by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 31, 2023 | Announcements, Exhibits
Exhibit Curator Sandra Rux said that after arriving in New Hampshire in the 1630s, the Wentworth family gradually became more important through the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries. Friends and adversaries referred to the family as the “Wentworth...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 26, 2022 | Announcements, Exhibits
The works of noted maritime artist and writer George S. Wasson (1855-1932) of Kittery Point will be exhibited in the Randall Gallery beginning Aug. 5. The exhibit is being put together by a group of admirers of Wasson, including Proprietors Wendy Lull and Lauren...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 27, 2022 | Announcements, Exhibits
The timing of “Standing Together: Seacoast LGBTQ+ Social and Support Groups” couldn’t be better, according to Tom Kaufhold, who is curating the exhibit opening June 3 in the Portsmouth Athenaeum’s Randall Gallery. “We exist, we have...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 9, 2021 | Announcements, Exhibits
On July 16, the latest Portsmouth Athenaeum exhibit “The Georgian Garden in Print and in Portsmouth” opens, focusing on Europe’s Georgian period of garden design, its most famous gardener designers, the books that disseminated their designs, and the Portsmouth gardens...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 16, 2020 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits, Performance
LATEST UPDATE 6/19/2020 The Research Library and Randall Gallery are now open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. by appointment only. Please call 603-431-2538 or email info@portsmouthathenaeum.org to set up your appointment. Masks are required. For more...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 16, 2019 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits
Saturday, Aug. 17, 201911 a.m.Randall Gallery Sandra Rux, co-curator of the exhibit By the Bottle or the Barrel: 400 Years of Brewing in Portsmouth, will give a gallery talk. UPCOMING LECTURES: Thursday, Sept. 5, 20197 p.m.Join both Tad Baker, professor of history at...