by Portsmouth Historical Society | Feb 14, 2024
A behind-the-scenes look at our current exhibition
“The Matter of Memory” explored the ways that museums are the vessels of communal and individual memory along with how they consciously or unconsciously shape memory through what types of items are displayed and shared. Walk through the gallery with our museum curator and get a deeper understanding into some of the choices made in museum collections and exhibitions in both the past and present.
Tours happen at 12:00 and 5:30 pm.
This is a free tour, no registration required.
by Portsmouth Historical Society | Feb 14, 2024
A behind-the-scenes look at our current exhibition
“The Matter of Memory” explored the ways that museums are the vessels of communal and individual memory along with how they consciously or unconsciously shape memory through what types of items are displayed and shared. Walk through the gallery with our museum curator and get a deeper understanding into some of the choices made in museum collections and exhibitions in both the past and present.
Tours happen at 12:00 and 5:30 pm.
This is a free tour, no registration required.
by Portsmouth Historical Society | Feb 7, 2024
A behind-the-scenes look at our current exhibition
“The Matter of Memory” explored the ways that museums are the vessels of communal and individual memory along with how they consciously or unconsciously shape memory through what types of items are displayed and shared. Walk through the gallery with our museum curator and get a deeper understanding into some of the choices made in museum collections and exhibitions in both the past and present.
Tours happen at 12:00 and 5:30 pm.
This is a free tour, no registration required.
by Portsmouth Historical Society | Feb 7, 2024
A behind-the-scenes look at our current exhibition
“The Matter of Memory” explored the ways that museums are the vessels of communal and individual memory along with how they consciously or unconsciously shape memory through what types of items are displayed and shared. Walk through the gallery with our museum curator and get a deeper understanding into some of the choices made in museum collections and exhibitions in both the past and present.
Tours happen at 12:00 and 5:30 pm.
This is a free tour, no registration required.
by Portsmouth Historical Society | Jul 20, 2023 | Support
Adopt an Artifact returns with a powerful purpose: to help bring our 2026 exhibition, “Revolutionary Portsmouth” to life at the historic John Paul Jones House. This special exhibition, presented for the nation’s 250th anniversary, will explore the everyday people—Loyalist and Patriot, free and enslaved—who made Portsmouth revolutionary.
With a significant drop in federal and state funding, producing exhibitions has become increasingly challenging. Adopt an Artifact gives you a direct way to support the research, care, and presentation of these objects. Funds raised will go toward protective display cases, custom mounts, interpretive labels, and the many behind-the-scenes materials needed to share this history with care and integrity.
Our 2025 Adopt an Artifact is now closed.
Thank you for Adopting an Artifact
A special thank you to the following individuals who have adopted an item from our collection:
- Kimberly Alexander & Dane Morrison
- Anonymous
- Colleen Bean & Ceal Anderson
- Holly Burt
- Julie Gowen Fehrnstrom
- Ken Goldman & Barbara Sadick
- Nancy Hammond
- Ann Hartman
- Mary Ellen & Walter Hoerman
- Carolina Obarrio Langdon
- Charlie & Kathy Liolios in honor of Molly Liolos
- Ed & Fran Mallon
- Ellen & Walter Patton
- Nancy Pearson
- Michael Reilly
- Brenda Shanley
- Lucinda Spaney
- Matt Stolpe
- Ursula Wright
Miniature of Sarah Langdon
Miniature of Woodbury Langdon
Miniature of John Langdon
Estate of Col. Nathaniel Meserve
Pendant Engraved
“S. Langdon”
- Diane Fagan Affleck
- Kimberly Alexander & Dane Morrison
- Karen Battles & James Shanley
- Colleen Bean & Ceal Anderson
- Stephen Buczko
- Richard Candee
- Margaret L Clarke
- George Dumas
- Ken Goldman & Barbara Sadick
- Nancy Hammond
- Mary Ellen & Walter Hoerman
- Charlie & Kathy Liolios in honor of Molly Liolos
- Jason Moody
- Julia Phelps
- Clare Purcell
- Pat Remick
- Jane & Fred Reynolds
- Carol Seely
- Martha Shanley
- Theresa & James Terry
Portrait of Sarah H March
- Diane Fagan Affleck
- Robin Albert
- Ceal Anderson
- in honor of Patricia Brunette
- Sharon Churchill
- Margaret L Clarke
- in honor of Anna Herrera
- Ellen Fineberg & Vincent Lombardi
- Tom Kaufhold
- in honor of Molly Liolios
- Karen McDonnell
- Ellen & Walt Patton
- Gordon Stone
- Tammi Truax
- Elizabeth Valway
Portrait of an Unknown Man
For more information or to adopt an artifact over the phone please contact Development Manager, Kim Simmons.
