by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 26, 2024 | Announcements, Library
The new book list is here! New year, new books for you to check out in the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the button below to discover the new books now available in the library. December New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 19, 2023 | Announcements
The Portsmouth Historic Plaque Committee, a legacy project originating from the PNH400 2023 celebrations is continuing into 2024! The owners of any building, no matter the age or location in Portsmouth, can research the origins of their home and complete the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 30, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library “….in all Joshua Sow’d about 1½ Bu. & ½ peck flax Seed.” Samuel Lane, Almanack, May I, 1769 The history of flax and linen—its cultivation, production, sale, and trade–is an...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 17, 2023 | Announcements, Events
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...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2023 | Performance
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...