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Thomas Bardenwerper, Author of “Mona Passage”

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 25, 2022 | Announcements, Events

IN-PERSON EVENT Thomas “Buddy” Bardenwerper Mona Passage Thursday, June 9, 2022 5:30 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room (first floor of 1805 Building) On a moonless night, two vessels converge in the Mona Passage, a stretch of ocean separating Hispaniola...

Portsmouth Athenaeum’s 2022 Lecture Series

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 6, 2022 | Announcements, Events

Portsmouth Athenaeum 2022 Lecture Series Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023 The territory of coastal New Hampshire, first inhabited by the Abenaki and other Algonquian languages-speaking nations, was first explored and written about by Martin Pring in 1603....

ICYMI the Athenaeum’s Spring Newsletter 2022

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 22, 2022 | Announcements

The seeds of knowledge have been sown! From reasons to be cheerful to a tale of two spears, a visit from Mark Twain and an interview with President Sally Gayer, the latest issue of the newsletter springs forward with recent news from the Athenaeum. Thank you to...

Keeper’s Report 2021

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Feb 11, 2022 | Announcements

Tom Hardiman, Keeper and Executive Director 2021 was a strange and confounding year. We had a number of great successes and a maddening number of losses and setbacks. We got the library fully reopened regular hours and brought back live exhibits in the Randall...

Jane C. Nylander, Author of “The Best Ever! Parades in New England, 1788-1940”

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 24, 2021 | Announcements, Events

IN-PERSON EVENT Jane C. Nylander, The Best Ever! Parades in New England, 1788-1940 Thursday, December 2, 2021 5:30 p.m. Copley Reading Room (first floor of 1805 Building)Proprietor Jane C. Nylander will give a brief talk in the Sawtelle Reading Room and sign copies of...