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2026 Lecture Series: The Spirit of 1776: Revolution, Constitution, Independence

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 11, 2026 | Announcements, Events

Two hundred and fifty years ago on July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed marking the official birth of our Nation. This year’s lecture series encompasses facets of early American History. The great state of New Hampshire plays a significant...

2025 Annual Meeting

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 9, 2025 | Announcements, Events

Sunday, January 12, 2025 3 p.m. Shaw Research Library and via Zoom The agenda for the 206th Annual Meeting of the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenæum will include the following: • Welcome by the Presidento Approval of Minutes of the 2024 Annual Meetingo...

2024 Athenaeum Lecture Series: “Political Engagement in New Hampshire: Past and Present”

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 14, 2024 | Announcements, Events, Photographs

Every election year brings challenges, surprises and some stand-out personalities. The 2024 Athenæum Lecture Series focuses in on electoral issues and people of importance to the electoral process, including the voter. As first in the nation, New Hampshire’s...

PROGRAM FULL! The Great Escape and Emigration of Scientists from Totalitarian Europe 1933-1943 with Dr. Fred Schubert

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 8, 2024 | Events

Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library The personal stories and work of some scientists, and a surgeon, who left their lives behind and contributed important work in adopted countries during a most turbulent period. As a consequence, continental...

“Clothes for a Sustainable Future: Growing Flax, Processing Linen, and Weaving Cloth in Early New Hampshire” with Dr. Kimberly Alexander

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 30, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library “….in all Joshua Sow’d about 1½ Bu. & ½ peck flax Seed.” Samuel Lane, Almanack, May I, 1769 The history of flax and linen—its cultivation, production, sale, and trade–is an...

“Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World” with Dane A. Morrison

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 17, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library American identity has always been shaped by its relationship with the wider world. At the moment of its independence in 1783, the new nation was a poor and powerless state trying to survive in a...