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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...