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
- March 20, 2024
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***POSTPONED*** LECTURE SERIES: “General Benjamin Butler: Rapscallion Reformer” with Ann Beattie
March 20, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USAAnn Beattie (Proprietor and Athenaeum board director) on Gen. Benjamin Butler.
This program has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
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- March 21, 2024
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Tour of Sawtelle Reading Room
March 21, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room in the 1805 building is open for tours. Donations accepted.
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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...
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...