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  • Holiday Hours: 10 am – 4 pm

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

  • Homeschool Day: full session, First Fridays 10:00–11:30 am

    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: full session, First Fridays 10:00–11:30 am

    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.

  • Life and Death Symposium, February 14

    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 3/2 at Community Oven

    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: full session, First Fridays 10:00–11:30 am

    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. Saturday, March 21, 2 p.m. at the Portsmouth Public Library. Free Program.

    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 on Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 pm. Free for members. Get a first look at the exhibition

    “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.”

  • Background image of a park with six images of women at the bottom of the page. Text reads "Women of Portsmouth Walking Tour. Women's History Month Tour Dates: March 28 & 29. Tour times 2:00pm–3:30pm.

    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.

  • Background image of a park with six images of women at the bottom of the page. Text reads "Women of Portsmouth Walking Tour. Women's History Month Tour Dates: March 28 & 29. Tour times 2:00pm–3:30pm.

    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.

  • Image of a two stroy brick building with large windows on the left side. A tree stands to one side and a large blue open flag waves in front of the building.

    Opening Day

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

    Reopening for the 2026 season on April 1!