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Gallery Talk: “Benning Wentworth’s Towns in Vermont and New Hampshire” with John Rule

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 16, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Saturday, June 24, 2023 11 a.m. Shaw Research Library   John Rule speaks on “Benning Wentworth’s Towns in Vermont and New Hampshire” as part of the exhibit “The Wentworth Takeover: How One Family Dominated Portsmouth and New Hampshire...

2023 Lecture Series: Before “Live Free or Die”: The Wentworth Oligarchy 1715-1775 with Sandra Rux

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 9, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom   From April through July in our Randall Gallery, the Athenaeum’s Exhibits Committee features the Wentworth family developed by historian Sandra Rux. As a complement to the exhibition, Ms. Rux...

“Advances in Understanding and Treating Disease in the 19th Century with Lessons That Still Resonate” with Fred Schubert

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 1, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Thursday, June 15, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library   Science educator and Proprietor Dr. Fred Schubert will give a talk on “Advances in Understanding and Treating Disease in the 19th Century with Lessons That Still Resonate.” In 1800, the world...

Author Tom Curren’s “All Join Hands” Book Talk with Proprietor Peter Randall

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 17, 2023 | Announcements, Events, Library

Thursday, May 25, 2023 5: 30 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room   Join Peter Randall, publisher and photographer, in conversation with author Tom Curren about his new book All Join Hands: Dudley Laufman & the New England Country Dance Tradition. All Join Hands is a...

2023 Lecture Series: An Abundance of Cod: Fueling the New World with Ann Beattie

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 5, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library   In her talk May 17 on An Abundance of Cod: Fueling the New World, Ann Beattie will take you a step back in time to the early 17th century when Europeans began to sail to the New World and carry home tales...

2023 Lecture Series: The Life, Near-Death, and Revival of Wood Island Station with Sam Reid

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 14, 2023 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library   Proprietor Sam Reid will give a talk entitled The Life, Near-Death, and Revival of Wood Island Station. The Wood Island Life Saving Station sits on a small island next to the Maine/New Hampshire border...
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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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2026 Current Event Series presents "PFAS Contamination at Pease: A Community Perspective"
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Andrea Amico is a nationally recognized PFAS advocate and co‑founder of the Testing for Pease community action group, where she has led efforts since 2014 [...]
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NH Gives: Athenaeum Building Facade Renovations
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2026 Lecture Series: "Gen. William Whipple: Seaman, Soldier, Statesman and Signer of the Declaration of Independence" with D. Allan Kerr
2026 Lecture Series: "Gen. William Whipple: Seaman, Soldier, Statesman and Signer of the Declaration of Independence" with D. Allan Kerr
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2026 Lecture Series: The Spirit of 1776: Revolution Constitution Independence, D. Allen Kerr, Proprietors, Shaw Research Library
Founding Fathers such as Jefferson, Franklin, Adams and Hancock have become mythic figures over the past two-and-a-half centuries, and the entire nation will be celebrating [...]
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