The Research Library and Randall Gallery are now open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. by appointment only.
No walk-ins. Please contact us in advance to schedule your visit by calling 603-431-2538 or emailing info@portsmouthathenaeum.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Nothing from November 28, 2020 to December 5, 2020.
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.
Zoom Author Talk with Associate Professor Carolyn Eastman
UPCOMING FREE EVENT: The Portsmouth Athenaeum and the Membership Libraries Group present Carolyn Eastman, Associate Professor in the History Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, speaking about her new book, The Strange Genius of Mr. O: The World of the United States’ First Forgotten Celebrity.
Latest “New Books” List in the Library
The October 2020 Book List is here. Make sure you add a few of these titles to your upcoming fall reading list.
Zoom Author Talk with Journalist Lou Salome
Reminder: During the pandemic, most of us are familiar with unavoidable isolation; however, in pre-pandemic times, local author and journalist Lou Salome took a self-imposed break from society to live in the woods and write.
Join us this Tuesday for a Zoom talk to learn the process and the final product “Thoreau, the Kid, and Mr. Lou: Book Notes of a Foreign Correspondent.”
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.