The third-floor Shaw Research Library and Randall Gallery are open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday. For elevator access, please call (603) 431-2538.
Check our calendar for tours of the first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- April 3, 2024
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Franklin Club
April 3, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USAThe Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The Leather Apron Club's purpose was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy, and to exchange knowledge of business affairs.
The Athenaeum's newly formed Franklin Club was created with this mind. Please join us on the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Sawtelle Reading Room. We loosely follow the list of questions from Ben Franklin’s club, and generally chat and share thoughts about current matters of life and town in a casual manner. The Franklin Club is a great opportunity to bring new members or potential new members who are looking for an opportunity to socialize and get to know other folks that are part of the Athenaeum.
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HOURS
Shaw Research Library &
Randall Gallery
Tuesday through Saturday
1 to 4 p.m.
Reading Room Tours
Volunteer Dependent
Saturdays &
Thursdays
1 to 2 p.m.
(Check our calendar.)
2024 Athenaeum Lecture Series
Every election year brings challenges, surprises and some stand-out personalities. The 2024 Athenaeum Lecture Series focuses in on electoral issues and people of importance to the electoral process, including the voter. As first in the nation, New Hampshire’s...
Upcoming Athenaeum Concert Dates
SAVE THE DATES from the Athenaeum Performance Committee ArtsAthenaeum Concert with "The Like Minds Ensemble" Friday, April 26, 2024 7:30 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room The Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music offers this ArtsAtheneaum Concert featuring the...
PROGRAM FULL! The Great Escape and Emigration of Scientists from Totalitarian Europe 1933-1943 with Dr. Fred Schubert
Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library The personal stories and work of some scientists, and a surgeon, who left their lives behind and contributed important work in adopted countries during a most turbulent period. As a consequence, continental...