Come view our 200+ year-old historic membership library. This 45-minute tour takes you through spaces usually reserved for our members. The tour will start at [...]

Join us for Portsmouth's Art 'Round Town featuring our latest exhibit "The Red Light District: Vice in Portsmouth, NH, at the Turn of the 20th [...]

Please join us for an Athenæum Tea for New Members from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the 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 [...]

How does a continental or maritime framework pursued by governments shape outcomes for their countries? Why do some leaders insist on pursing destructive wars, rather [...]

Recognized for his noble sound, natural lyricism, and powerful technique, Thomas Pandolfi blends poetry and fire in his pianism, as Portsmouth audiences know well. His [...]

In the Spring of 1776, Abigail Adams famously asked her husband to "give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing [...]