Announcements | Portsmouth Athenaeum

Blooming in the Randall Gallery: “The Georgian Garden in Print and in Portsmouth”

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 9, 2021 | Announcements, Exhibits

On July 16, the latest Portsmouth Athenaeum exhibit “The Georgian Garden in Print and in Portsmouth” opens, focusing on Europe’s Georgian period of garden design, its most famous gardener designers, the books that disseminated their designs, and the Portsmouth gardens...

Latest Books from the Library

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 18, 2021 | Announcements, Library

The new books are here! Planting season for your garden AND your mind. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: New Books, April 2021 Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...

“The Discovery of a Masterpiece” with Mallory Mortillaro

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Events

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP LIBRARIES GROUP ZOOM DISCUSSION The Discovery of a Masterpiece! Mallory Mortillaro Thursday, May 27, 2021 5:30 PM While Curator and Archivist Mallory Mortillaro was cataloging the artwork housed inside of the Hartley...

Zoom Book Talk with Charles A. Coulombe

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Events

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP LIBRARIES GROUP ZOOM BOOK TALK The Loyalists of Colonial New Hampshire Charles A. Coulombe Sunday, May 23, 2021 3 PM Author Charles A. Coulombe gives a virtual book talk on the theme of “The Loyalists of Colonial New Hampshire,”...

Book Review: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 30, 2021 | Announcements, Library

Review by Research Librarian Katy Sternberger For readers interested in World War II, human relationships, and library history, The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles is a thought-provoking new addition to the historical fiction genre. This is a good read for...

ICYMI: Spring 2021 Newsletter

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 15, 2021 | Announcements

This April, the latest Athenaeum newsletter arrived in the mail to our members. Thank you to the contributing writers and Proprietors Sherry Wood, editor, and Susan Hamilton, designer, for creating a great read about what’s happening at the Athenaeum. In case...