by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 8, 2024 | Events
Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library The personal stories and work of some scientists, and a surgeon, who left their lives behind and contributed important work in adopted countries during a most turbulent period. As a consequence, continental...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 6, 2024 | Announcements, Library
The new book list is here! It might be a Leap Year, but you don’t have to wait four years for the latest books available in the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the button below to discover the new books now available in the library. February New...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 26, 2024 | Announcements, Exhibits
Since 1920, New Hampshire has hosted the first presidential primary in the nation. As a small state with a long tradition of political engagement, New Hampshire has an extraordinarily successful record picking the primary candidates who ultimately win their respective...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 26, 2024 | Announcements, Library
The new book list is here! New year, new books for you to check out in the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the button below to discover the new books now available in the library. December New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 19, 2023 | Announcements
The Portsmouth Historic Plaque Committee, a legacy project originating from the PNH400 2023 celebrations is continuing into 2024! It’s now through the Portsmouth Historical Society. Please click here to be redirected to the Portsmouth Historical Society. Get...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 30, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library “….in all Joshua Sow’d about 1½ Bu. & ½ peck flax Seed.” Samuel Lane, Almanack, May I, 1769 The history of flax and linen—its cultivation, production, sale, and trade–is an...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 17, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library American identity has always been shaped by its relationship with the wider world. At the moment of its independence in 1783, the new nation was a poor and powerless state trying to survive in a...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2023 | Performance
Thursday, December 14, 2023 7:30 p.m. South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH With trumpets, horn and trombones, the Portsmouth Symphony Brass Quintet (PBQ) will herald all that’s glorious about the season of Advent, Hanukkah, and Christmas. Come...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2023 | Announcements, Events
November 30, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Why do we know so little about David and Amias Thompson of Plymouth, England? And why is the little we know so often wrong? Our first European couple “settled” at Rye, NH in 1623. Within five years the Thompsons...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 2, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom This year’s series concludes on November 15 when Rodney Rowland presents Water Has a Memory: Sea Level Rise, Our Past, Our Future. Strawbery Banke Museum is confronting the impacts of and...
