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2024 Report of the Keeper and Executive Director

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 31, 2025 | Announcements

Tom Hardiman, Keeper & Executive Director For many years now I have reported that the past year was remarkably successful, but the coming year looks precarious. For once, I am going to tempt fate and report that last year was remarkably successful and the coming...

2025 Annual Meeting

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 9, 2025 | Announcements, Events

Sunday, January 12, 2025 3 p.m. Shaw Research Library and via Zoom The agenda for the 206th Annual Meeting of the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenæum will include the following: • Welcome by the Presidento Approval of Minutes of the 2024 Annual Meetingo...

January 2025 Reads: National Hobby Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 8, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain I can’t think of a better way to start off the new calendar year than learning a new hobby or revisiting an old one. This month’s list offers an assortment of books relating to a variety of recreational activities. As a reminder,...

New Books in January

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 8, 2025 | Announcements, Library

Did you have a resolution to read more? We can help. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library. January New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can become a member and support the...

Hygge: Cozy, Comforting Reads

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 12, 2024 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain As the nights grow long and we bid farewell to the daylight, it’s time to create some light and comfort of our own to see us through the coming winter season. In recent years, the Danish concept of hygge (pronounced hoo-gah) has...

Carrying Our History: Native American Heritage Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 15, 2024 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain Before the founding of the Portsmouth Athenaeum—before Strawbery Banke—before Pannaway—the Abenaki called the land we now recognize as Portsmouth home. Oral tradition places this community in New Hampshire before Tribal...

Fall 2024 Newsletter

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 15, 2024 | Announcements

Autumn News at the Athenaeum The fall issue of the Athenaeum newsletter takes us from the attic of the Athenaeum (and the final resting place of two fishing spears donated in 1827) to the future of the Portsmouth Archive Project and the state of our State Street...

October Book Suggestions–Of Monsters and Men: Mostly Classic Horror

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 18, 2024 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain As nights grow longer and mornings become brisk and biting, we may find ourselves with more opportunities to curl up with a compelling tale. Here are some suggestions from the Athenaeum shelves as we journey into the spookiest...

Book Review: The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest by Edward Chancellor

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 22, 2024 | Announcements, Library

Review by Executive Director / Keeper Tom Hardiman After a many-months slog, I have finally finished The Price of Time, and the reward was more than equal to the effort invested. This is definitely one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. The super slow...

Summer 2024 Newsletter

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 28, 2024 | Announcements

Coming to a mailbox near you! The Athenaeum summer newsletter invites you to meet Susan Roman, the prolific collector behind the Randall Gallery exhibit on 100 years of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. Also, learn little-known facts about some of our...