John Forti Book Signing Join us on Wednesday, October 27 from 5:30 to 7pm to meet local legend and gardening master John Forti! He’ll be on hand to sign copies of his latest book, The Heirloom Gardner: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World. Please note that for large, indoor gatherings such as these, we are requiring…
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Get Your Copy of “Point of Graves” Signed by the Author!
Thursday, October 7 at 5:30pm J. Dennis Robinson will be here to sign copies of his new, thrilling murder mystery that takes place in Portsmouth (and features our very own John Paul Jones House!) Can’t make it? Get your copy at the online Museum Shop. We’ll also be announcing the winners of this year’s Young Writer’s Contest and…
Celebrating the Fall!
So Many Local Artists Will Be Here for Exhibition Opening Reception! Join us 5:30–8:00 pm on Friday, October 1, to open our fall exhibitions! We’ll have no fewer than SIX photographers in house, whose work is featured in the “New Hampshire Now” exhibition: Dan GingrasDavid MurrayEffie MalleyKen GoldmanPeter E. RandallMichael Sterling Plus, our five local…
Watching Paint Dry at the John Paul Jones House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 3, 2021 Contact: Meredith Affleck, Manager, Exhibitions & Programming Meredith@portsmouthhistory.org 603-570-2493 Photo Caption: Paint on the 1758 John Paul Jones House has not yet begun to dry. Photo courtesy of Portsmouth Painting Company. Watching Paint Dry at the John Paul Jones House The John Paul Jones House is…
“Abstracting the Seacoast” at Portsmouth Historical Society
September 17, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Meredith Affleck, Manager, Exhibitions & Programming Phone: 603-570-2493 Email: Meredith@PortsmouthHistory.org PHOTO CAPTION: Barbara Adams. Tugs Two. Oil on canvas. Photo by Ken Goldman (kenphotogeek.com) “Abstracting the Seacoast” at Portsmouth Historical Society On October 1, the work of five contemporary artists will be on display in “Abstracting the Seacoast” at…
Abstracting the Seacoast
October 1 through November 18 Open daily, 10am to 5pm Free to all! In five highly individual styles, “Abstracting the Seacoast” evokes the smell of the salt marsh, the call of seagulls, and the crash of the waves along the coast. It brings to mind the bustle of the docks loading and unloading, while the…
Coming October 1: “Abstracting the Seacoast”
Five Local Painters’ Explore Our Landscape Opening October 1, Tom Glover, Peter Cady, Brian Chu, Dustan Knight, and Barbara Adams will share work created over the past two years. They worked together to find new ways of portraying their appreciation for this unique costal area in five highly individual styles. Red Dot Sale in the…
31st Annual Gingerbread House Contest & Exhibition
It’s that time again! Join us at Portsmouth Historical Society as we celebrate this sweet season with the 31st Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition from November 26 through December 22. Once again, everyone is getting a little sugar as we take the contestant creations to downtown shop windows! 🎵 These are a few of…
NH Now: A Photographic Diary of Life in the Granite State
October 1, 2021–December 23, 2021 Opening reception October 1, 2021, 5:30pm New Hampshire Now is a two-year project to photographically record life in New Hampshire. Nearly 50 photographers traveled throughout the state between 2018 and 2020, making thousands of images that collectively create a twenty-first-century portrait of the people, places, culture, and events in New…
Final Days!
This is your very last chance to see our amazing exhibitions, “Twilight of American Impressionism” and “Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts” before they close THIS SUNDAY, 9/12, at 5pm! New Hampshire Now:A Photographic Diary of Life in the Granite State Opening October 1 at eight locations across, “New Hampshire Now: A Photographic Diary of the Granite State”! This…