by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 4, 2024
Political memorabilia collector and retired attorney Susan Roman of Durham will give a tour of the “First in the Nation: New Hampshire Presidential Primaries, 1920-2020,” exhibit on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m. in the Randall Gallery. Hundreds have viewed...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 16, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Saturday, June 24, 2023 11 a.m. Shaw Research Library John Rule speaks on “Benning Wentworth’s Towns in Vermont and New Hampshire” as part of the exhibit “The Wentworth Takeover: How One Family Dominated Portsmouth and New Hampshire...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 1, 2019 | Announcements, Exhibits
By Sherry Wood In 1932, on the bicentennial celebration of President George Washington’s birth, many of the members of St. John’s Lodge of the Masons in Portsmouth donned knee breeches, frock coats, powdered wigs and tricorns to take a group photo. To Sandra...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 5, 2017 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits
Saturday, October 7, 2017 11 a.m. Join Curator Richard Candee to learn how the Athenaeum became what it is today as he focuses on key elements from his exhibit “Treasures of the Athenaeum Part IV: Renewal, Growth, and a Public Research Library, 1980 –...
