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 March 4, 2021 to March 11, 2021.
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 Discussion with Author Charles Vidich
The Portsmouth Athenaeum and the Membership Libraries Group present a discussion with Charles Vidich, the author of Germs at Bay: Politics, Public Health, and American Quarantine (Praeger, January 2021), facilitated by Proprietor Elizabeth Howard.
Latest New Books in the Library
New Year. New Books. Here is the list of the new books added to the library last month. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: December New Books 2020 Not a Proprietor or a...
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.
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.