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  • Community Art Family Day

    John Paul Jones House 43 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States

    Come to the Historical Society on September 9th to experiment with community art projects! Contribute to an enormous Jackson Pollock-style painting, help us create a popsicle stick masterpiece, and then join one of our ArtBot workshops and make your own spirographing robot!

  • Knit Happens Program Image. Burgundy background with a ball of different color blue yarn and knitting needles poke through it on the left-hand side. Right-hand side has white text that reads: 4th Friday of the month 2:30 – 3:30 pm Social yarn circle $5 suggested donation

    Knit Happens

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

    Whether you are a seasoned knitter or if you’re new to casting on, bring your projects or start fresh at the Portsmouth Historical Society’s social yarn circle every 4th Friday from 2:30 – 3:30 pm!

  • Gingerbread Contest and Exhibition Registration is Open atop a winter themed cross-stitch background

    Gingerbread Contest Registration Opens

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

    It's the sweetest time of year! Register now to create your sweet masterpiece!

  • 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 are open until 8 p.m. as part of Portsmouth's First Fridays. Visit our two most recent exhibitions “A Sense of Place” and “Reinventing Portsmouth” both are a part of Portsmouth’s 400th anniversary celebrations.

  • Image of a classic red British phone booth on the left, with the front entrance of the Portsmouth Historical Society (a brick two-story, federal-style building) on the right.

    Red Phone Booth Ribbon Cutting

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

    Welcome back the red phone booth with us! Join us as we welcome back the red phone booth to the Historical Society Grounds. The newly renovated phone booth will now sit in front of the Historical Society building. After helping us celebrate the unveiling, step inside the museum to visit our exhibition “A Sense of […]

  • Knit Happens Program Image. Burgundy background with a ball of different color blue yarn and knitting needles poke through it on the left-hand side. Right-hand side has white text that reads: 4th Friday of the month 2:30 – 3:30 pm Social yarn circle $5 suggested donation

    Knit Happens

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

    Get Hooked on History! Whether you are a seasoned knitter or if you’re new to casting on, bring your projects or start fresh at the Portsmouth Historical Society’s social yarn circle every 4th Friday from 2:30 – 3:30 pm!

  • NH Pastel Society "It's Pastel" 2023 Juried Exhibition on display OCt 29 – Nov 17. Background has three pastel artworks. A blue sky with a cotton plant blowing in the wind, a white snowy owl nested in a field of dried grasses, and a white barn off in the distance beyond a large green field.

    “It’s Pastel!” Pastel Society of NH Reception

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

    Join the Pastel Society of New Hampshire for their annual juried exhibition, meet the artists, and hear the announcement of the award-winning submissions.

  • NH Pastel Society "It's Pastel" 2023 Juried Exhibition on display OCt 29 – Nov 17. Background has three pastel artworks. A blue sky with a cotton plant blowing in the wind, a white snowy owl nested in a field of dried grasses, and a white barn off in the distance beyond a large green field.

    “It’s Pastel” 2023 Juried Exhibition Opens

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

    NH Pastel Society "It's Pastel" 2023 Juried Exhibition October 29 – November 17

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

    Art ‘Round Town featuring Joshua Hrehovcik

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

    Join us in the museum galleries as we are open late.

  • Image of a large yellow Georgian House on a green grass lawn with vibrant pink azalea flowers growing in the forefront

    JPJ Open on Veterans Day

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

    The John Paul Jones House will be open on Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11 from 11 am to 3 pm free of charge.

  • Gingerbread Contest Registration Closes

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

    Hurry up and register to enter the gingerbread contest before registration ends!

  • Gingerbread Exhibition Opens

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

    IT’S THE SWEETEST TIME OF THE YEAR!Exhibition on display Nov. 24–Dec. 30, 2023, 10:00 am–5:00 pmOpen until 7:00 pm on Fridays in DecemberFree for all!To celebrate over 400 years of Portsmouth’s history, the gingerbread committee at Portsmouth Historical Society has chosen the theme of “Portsmouth Past, Present and Future.” We want to see gingerbread incarnations […]