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September 2026: National Wilderness Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 3, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki In 2021, President Joseph R. Biden declared September as National Wilderness Month as a recommitment to the Wilderness Act of 1964, which sought to protect millions of acres of undeveloped federal public land from industrial...

August 2026: Beach Reads

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 4, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki It’s summertime and our thoughts have turned to the beach and, of course, light, distracting summer reads. Please enjoy this selection from our circulating collection featuring mystery, romance, and New Hampshire’s local beaches...

July 2026: The Red Light District

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 1, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki This summer and fall the Portsmouth Athenæum presents The Red Light District: Vice in Portsmouth, NH at the Turn of the 20th Century, an exhibit in the Randall Gallery which offers a glimpse at a seedier part of our city’s...

June 2026: Pride Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 4, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Uprising began in New York City as a series of riots and protests that are now considered the catalyst for the modern gay liberation movement. Over the following decades, annual marches...

May 2026: Jewish American Heritage Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 30, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki Each May, hundreds of organizations and Americans of all backgrounds connect to discover, explore, and celebrate the vibrant and varied American Jewish experience from the earliest days of our nation to the present. Please join us...

April 2026: National Poetry Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 2, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki In 1996, the American Academy of Poets launched National Poetry Month to honor the significance of poetry within our culture. For 30 years, this celebration has worked to increase the visibility of poets and to increase poetry’s...