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The Portsmouth Athenæum is a non-profit membership library and archive, incorporated in 1817 and loc

09/04/2026

Latest from the Athenæum📖 - Happy Labor Day Weekend💪, Art 'Round Town🎨, Get Outdoors w/ the Book List🌲, Upcoming Events, Picnic🍎 & the Portsmouth Peace Treaty🕊️ - https://mailchi.mp/e1d4c309ea2c/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10991385

08/28/2026

Latest from the Athenæum📖 - Sunday's PACM concert series New England Baroque🎶, New Books 📚, Upcoming Events, Horseshoe History🏆, and more! - https://mailchi.mp/8e38b4257831/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10991262

08/21/2026

Latest from the Athenaeum📖 - At the Athenæum: Prescott Park history🌳, annual picnic🥪, the PACM concert series 🎶, and hauling an airplane thru the town in 1923 ✈️ - https://mailchi.mp/f8169a37456d/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10991108

08/14/2026

Latest from the Athenaeum📖 - Twilight Tour tonight🕯️, upcoming picnic🥪, the PACM concert series🎶, the Presidents' Dinner & aboard the USS North Carolina in 1911🦞 - https://mailchi.mp/753af5d99282/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10990824

08/07/2026

Latest from the Athenaeum📖 - Message from our Interim Director, Art 'Round Town TONIGHT🎨, a beachy book list🏖️, Twilight Tour🕯️, and the schooner Loella⚓- https://mailchi.mp/ccd71992d8c0/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10990691

07/31/2026

Latest from the Athenaeum📖 - Upcoming Twilight Tour🕯️& Art 'Round Town🎨, Tom Hardiman's retirement party🎉, events of interest & partying like it's 1899🥳- https://mailchi.mp/098f9c2edf3e/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10990656

07/24/2026

Latest from the Athenaeum📖 - Highlighting a NH History Hero: Ray Brighton📰, Catalog Maintenance🛠️, Events of Interest, the Libertad Tall Ship⛵, and more! - https://mailchi.mp/7f2596d26f6a/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10990396

07/18/2026

Red Light exhibit update🚨, Shelves on the move💪, Sailing in the Stacks⛵, and the Penhallow Street fire of 1864🧑‍🚒

https://mailchi.mp/2034ef7a6a3a/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10990193

07/10/2026

Red Light exhibit opens tonight🚨, July New Books📘, the Revolutionary Whipple journal 🇺🇸 & remembering Frisbee's Market🍞🥛🍎

https://mailchi.mp/de3239fa29b8/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10990171

07/03/2026

Happy Fourth!🎆 A 250th perspective on portraits by the Keeper🇺🇸, upcoming Red Light exhibit🚨, July booklist, & launch of the SS Portsmouth⚓

https://mailchi.mp/a4ea484793c4/latest-news-from-the-portsmouth-athenaeum-10990026

Address

9 Market Square
Portsmouth, NH
03801

Opening Hours

Tuesday	1pm - 4pm
Wednesday	1pm - 4pm
Thursday	1pm - 4pm
Friday	1pm - 4pm
Saturday	1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+16034312538

Website

http://www.portsmouthathenaeum.org/

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