding collection of documents and artifacts relating to local history. It also preserves what is undoubtedly the finest collection in the state of materials relating to the history of New Hampshire’s only major seaport.

Summer 2024 Newsletter

Summer 2024 Newsletter

Coming to a mailbox near you! The Athenaeum summer newsletter invites you to meet Susan Roman, the prolific collector behind the Randall Gallery exhibit on 100 years of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. Also, learn little-known facts about some of our library's...

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2024

Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2024

The Portsmouth Athenaeum presents this annual series of chamber music concerts held in historic venues around Portsmouth. This year, the public is invited to attend the following four chamber concerts:NEAVE TRIO SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 3 p.m. The Dance Hall, Kittery, Maine...

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