by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 26, 2022 | Announcements, Exhibits
The works of noted maritime artist and writer George S. Wasson (1855-1932) of Kittery Point will be exhibited in the Randall Gallery beginning Aug. 5. The exhibit is being put together by a group of admirers of Wasson, including Proprietors Wendy Lull and Lauren...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 15, 2022 | Announcements, Events, Performance
The Portsmouth Athenaeum presents this annual series of chamber music concerts held in historic properties around Portsmouth. This year, the public is invited to attend four chamber concerts. SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 3 p.m. NOREE CHAMBER SOLOISTS at Kittery Dance Hall, 7...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 6, 2022 | Announcements, Library
The new book list is here! Here are some titles to add to your summer reading. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: June New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 1, 2022 | Announcements, Manuscripts
Katy Sternberger, Archivist Continued from “Prevent the Spread: A History of Smallpox Inoculation in Eighteenth-Century Portsmouth.” In 1782 amid a smallpox epidemic, doctors Joshua Brackett, Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, Hall Jackson, and John Jackson built a hospital on...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 30, 2022 | Announcements
By Sherry Wood More than a third of the authors in A History of Portsmouth NH in 101 Objects are members of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. The book is “intended as a record of what we value in 2023 on the 400th anniversary of Portsmouth’s settlement, a resource for...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 24, 2022 | Announcements, Manuscripts
Katy Sternberger, Archivist After more than two years of living with the COVID-19 pandemic, we now have a unique sense of what it was like to witness pandemics past—quarantining, vaccine hesitancy, and reports of case numbers in the news are not novel. We just need to...
