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30th Annual Gingerbread House Contest

Posted on November 20, 2020January 4, 2021

Join us at Portsmouth Historical Society as we celebrate this sweet season with the 30th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition from November 20 through December 22. This year, we are “taking it to the streets” with gingerbread creations on display both at the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center and throughout downtown in shop and restaurant…

Scavenger Hunt Stops

Posted on November 16, 2020November 20, 2020

Step One: Get a Stamp Sheet Download & print or pick one up at the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center or at participating retailers (while supplies last). Step Two: Collect the Stamps Stop by each of the locations listed and present your sheet for a stamp! Step Three: Turn It in Fill out the contact information…

“Threads” Talk Tonight

Posted on October 30, 2020November 20, 2020

Meet the Artists! 7:30pm via Zoom Join us this evening for a more in-depth look at how quilts are made, how quilters work, and what inspires artists! FREE for members$15 for non-members Not yet a member? Join now! Time is Running Out to Register for the Gingerbread House Contest! Registration closes November 9! Don’t have any good…

30th Annual Gingerbread House Contest Call for Entries

Posted on October 8, 2020November 20, 2020

Join us at Portsmouth Historical Society as we celebrate this sweet season with the 30th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition from November 20 through December 22. This year, we are “taking it to the streets” with gingerbread creations on display both at the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center and throughout downtown in shop and restaurant…

“Threads: A Community Quilt for 2020” Opens at Portsmouth Historical Society on Friday, August 7

Posted on August 1, 2020August 31, 2020

“Threads: A Community Quilt for 2020” Opens at Portsmouth Historical Society on Friday, August 7 Quietly, behind the scenes, a team of masked historians has been assembling a landmark exhibition of some uniquely American art. Created by the nonprofit Portsmouth Historical Society, “Threads: A Community Quilt for 2020” opens at the Society’s Academy Gallery adjacent…

“Threads” Lecture Series

Posted on June 12, 2020November 5, 2020

We’ve assembled a stand-out crowd of lecturers for this summer and fall! Textile experts Diane Fagan Affleck, formerly of the American Textile History Museum, Lynne Bassett, author of Northern Comfort: New England’s Early Quilts 1780-1850 and co-author of Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War, Jennifer Swope, Assistant Curator at the MFA’s David and…

“Threads” Quilt Square Submissions

Posted on June 1, 2020September 9, 2020

“Threads:” Quilts from the collection

Posted on May 6, 2020September 9, 2020

Portsmouth Historical Society Launches “Threads” Community Quilt & Exhibition

Posted on April 23, 2020August 31, 2020

Portsmouth Historical Society Launches “Threads” Community Quilt & Exhibition Contribute your own creative quilt square from home PORTSMOUTH, NH—In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Portsmouth Historical Society proudly announces “Threads: A Community Quilt for 2020.” The highlight of this special exhibition—opening in early July—will be a large quilt to be stitched together from individual squares created…

THREADS: A Community Quilt for 2020

Posted on April 21, 2020September 9, 2020

Quilt Square Instructions: PDF Document Download Make your own square to show what you love about your community and mail it to the Portsmouth Historical Society by June 15th! DEADLINE EXTENDED! Please get your squares in the mail by JULY 13! Download the guidelines PDF for full details! While nothing like the current pandemic has…

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