by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 12, 2017 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Fall Lecture Series: Pontine Theatre, “Pretty Halcyon Days: On The Beach with Ogden Nash” 7 p.m. in the Research Library. Ogden Nash, Portsmouth Athenaeum Proprietor, spent his summers on Little Boar’s Head in North...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 5, 2017 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits
Saturday, October 7, 2017 11 a.m. Join Curator Richard Candee to learn how the Athenaeum became what it is today as he focuses on key elements from his exhibit “Treasures of the Athenaeum Part IV: Renewal, Growth, and a Public Research Library, 1980 –...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 20, 2017 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits
The current exhibit “Treasures of the Athenaeum Part IV, 1980-2017: Renewal, Growth & A Public Research Library” opened Sept. 15 in the Randall Gallery at 9 Market Square. Curator, Richard Candee will give a talk on this exhibit on Saturday, October...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 13, 2017 | Announcements, Events
On Saturday, September 16th, from 2 to 4 pm, there will be a wonderful opportunity to see Portsmouth the way it was viewed by many of its residents for the city’s first 300 years…from the water. The non-profit Gundalow Company has offered the Portsmouth Athenauem the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 29, 2017 | Announcements, Events
Join Author John Lillard Friday, September 8, 2017 for a talk on his new Book Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II. The book explores Wargaming at the Naval War College during the 20s and 30s, and how it helped the Navy prepare for the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 27, 2017 | Announcements, Events
Did an Unseen Woman Really Witness the Signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty? New historical research unveiled. . . . Join us to celebrate the anniversary of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty on Saturday, September 2nd with a short talk by author Anne Gordon Perry, whose...
