New Members Tea
Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USANew, prospective, and current members are invited to this in-person tea hosted in the first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room.
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LECTURE SERIES: “General Benjamin Butler: Rapscallion Reformer” with Ann Beattie
On November 13, Ann Beattie will present “General Benjamin Butler: Rapscallion Reformer.” General Benjamin Butler was born and bred in New Hampshire. He was a colorful, dynamic and audacious politician. He served as a Union Army general during the Civil War, earning the nicknames “Beast” and “Spoons.” A successful lawyer, Butler was elected the Governor […]
“Embattled Science” by Dr. Fred Schubert
SCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS DOGMA The talk will look at the struggle between Galileo and the church, that has lessons for laterconflicts. His writings, four centuries old, are still in print and in his engaging and cogent style addresses the general issue of dogma vs. direct study of nature. SCIENCE IN CONFLICT WITH THE STATE Then, […]
Annual Holiday Gala
Invitations forthcoming.
Annual Proprietors’ Show Opens
Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USAOur annual Proprietors' Show opens to the public in the third-floor Randall Gallery.
Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Meeting
Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USAThe 207th Annual Meeting of the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenaeum in the Shaw Research Library and via Zoom.