by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 9, 2021 | Announcements, Exhibits
On July 16, the latest Portsmouth Athenaeum exhibit “The Georgian Garden in Print and in Portsmouth” opens, focusing on Europe’s Georgian period of garden design, its most famous gardener designers, the books that disseminated their designs, and the Portsmouth gardens...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 18, 2021 | Announcements, Library
The new books are here! Planting season for your garden AND your mind. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: New Books, April 2021 Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Events
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP LIBRARIES GROUP ZOOM DISCUSSION The Discovery of a Masterpiece! Mallory Mortillaro Thursday, May 27, 2021 5:30 PM While Curator and Archivist Mallory Mortillaro was cataloging the artwork housed inside of the Hartley...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Events
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP LIBRARIES GROUP ZOOM BOOK TALK The Loyalists of Colonial New Hampshire Charles A. Coulombe Sunday, May 23, 2021 3 PM Author Charles A. Coulombe gives a virtual book talk on the theme of “The Loyalists of Colonial New Hampshire,”...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 30, 2021 | Announcements, Library
Review by Research Librarian Katy Sternberger For readers interested in World War II, human relationships, and library history, The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles is a thought-provoking new addition to the historical fiction genre. This is a good read for...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 15, 2021 | Announcements
This April, the latest Athenaeum newsletter arrived in the mail to our members. Thank you to the contributing writers and Proprietors Sherry Wood, editor, and Susan Hamilton, designer, for creating a great read about what’s happening at the Athenaeum. In case...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 23, 2021 | Announcements, Events
ZOOM BOOK TALK Heart of a Tiger: Growing up with My Grandfather, Ty Cobb Herschel Cobb Thursday, April 1, 2021 5:30 PM Author Herschel Cobb will give a virtual book talk about his recent work: Heart of a Tiger: Growing up with My Grandfather, Ty Cobb. The book tells...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 12, 2021 | Announcements, Library, Photographs
By Research Librarian Katy Sternberger Evidently, Doris Moore was known for asking questions in history class. Her “talent” was recognized in the ninth grade “class will” published in the Portsmouth Herald when she graduated from Portsmouth Junior High School...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 11, 2021 | Announcements
Heading into the homestretch of winter, we know that March will no doubt offer up a few snowstorms and ample opportunity to curl up with a good book…or two…or three… Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Feb 25, 2021 | Announcements, Events
ZOOM DISCUSSION Germs at Bay: Politics, Public Health, and American Quarantine CHARLES VIDICH March 11, 2021 5:30 PM The Portsmouth Athenaeum and the Membership Libraries Group present a discussion with Charles Vidich, the author of Germs at Bay: Politics,...
