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Athenaeum Memorial Concert

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 5, 2023 | Announcements

Friday, May 12 5 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room Join us for our Athenaeum Memorial Concert as we remember Proprietors who passed in 2022. Proprietor Mike Blair, Irish tenor, and Joe Prendergast, well-known guitarist, will perform, and Bill Wieting will present the...

Spring 2023 Newsletter

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 21, 2023 | Announcements

The latest newsletter is here! Find out what’s been happening this spring at the Athenaeum and what’s still to come during Portsmouth’s 400th celebration. Thank you to editor Sherry Wood, designer Tom Lynch, and the contributing writers for creating...

2023 Lecture Series: The Life, Near-Death, and Revival of Wood Island Station with Sam Reid

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 14, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Proprietor Sam Reid will give a talk entitled The Life, Near-Death, and Revival of Wood Island Station. The Wood Island Life Saving Station sits on a small island next to the Maine/New Hampshire border...

The Wentworth Takeover: How One Family Dominated Portsmouth and New Hampshire 1715-1775

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 31, 2023 | Announcements, Exhibits

Exhibit Curator Sandra Rux said that after arriving in New Hampshire in the 1630s, the Wentworth family gradually became more important through the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries. Friends and adversaries referred to the family as the “Wentworth...

Handel and Haydn Society Concert

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 18, 2023 | Announcements, Events, Performance

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 7:00 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth The Performance Committee of the Athenaeum is pleased to announce that Boston’s acclaimed Handel and Haydn Society is coming to Portsmouth to celebrate the City’s...

2023 Lecture Series–Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023, Part 2

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 10, 2023 | Announcements, Events

The Athenaeum lecture series continues to celebrate our city’s significant anniversaries in Portsmouth’s quadricentennial year. This year, the talks shine a light on Portsmouth’s commerce over 400 years, the historic interiors of those who lived here, and finally, the...