March 7, 2023 Portsmouth Celebrates Founders’ Day The Portsmouth Historical Society had a Founders’ Day Ceremony with a public viewing of the original founding document, the 1638 Portsmouth Compact,...
Feb 16, 2023 – The Portsmouth Historical Society hosted its Fifth Annual Portsmouth History Trivia Night on Thursday February 16, 2023 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at The...
Jan 25, 2023 – Jim Garman Lecture “North Portsmouth” The Portsmouth Historical Society and Common Fence Point Arts, Wellness, and Community Center co-hosted a well-illustrated lecture “The History of North...
Dec 8, 2022 – Members’ Annual Meeting was held at the museum. President Anne Northup Burns provided an overview of 2022 actvities before a presentation by Maria Vasquez on the...
Indigenous Peoples of Portsmouth During the Colonial Period Many people may be unaware of the influences and contributions of indigenous peoples, such as the Narragansett and the Pokanoket, in the...
Oct 23, 2022 – The Socity was pleased to offer the museum and grounds for a ceremony to remember the Marines lost as a result of the terrorist bomb attack...
October 12, 2012. This we call New England has only been settled by Europeans since the 1600s. The first people to live here came more than 10,000 years ago. Recent...
Sept 12, 2022 – Town Historian, Board Member and Past President of the Portsmouth Historical Society, was presented the “Portsmouth Award” for exceptional community service for preserving and conveying Portsmouth’s...
Aug 28- Sept 4 – indigenous Artifacts are featured at the museum.
August 18, 2022 – The Society’s second “Evening at Blue Bill Cove” was held on the Lawn at Thriving Tree on Park Ave in Island Park. There was music by...
