“Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World” with Dane A. Morrison
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library American identity has always been shaped by its relationship with the wider world. At the moment of its independence in 1783, the new nation was a poor and powerless state trying to survive in a...Athenaeum Holiday Concert
Thursday, December 14, 2023 7:30 p.m. South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH With trumpets, horn and trombones, the Portsmouth Symphony Brass Quintet (PBQ) will herald all that’s glorious about the season of Advent, Hanukkah, and Christmas. Come...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...Events Calendar
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