Skip to content
Portsmouth Athenæum, Portsmouth, NH

Photo: C. Carr, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Museums

Portsmouth Athenæum

A member-supported library, gallery, and archive in downtown Portsmouth that holds materials on local and state history.

6-9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH · Portsmouth, NH

About Portsmouth Athenæum

Portsmouth Athenæum is a nonprofit membership institution in the center of historic Portsmouth. It combines a research library, an art gallery, and an archive. Its collections focus on the history of the region and of New Hampshire's main seaport, including manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, and genealogical resources. The organization also hosts exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and educational programs, and it offers guided historic building tours through its events calendar. Visitors should note that the research library and gallery are on the third floor, so elevator access requires calling ahead.

  • #library
  • #gallery
  • #archive
  • #local history
  • #genealogy

What's around here?

The closest stops to Portsmouth Athenæum, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    Moffatt-Ladd House

    Under $25

    A restored 1763 Georgian home and garden museum in Portsmouth that tells the stories of five generations of its residents.

    Steps awayMore like this

  • Tours
    Local Gem

    Portsmouth Harbor Cruises

    $25–$50

    Narrated cruises along the New Hampshire Seacoast, from harbor tours to the Isles of Shoals.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Steps awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Portsmouth and the Seacoast

    No admission fee

    Official visitor information source for Portsmouth and New Hampshire's Seacoast region.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Steps awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Strawbery Banke Museum

    Under $25

    Ten-acre living history museum on Portsmouth's original waterfront neighborhood.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.2 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Maine Beaches Region Visitor Information Center

    No admission fee

    State-run welcome center at the Maine border promoting the seven beach towns of the southern Maine coast.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.9 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums

    Ogunquit Museum of American Art

    Under $25

    A seaside art museum near Perkins Cove with American paintings, sculptures, and gardens overlooking the Atlantic.

    14 mi awayMore like this

Near Portsmouth Athenæum

More of the same kind

Keep exploring