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March 2025: Women’s History Month
The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth, 1800 to 1950
February 2025: Black History Month
2024 Report of the Keeper and Executive Director
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Opening Reception for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

Opening Reception for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

March 7, 2025

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portsmouth Athenaeum

Exhibit Events

Exhibits, Randall Gallery, The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth

Please join us for the opening reception for our latest exhibit, “The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth," curated by Proprietor Judy Groppa in the Randall Gallery from [...]

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1805 Building Tour

1805 Building Tour

March 8, 2025

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Portsmouth Athenaeum

Building Tours

Building Tours, Library Room, Membership Libraries, Sawtelle Reading Room

Join us for a tour of our Sawtelle Reading Room and the historic Library Room. Tours are at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. [...]

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1805 Building Tour

1805 Building Tour

March 15, 2025

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Portsmouth Athenaeum

Building Tours

Building Tours, Library Room, Membership Libraries, Sawtelle Reading Room

Join us for a tour of our Sawtelle Reading Room and the historic Library Room. Tours are at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. [...]

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2025 Current Events Series: Genomics and the Future of Humanity

2025 Current Events Series: Genomics and the Future of Humanity

March 27, 2025

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

$0.00 - $25.00

Portsmouth Athenaeum

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2025 Current Events Series, Proprietors, Shaw Research Library

Important characters in the story include scientists, the afflicted and the cured. The 2025 Current Events lecture series opens with “Genomics and the Future of [...]

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April 2, 2025

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Portsmouth Athenaeum

Franklin Club

Franklin Club, Sawtelle Reading Room

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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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

April 4, 2025

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Portsmouth Athenaeum

Art Round Town
Exhibit Events

Art 'Round Town, Exhibits, Randall Gallery, The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth

Please join us during Art 'Round Town and see our latest exhibit, “The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth," curated by Proprietor Judy Groppa in the Randall Gallery. [...]

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Events on March 7, 2025

Opening Reception for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

Opening Reception for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

7 Mar 25

Portsmouth

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1805 Building Tour

1805 Building Tour

8 Mar 25

Portsmouth

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1805 Building Tour

1805 Building Tour

15 Mar 25

Portsmouth

Events on March 27, 2025

2025 Current Events Series: Genomics and the Future of Humanity

2025 Current Events Series: Genomics and the Future of Humanity

27 Mar 25

Portsmouth

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2 Apr 25

Portsmouth

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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"

4 Apr 25

Portsmouth

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