Join Cathryn Mercier, PhD, in-person and via Zoom, for a discussion on how the role of picture books and illustration has changed over the past one hundred years.
Thursday, August 18, 6:00 pm
FREE for members, $15 for non-members
As an undergraduate at Mount Holyoke College (BA ’81) Cathie Mercier was drawn to the scientific emphasis and empiricism of experimental psychology. A psychology major, she did not take her first course in children’s literature until her senior year. “Like Alice, I fell down the rabbit hole and I’ve yet to come up,” said Mercier.
Special Event with Ten Piscataqua Writers
Wednesday, August 24
5:30 pm–7:30 pm
Merrill Black (nonfiction)
Todd Hearon (poetry)
Clark Knowles (fiction)
Christina Keim (nonfiction)
will read from and sign copies of the newly released anthology celebrating the talents of our region. Copies available in the Museum Shop!
Get Outside! Do Something Different!
It’s finally cooled down a bit! Now is definitely the right time to go on one of our walking tours!
Tours go out every day, with specialty tours a few times a month. Get your tickets today!
Nothing fit your schedule? Book a private tour! Just reach out to tour manager Robin Lurie-Meyerkopf or give us a call, 603-436-8433
Portsmouth 400th Book Available for Pre-Order
In advance of next year’s celebrations, this commemorative book will give readers a sense of “who we are” and “where we are” as Portsmouth continues its journey from our past before 1623 to our future beyond 2023. Each object is depicted with a full-page photograph accompanied by an essay by a local author – 80 different writers who are the historians, experts, participants, and observers of Portsmouth history best able to explain how each object’s story offers a path into our bigger 400+ year history.
History. Arts. Culture.
