Portsmouth Athenaeum
Portsmouth Athenaeum is a building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 24, 1973.
Plan your visit
- Access
- Interior open (verified)
Source: Portsmouth Athenaeum: https://portsmouthathenaeum.org/about-us/ · checked November 1, 2026 - Location
- Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
- Official website
- See the official website
- Directions
- Get directions
National Register listing does not mean a place is open to the public. Parking and accessibility are shown only when verified.
About this place
Portsmouth Athenaeum is open to visitors and run by Portsmouth Athenaeum, according to its official visitor page (verified November 1, 2026). The National Park Service records its period of significance as 1800-1824, with significance in commerce, architecture.
The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. It preserves and provides access to an extensive collection of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, artworks and artifacts, and digital collections related to local history and genealogy, in addition to a circulating library for its membership. As an intellectual center of the community, it sponsors exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and other educational and cultural programs. The building, dating to 1805, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973.
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