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Athenaeum’s “200 Years” Exhibit Closing at Discover Portsmouth

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 27, 2017 | Announcements, Exhibits

The last grains of sand are slipping through the hourglass if you wish to see “200 Years of the Portsmouth Athenaeum: Collect, Preserve, Share” at Discover Portsmouth. This exhibit will close at 8 p.m. after Art-Round-Town on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Thank...

Annual Portsmouth Athenaeum Picnic

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 13, 2017 | Announcements, Events

Please join us for The Twenty-Fifth Annual Portsmouth Athenaeum Pot Luck Picnic! All Proprietors, Subscribers, Friends and their spouses, partners and friends are welcome. It will be held Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 5:30 pm under the tent, rain or shine. The Seacoast...

New Books for July 2017

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 6, 2017 | Library

Fiction: Jews Queers Germans: A Novel By: Martin Duberman Salt Houses By: Hala Alyan Scribbled in the Dark: Poems By: Charles Simic Trajectory By: Richard Russo The Weight of Ink By: Rachel Kadish Nonfiction: American Idea of Home: ...

Central4 featured at HPCM July Concert

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 29, 2017 | Performance

Sunday, July 9, 2017 Central4 Piano Quartet at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, N.H. 3 p.m. This year’s program begins with Frank Bridge’s lush and romantic Phantasy in F# minor described by Benjamin Britten as “Brahms happily...

New Search Catalog Online!

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 22, 2017 | Announcements

Huzzah! Researchers, rejoice! The Athenaeum’s Search Catalog is back online and better than before with a new design and improved functionality. Search the Athenaeum’s entire collection or narrow your focus to include only books, objects, manuscripts or...

The Exhibit “The Somnolent Years 1900 – 1979” opens

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 22, 2017 | Exhibits

The opening of our new exhibit, Part III of Treasures of the Athenaeum, “The Somnolent Years” will be on Friday, July 7, 2017, in the Randall Gallery. This is the feature of Art Around Town in the Gallery from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. While the 20th century...

Athenaeum will be closed Tuesday, July 4, 2017

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 22, 2017 | Announcements

Please note that the Portsmouth Athenaeum will be closed for the 4th of July Holiday.

The Exhibit Part II “High Hopes & Ambitious Plans” Closes

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 22, 2017 | Exhibits

Saturday, June 24, 2017, will be the last day to view our current exhibit “High Hopes and Ambitious Plans”, which is Part II of the series “Treasures of the Athenaeum”. The exhibit will be open from 10 am to 4 pm in the Randall Gallery.

Online Search Catalog Unavailable

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 13, 2017 | Announcements

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Please note that due to a hardware failure the Athenaeum’s online catalog will be unavailable for approximately another week. For research assistance, please call (603) 431-2538 or stop by the Athenaeum during open hours. We apologize for...

Bicentennial Champagne Toast

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 13, 2017 | Events

You are cordially invited to celebrate 200 years of Portsmouth Athenaeum with a Champagne Toast. Wednesday, June 21st 5:30 – 6:30 pm In the Sawtelle Reading Room 9 Market Square Afterwards the Proprietors can pick up their gift of the Bicentennial book...