1623: The Untold Story of New Hampshire’s Founding Family by J. Dennis Robinson
November 30, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Why do we know so little about David and Amias Thompson of Plymouth, England? And why is the little we know so often wrong? Our first European couple “settled” at Rye, NH in 1623. Within five years the Thompsons...2023 Lecture Series: Water Has a Memory: Sea Level Rise, Our Past, Our Future with Rodney Rowland
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom This year’s series concludes on November 15 when Rodney Rowland presents Water Has a Memory: Sea Level Rise, Our Past, Our Future. Strawbery Banke Museum is confronting the impacts of and...2023 PACM Concert: ASMI Trio
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 3 p.m. ASMI TRIO at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth The Altschuler Summer Music Institute develops musicians of all ages through participation in masterclasses, private lessons, and performances with renowned...Autumn 2023 Newsletter
The latest newsletter is here! The Athenaeum’s Autumn Newsletter will be in mailboxes soon. Get a sneak peek at a February 2024 exhibit offering fresh insights on the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. Also, savor the Gilly’s hotdog cart experience in...2023 Lecture Series: At Home in Portsmouth, 1750 – 1850, with Jane C. Nylander
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom A long-time student of New England interiors, Jane C. Nylander’s talk on October 18, At Home in Portsmouth, 1750 – 1850 will weave together a host of primary sources to expand our...2023 PACM Concert: Rasa String Quartet
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 3 p.m. RASA STRING QUARTET at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth Currently in residence at Philips Exeter, Boston-based Rasa String Quartet violinists Maura Shawn Scanlin and Kiyoshi Hayashi, violist Emma Powell, and...Nancy R. Hammond Book Signing and Talk
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library A presentation and book signing by Proprietor Nancy R. Hammond, whose new book, The Life and Times of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, 1748-1808, Poet – Lawyer – Patriot, resurrects a forgotten Portsmouth...2023 PACM Concert: Noree Chamber Soloists
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 3 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth The Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music series presents Noree Chamber Soloists. A frequent visitor to Portsmouth, NH, Noree Chamber Soloists is a NY-based chamber music...2023 LECTURE SERIES: Trading on the Gundalow with Ed Caylor
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom The Athenaeum lecture series, Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023 Part 2, continues with with Ed Caylor’s talk, Trading on the Gundalow. For more than 200 years, gundalows sparked the...Events Calendar
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