by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 1, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Thursday, June 15, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Science educator and Proprietor Dr. Fred Schubert will give a talk on “Advances in Understanding and Treating Disease in the 19th Century with Lessons That Still Resonate.” In 1800, the world...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 17, 2023 | Announcements, Events, Library
Thursday, May 25, 2023 5: 30 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room Join Peter Randall, publisher and photographer, in conversation with author Tom Curren about his new book All Join Hands: Dudley Laufman & the New England Country Dance Tradition. All Join Hands is a...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 5, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library In her talk May 17 on An Abundance of Cod: Fueling the New World, Ann Beattie will take you a step back in time to the early 17th century when Europeans began to sail to the New World and carry home tales...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 5, 2023 | Announcements
Friday, May 12 5 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room Join us for our Athenaeum Memorial Concert as we remember Proprietors who passed in 2022. Proprietor Mike Blair, Irish tenor, and Joe Prendergast, well-known guitarist, will perform, and Bill Wieting will present the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 21, 2023 | Announcements
The latest newsletter is here! Find out what’s been happening this spring at the Athenaeum and what’s still to come during Portsmouth’s 400th celebration. Thank you to editor Sherry Wood, designer Tom Lynch, and the contributing writers for creating...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 14, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Proprietor Sam Reid will give a talk entitled The Life, Near-Death, and Revival of Wood Island Station. The Wood Island Life Saving Station sits on a small island next to the Maine/New Hampshire border...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 31, 2023 | Announcements, Exhibits
Exhibit Curator Sandra Rux said that after arriving in New Hampshire in the 1630s, the Wentworth family gradually became more important through the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries. Friends and adversaries referred to the family as the “Wentworth...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 18, 2023 | Announcements, Events, Performance
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 7:00 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth The Performance Committee of the Athenaeum is pleased to announce that Boston’s acclaimed Handel and Haydn Society is coming to Portsmouth to celebrate the City’s...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 10, 2023 | Announcements, Events
The Athenaeum lecture series continues to celebrate our city’s significant anniversaries in Portsmouth’s quadricentennial year. This year, the talks shine a light on Portsmouth’s commerce over 400 years, the historic interiors of those who lived here, and finally, the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 3, 2023 | Announcements, Events
UPDATE: Due to weather and unexpected illness, the lecture, “Save the Date!” Anniversary Celebrations in Portsmouth, has been postponed until Wednesday March 29th. The time will still be 5:30 p.m. The program is at capacity, and if you are interested in...
