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  • Show+ Tell Exhibition featuring Greater Seacoast Illustrators. Image has a green background and several characters featured in these illustrated books below.

    Show & Tell Opening Reception

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    You're invited to an opening reception for Show & Tell: Greater Seacoast Illustrators! Join curator Tess Feltes and local Seacoast illustrators featured in the exhibition for a preview of Show & […]

    Free

  • Art Round Town

    We’ll be open until 8pm on November 4th for Art ‘Round Town! Free admission all day long. Visit our two most recent exhibitions "Show + Tell: Greater Seacoast Illustrators" and […]

  • Outline of a Historic door with a transom window above, two columns flanking, and an ornate pediment caping the door. Writing says Portsmouth Advocated 2022 Awards.

    Portsmouth Advocates 2022 Awards

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Portsmouth Advocates Honors City Preservation Projects Since 1989 Portsmouth Advocates has honored individuals and projects that enhance the city’s unique historic character and make Portsmouth a better place to live […]

  • Museum Store Sunday on 11.27.2022 written in white text on a blue background

    Museum Store Sunday

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Museum Store Sunday We are proud to partner with hundreds of other museums and cultural institutions across the United States to take part in Museum Store Sunday on November 27. […]

  • Dog dressed up in reindeer antlers in front of a solid red background with the text "Sip and Shop" written in white to the left.

    Sip n’ Shop

    Sip n' Shop Join us for an exclusive, members-only shopping experience with raffles, prizes, and refreshments. Where: Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle StreetWhen: Wednesday November 30, 2022 5:30-7:30 pm10% Discount […]

  • Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth Kick-off party on Friday, December 2 at 5:30 pm on a snowy background

    Vintage Christmas Kickoff Party

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth Kickoff Party Join us on Friday, December 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 to celebrate the season! We’ll be announcing the community judges’ winners for the Gingerbread […]

  • Book Signing with With Lenaye Marsten Author of The Secret Life of Mary White: Darkness Into Light on Wednesday, December 14 at 5:30pm

    Book Signing with Lenaye Marsten

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Join us for a book signing with author Lenaye Marsten Get a chance to meet and speak with the author of The Secret Life of Mary White: Darkness Into Light. […]

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    Final Day of the 2022 Season

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Visit us before we close for the season Friday, December 30. Current Exhibitions:"Show + Tell" Greater Seacoast IllustratorsSome Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition entries

  • 2023 Opening Day

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Join us for the start of the 2023 season on April 1. Featured Exhibition: A Sense of Place, a companion exhibition to A History of Portsmouth NH in 101 Objects

  • A row of books with the spines pointed away towards a green wall. One books sits on top of the others with the pages splayed open. Test Reads: April Book Sale, Stuff-a-Tote for just $25 Select books only, Shop anytime in April Read all year long

    April Book Sale

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

  • Art Round Town, free first fridays, 5-8pm written above an image of two people talking inside a gallery.

    Art ‘Round Town

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    We’ll be open until 8pm on April 7th for Art ‘Round Town! Free admission all day long. Visit our two most recent exhibitions "A Sense of Place" and "Reinventing Portsmouth" […]

  • Art Round Town, free first fridays, 5-8pm written above an image of two people talking inside a gallery.

    Art ‘Round Town

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    We’ll be open until 8pm on May 5th for Art ‘Round Town! Free admission all day long. Visit our two most recent exhibitions "A Sense of Place" and "Reinventing Portsmouth" […]