Announcing the 2019 Program Series
Portsmouth Athenaeum Program Series 2019 Scripting the Seacoast with Words, Beauty, Learning and Laughter Creativity abounds on the Seacoast. The Portsmouth Athenaeum’s 2019 Program Series brings writers of many genres—mysteries, songs, food and more. The...Book Signing & Talk with Kimberly Alexander
Sunday, December 9, 2018 3:00 p.m. Reading Room Athenaeum Proprietor Kimberly Alexander discusses her new book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era, an expansive look at the important but overlooked role shoes played in society, commerce, and...Lecture Series: Poetry & the Great War
Sunday, November 11, 2018 4:00 p.m. Third-floor Research Library The 2018 Program Series: “Remembering the Great War, Home and Abroad” concludes as Douglas Aykroyd leads the program, “Poetry of the Great War.” One hundred years ago, on the eleventh day of the...Lecture: New England’s Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford, 1753-1814)
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 5:30 p.m. Third-floor Research Library Athenaeum Proprietor Dr. Fred Schubert will give an illustrated talk on the life and scientific achievements of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. This talk will emphasize his pivotal scientific...Rosie’s Mom: Forgotten Women of the First World War
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:00 p.m. Research Library The 2018 Program Series: “Remembering the Great War, Home and Abroad” continues as Carrie Brown discusses “Rosie’s Mom: Forgotten Women of the First World War.” One hundred years ago, a full...Events Calendar
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