TEMPORARY NOTICE:
Starting 1/15/22, the Shaw Research Library is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
To schedule your visit, please contact us at info@portsmouthathenaeum.org or 603-431-2538.
Masks are required during your visit.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- January 27, 2022
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Reading Room Tour--CANCELLED
January 27, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Tour the historic first-floor Reading Room. Donations suggested.
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HOURS
Shaw Research Library &
Randall Gallery
Tuesday through Saturday
1 to 4 p.m.
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.
Jane C. Nylander, Author of “The Best Ever! Parades in New England, 1788-1940”
Proprietor Jane C. Nylander will give a brief talk in the Sawtelle Reading Room and sign copies of her new book: The Best Ever! Parades in New England, 1788 -1940.
Meredith Hall, Author of Beneficence
Proprietor Elizabeth Howard, host of the Short Fuse Podcast, will be in conversation with local author Meredith Hall discussing her new novel Beneficence on Tuesday, November 30.
John Forti, the Heirloom Gardener
Join us for a virtual talk by John Forti from his new book The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World. Mr. Forti is a garden historian, horticulturist, and ethnobotanist. He has directed gardens for Plimoth Plantation Museum, Strawberry Banke Museum, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and Bedrock Gardens.
We, the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenaeum, associate to promote learning and advance useful knowledge among our constituents and the wider community by facilitating convivial interchange and intellectual discourse; maintaining our historic buildings and library; and collecting and preserving materials relevant to the history and culture of Portsmouth and the Piscataqua Region.