Closed for Market Square Day

Saturday, June 9, 2018 Reminder the Portsmouth Athenaeum will be closed this Saturday for Market Square Day. The Athenaeum will reopen to the public on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Image: Guide to Market Square Day, 1987, Ephemera Collection, E 1718

Athenaeum Open House

Thursday, June 21, 2018 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Reading Room   A convivial Athenaeum open house for prospective new members. Learn about the history, collections, and the benefits of membership at the Athenaeum. Come see what is “behind the...

“Small Town, Big Oil” Event

Thursday, May 10, 2018  6:30 p.m. Research Library*   Author David W. Moore speaks on his book “Small Town, Big Oil: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the Richest Man in the World — and Won.” The book is a narrative nonfiction account of...

The Spring Newsletter Is Here!

The Athenaeum Spring 2018 newsletter was sent out a few weeks ago. If you didn’t receive the latest newsletter, here it is: Spring 2018 To receive the newsletter in the mail, please consider becoming a member of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. The newsletter is filled...