• Gingerbread Workshop

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

    This hands-on gingerbread workshop is perfect for all ages and skill levels, inviting you to unleash your inner architect and confectioner.

  • Museum Closed- Christmas Day

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

    The historical society will be closed on Thursday, December 25 in observation of Christmas Day. We will reopen 12/16 at 10 a.m.

  • Holiday Hours: 10 am – 4 pm

    Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States
  • Homeschool Day: the Portsmouth Peace Treaty

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

    Learn about Portsmouth’s connection to the treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War, and how the citizens of Portsmouth helped in this diplomatic endeavor.

  • Gingerbread Smash

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

    Register for our Gingerbread Smash!Can we smash more houses than last year?Thank you to EnviroVantage for assistance in providing safety equipment and tools for our smash and Mr.Fox for composting the sugar remnants.

  • Homeschool Day: The Women of Portsmouth During WWII

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

    Learn about the Portsmouth women who took on all kinds of new jobs during the Second World War, and the impact they made on our city.

  • PHSA Life & Death Symposium: America 250th

    Masonic Temple 45 Miller Ave, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Join Portsmouth Historic Sites Associates for a day of history and soup. Speakers will cover commemorations of the nation's 250th anniversary.

  • Benefit Night: Community Oven Hampton

    Join us for a delicious way to support history! The Community Oven, Hampton will donate 20% of dine-in and take-out sales to us on March 2 from 4-9pm.

  • Homeschool Day: Reinventing Portsmouth

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

    Learn about the changes that happened to the landscape of Portsmouth in the 1960s and 1970s and the citizens who came together to create community.

  • How to Research Your Historic Property

    Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrot Ave, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Get started on your historic plaques journey at our next research session at the Portsmouth Public Library.

  • “Betty & Barney” Preview Party Member Event

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

    Join us for a Preview Party that is out of this world as we celebrate the opening of “Betty & Barney.”

  • Women’s History Month Walking Tour

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

    During Women's History Month learn the untold stories of women who defied stereotypes and shaped Portsmouth's history on this 90 minute tour.