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August 2025: Cool Off With Some Polar Adventures

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 31, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki It’s a hot and humid summer in the Seacoast Region, which led us to seek out some creative ways of beating the heat. Did you know that the Portsmouth Athenaeum has one of the strongest collections of polar materials on the US East...

July 2025: Get Outside and Explore!

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 10, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki This month, we’re focusing on our National Parks here in New England and around the country, as well as the history of those lands, and the people who fought for their conservation. Travel to the Western US might not be in the...

Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2025

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 20, 2025 | Announcements, Performance

The Portsmouth Athenaeum presents this annual series of chamber music concerts held in historic venues around Portsmouth. This year, the public is invited to attend the following four chamber concerts: NEAVE TRIO SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 3 p.m. The Dance Hall, Kittery,...

Walking in the Footsteps of a Patriot

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 17, 2025 | Announcements, Exhibits

By Sherry Wood Soon after George Washington was named commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Portsmouth’s Jonathan Mitchel Sewall wrote the words to a song that would be sung in taverns and on battlegrounds during the Revolutionary War. Sewall, the subject...

June 2025: National Oceans Month–Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 5, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki National Oceans Month is a time to highlight the importance of the world’s oceans. In Portsmouth, our history is inextricably linked to the sea. Please join us in taking the opportunity to appreciate, study, and protect this...
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