April 2025: Library Appreciation Month
By Research Librarian Jessica McClain The American Library Association sponsored the first National Library Week in 1958, and we continue to recognize and celebrate the role of libraries and librarians in our communities during the first full week of April each year....Goodbye to Winter
By Keeper and Executive Director Tom Hardiman Last week we said goodbye to winter (at least according to the calendar). All-in-all, it was a winter to forget. The recent months have been sad for our Athenæum family. Just as we are planning our Memorial Concert on May...A Little Extra Love from Libraries
By Keeper and Executive Director Tom Hardiman I am a life-long library lover and have now reached an age when I think I have literally spent half my life in a library of some kind. A few years ago, my lovely wife bought me a new wallet for Christmas. As I was cleaning...New Books in March
It’s spring! Time for your reading lists to bloom with the new books now available in the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library. March New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find...Spring 2025 Newsletter
Happening at the Athenaeum The spring Athenæum newsletter is chock full — from a nibble of our newest exhibit, “The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth,” to a look at the “Beauty on the Seacoast and Beyond” lecture series. Meet our 31 newest members...Events Calendar
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