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February 06, 2012
Discover Portsmouth Launches Capital Campaign
In four short years the Portsmouth Historical Society transformed the empty former public library into a gateway to the Seacoast’s art, culture and history sites and resources, creating the Discover Portsmouth Center at the intersection of Middle and Islington Streets – exactly where ...
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October 20, 2011
Gala Planned for October 29 to Celebrate Success of Discover Portsmouth Center and Launch Energy Retrofit Construction
The Portsmouth Historical Society will celebrate its fourth successful season of operations at the Discover Portsmouth Center with a gala reception on Saturday, October 29 from 5:30-8:30 pm.
- June 20, 2011
Portsmouth Marine Society Publishes Maritime Portsmouth:The Sawtelle Collection
Collaborators from the Portsmouth Historical Society and Portsmouth Marine Society in conjunction with Peter E. Randall, Publisher have prepared a 216- page hardcover catalogue to accompany the exhibition, Maritime Portsmouth: The Sawtelle Collection presented at the Discover Portsmouth Center in the ...
- June 20, 2011
Portsmouth Historical Society Presents "Maritime Portsmouth: The Sawtelle Collection"
The exhibition, Maritime Portsmouth: The Sawtelle Collection (June 3 - August 31, 2011), hosted by the Portsmouth Historical Society at the Discover Portsmouth Center, presents a priceless collection of nearly 200 paintings and artifacts, gathered over two decades and never exhibited publicly before.
- June 20, 2011
Portsmouth Historical Society and Discover Portsmouth Center Announce $25,000 Challenge Grant
The Portsmouth Historical Society is pleased to announce that Tom Haas, through the NH Charitable Foundation, is pledged a challenge grant of $25,000 towards the Energy Refit program at the Discover Portsmouth Center. Every dollar donated to the Portsmouth Historical Society for the Discover Portsmouth Center will be doubled in order to reach the summer 2011 goal for the Energy Retrofit project.
- June 20, 2011
Water Street Bookstore Presents Linda & Martha Greenlaw and Their New Cookbook at Discover Portsmouth Center on July 6, 2011
Linda Greenlaw – captain of a Maine fishing trawler, NY Times best-selling author and personality as iconic as the Maine lobster – and her mother, Martha Greenlaw, who together authored the cookbook, Recipes From a Very Small Island, are back with a new book, published in time for classic s
- May 04, 2011
MAY 19: ANNUAL MEETING and John Paul Jones Exhibit Preview
In this exhibit, the Portsmouth Historical Society focuses on their famous historical character for the first time and hosts several Gallery Talks and a fall Symposium to consider aspects of the actual career and folk culture symbolism of John Paul Jones.
- May 04, 2011
JUNE 2: Gala Opening for "Maritime Portsmouth: The Sawtelle Collection"
On Thursday, June 2, 2011 the Portsmouth Historical Society hosts the gala opening of the new exhibit "Maritime ortsmouth: The Sawtelle Collection" at the Discover Portsmouth Center. The event premieres the priceless collection of nearly 200 paintings and artifacts, gathered over two decades and never exhibited publicly before and presents the new catalogue for the exhiibt.
- February 27, 2011
Portsmouth Historical Society names Maryellen Burke Executive Director
The Portsmouth Historical Society has appointed Maryellen Burke as Executive Director. The new position, approved at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society, answers the need for a full-time senior executive to lead the organization and the fund-raising campaign now underway for the Society’s Discover Portsmouth Center ...
- July 28, 2010
Portsmouth Named "Preserve America Community"
First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama has signed and sent designation letters to 29 new Preserve America Communities, bringing the total nationwide to 843. Among the recipients is Portsmouth Mayor Tom Ferrini who worked with the Portsmouth Historical Society to submit the nomination. The City Council unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the Preserve America Community initiative for ...
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- June 20, 2011