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Gallery Talk: “Benning Wentworth’s Towns in Vermont and New Hampshire” with John Rule

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...

The Many Faces of George Washington

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...

Gallery Talk on “Treasures of the Athenaeum, Part IV”

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 –...

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Franklin Club
December 2, 2026    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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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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Athenaeum Annual Holiday Gala
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December 4, 2026    
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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