Announcements | Portsmouth Athenaeum

George S. Wasson, Artist & Author of Kittery Point

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...

Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2022

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...

June New Books

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...

Researching the 1782 Henzell’s Island Inoculation Ledger (part 2 of 2)

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...

Athenaeum Connections with the 400th Book

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...

Prevent the Spread: A History of Smallpox Inoculation in Eighteenth-Century Portsmouth (part 1 of 2)

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...