by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 6, 2018 | Announcements
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
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 6, 2018 | Announcements, Events
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...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 24, 2018 | Announcements, Performance
The Portsmouth Athenaeum presents this annual series of chamber music concerts held in historic properties around Portsmouth. The public is invited to four concerts: SUNDAY, JULY 29, 3 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church NEAVE PIANO TRIO (piano, violin,...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 10, 2018 | Announcements, Events
Sunday, May 27, 2018 4 p.m. Reading Room Author Jerry Hunter will discuss his latest novel Dark Territory, an epic historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods in history. This gripping thriller examines the consequences of religious extremism...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 8, 2018 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 7 p.m. Third-Floor Research Library The 2018 Program Series: “Remembering the Great War, Home and Abroad” continues with Hugh Dubrulle “Over There: The Yankee Division and the Ground War in Europe, 1917-1918.” At the beginning of World...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 4, 2018 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits
Friday, May 4, 2018 5 – 8 p.m. Randall Gallery May the Fourth be with you tonight as you brave the many galaxies, er, the many galleries during Art ‘Round Town in Portsmouth. Leave your tauntauns, speeders and x-wings outside and step into the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 24, 2018 | Announcements, Events
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...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 19, 2018 | Announcements, Library
April has been a bit chilly. Time to warm up your reading shelf and your minds with the latest books added to the Athenaeum! Click on the link below: April New Books 2018
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 17, 2018 | Announcements
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...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 6, 2018 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 7 p.m. Research Library The 2018 Program Series: “Remembering the Great War, Home and Abroad” continues as Byron Champlin examines “Flying for America: Granite State Airmen and the War in the Air.” Entering the First World War woefully...