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Christmas Holiday

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 21, 2017 | Announcements, Events

Happy Holidays!! For the Christmas Holiday, the Portsmouth Athenaeum will be closed Monday, Christmas Day, December 25, 2017 and Tuesday, December 26, 2017.

Old English and the Language of Beowulf

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 5, 2017 | Announcements, Events

Thursday December 7 5:30 p.m. in the Reading Room Professor Thomas Carnicelli returns with more history of the English tongue. He will speak on “Old English, the Language of Beowulf.” Reservations are requested, since space is limited. Call (603) 431-2538 for...

Great Bay Sailor Holiday Concert

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 30, 2017 | Announcements, Events, Performance

Monday, December 11, 2017 in the Reading Room at 7 p.m. Great Bay Sailor:  The Yuletide Celebration Mark your calendar and plan to join us for a celebration of what we call the hidden sounds of the season.  The GBS Yuletide Repertoire is comprised of songs found in...

Portsmouth Holiday Parade & Christmas Tree Lighting

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 20, 2017 | Announcements, Events

Saturday, December 2 (Rain date: December 3) Tree lighting: 5:30pm • Parade: 6pm Experience this magical event in the heart of downtown Portsmouth. Excitement builds as the community counts down to the lighting of the Portsmouth Christmas tree and the festive fun...

“Show of Shows” Opens December 1, 2017

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 20, 2017 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits, Library

The newest exhibit “Show of Shows” celebrates 21 years of exhibitions in the Randall Gallery.  The opening reception is in the Randall Gallery beginning at 5 p.m.  

John M. Lewis discusses NH Public School Funding

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 20, 2017 | Announcements, Events

Thursday, November 30, 2017 John M. Lewis will speak about NH public school funding in the context of considering the Claremont Litigation and like cases around the country.  This talk will deal with New Hampshire’s struggle to provide sufficient funding to its...
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Franklin Club
Franklin Club
September 3, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
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Franklin Club, Sawtelle Reading Room
The Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The Leather [...]
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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
September 5, 2025    
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
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Art 'Round Town, Exhibits, Jonathan Mitchel Sewall 1748-1808, Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, Randall Gallery
Please join us for Art 'Round Town for our latest exhibit, "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall (c.1770-1808)," curated by Nancy Hammond in [...]
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2025 Lecture Series: “The Lady Pepperrell House and Gardens” with Anne Mankin Masury
2025 Lecture Series: “The Lady Pepperrell House and Gardens”  with Anne Mankin Masury
September 17, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
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2025 Lecture Series: Beauty on the Seacoast and Beyond, Anne Mankin Masury, Architecture and Gardens, Art Architecture and Gardens, Gardens, Horticulture, Kittery Point, Lady Pepperrell House, Maine, Shaw Research Library
Just across the Piscataqua, the Lady Pepperrell House and Gardens of Kittery Point is noted as one of the most high style pre-Revolutionary Georgian houses [...]
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2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "The Heat is on: Climate Changes Deadly Toll on Human Health"
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "The Heat is on: Climate Changes Deadly Toll on Human Health"
September 25, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
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2025 Current Event Series, Climate Change, Public Health, Rich DiPentima, Shaw Research Library
The Current Events Lecture Series presents the "The Heat is on: Climate Changes Deadly Toll on Human Health" with Rich DiPentima. Rich is a proprietor [...]
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2025 PACM Series: Balourdet String Quartet
2025 PACM Series: Balourdet String Quartet
September 28, 2025    
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2025 PACM Concert Series, Balourdet String Quartet, Concerts, South Church
Winners of the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Cleveland Quartet Award, the Balourdet String Quartet is known for its fearless creativity and tight-knit [...]
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Franklin Club
Franklin Club
October 1, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
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Franklin Club, Sawtelle Reading Room
The Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The Leather [...]
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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
October 3, 2025    
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Art 'Round Town, Exhibits, Jonathan Mitchel Sewall 1748-1808, Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, Randall Gallery
Please join us for Art 'Round Town for our latest exhibit, "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall (c.1770-1808)," curated by Nancy Hammond in [...]
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Franklin Club
Franklin Club
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Portsmouth
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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
5 Sep 25
Portsmouth
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2025 Lecture Series: “The Lady Pepperrell House and Gardens”  with Anne Mankin Masury
2025 Lecture Series: “The Lady Pepperrell House and Gardens” with Anne Mankin Masury
17 Sep 25
Portsmouth
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2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "The Heat is on: Climate Changes Deadly Toll on Human Health"
2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "The Heat is on: Climate Changes Deadly Toll on Human Health"
25 Sep 25
Portsmouth
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2025 PACM Series: Balourdet String Quartet
2025 PACM Series: Balourdet String Quartet
28 Sep 25
Portsmouth
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Franklin Club
Franklin Club
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Portsmouth
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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
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Portsmouth

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