Portsmouth Athenæum, Portsmouth

Name: Portsmouth Athenæum
Address: 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, 03801-4011, United States
Telephone: +1 603-431-2538

#5 among attractions in Portsmouth

Museum, Top attraction, Library, Art museum

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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. ()

Built: 1805 (219 years ago)Coordinates: 43°4'38"N, 70°45'27"W

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9 Market SquarePortsmouth 03801-4011 United States

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+1 603-431-2538

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Portsmouth Athenæum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Strawbery Banke Museum, North Church, African Burying Ground, Prescott Park.

~1190 ftE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth
6 min walk • Strawbery Banke is an outdoor history museum located in the South End historic district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth.
~170 ftSW
Church
North Church, Portsmouth
1 min walk • The North Church of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, is a historic Congregational church located in Market Square. Sited directly across from the Portsmouth Athenæum, it features an Italianate edifice and a steeple visible from most of the city, the Piscataqua River, and communities on its western bank in Maine.
~870 ftSW
Historical place, Memorial
African Burying Ground, Portsmouth
5 min walk • The Portsmouth African Burying Ground is a memorial park on Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The memorial park sits on top of an 18th century gravesite containing almost two hundred freed and enslaved African people.
~1470 ftE
Park, Garden, Theater
Prescott Park, Portsmouth
8 min walk • Prescott Park is a ten-plus acre waterfront park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The land was purchased in the 1930s by two sisters, Josie and Sarah Prescott.
~760 ftSW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
The Music Hall, Portsmouth
4 min walk • The Music Hall is an 895-seat theater located at 28 Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. Built in 1878, The Music Hall claims to be the oldest operating theater in New Hampshire and the 14th oldest in the United States.
~910 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth
5 min walk • The Moffatt-Ladd House, also known as the William Whipple House, is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The 1763 Georgian house was the home of William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War general.
~1040 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth
6 min walk • The John Paul Jones House is a historic house at 43 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
~820 ftE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
MacPheadris–Warner House, Portsmouth
4 min walk • The Warner House, formerly known as the MacPheadris–Warner House, is a historic house museum at 150 Daniel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Built 1716–1718, it is the oldest, urban brick house in northern New England, and is one of the finest early-Georgian brick houses in New England.
~720 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Governor John Langdon House, Portsmouth
4 min walk • The Governor John Langdon House, also known as Governor John Langdon Mansion, is a historic mansion house at 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.
~670 ftNE
Church
St. John's Church, Portsmouth
4 min walk • St. John's Church is a historic church at 101 Chapel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The brick building was designed by Alexander Parris and built in 1807; it was the first brick church in the state of New Hampshire, and is a rare surviving early design by Parris.
~1490 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Players' Ring, Portsmouth
8 min walk • The Players' Ring Theatre is a theater located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The black box theater has a seating capacity of 75.

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Which popular attractions are close to Portsmouth Athenæum?

Nearby attractions include Portsmouth Downtown Historic District, Portsmouth (1 min walk), North Church, Portsmouth (1 min walk), Franklin Block, Portsmouth (3 min walk), South Church, Portsmouth (3 min walk).