Rhode Island Theater Awards for 2018 were awarded to the Portsmouth Historical Society and the Portsmouth Community Theater for their recent original production of “Murder at the Coal Mine. Awards were presented to the Portsmouth Community Theater and the Portsmouth Historical for the The Most Exciting Collaboration and to Gloria Schmidt for the Best New […]
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The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth UK will visit Portsmouth, RI from Aug 30 through Sep 2. Go the the Events Page for more info.
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Fred Zilian, Portsmouth Resident and local historian provided insight into the life of Portsmouth Founding Mother Anne Hutchinson on July 19th at the second floor meeting room of the museum. Fred was joined by Ann Gallagher who portrayed Anne Hutchinson. See the Video at our Video Theater
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PORTSMOUTH WELCOMES BARTON’S RAIDERS AT WEAVER COVE ON JULY 9. East Bay Sea Kayakers to Trace Barton’s 1777 Route On Monday, 9 July, an experienced group of East Bay Sea Kayakers Commemorated Col William Barton’s daring nighttime raid to capture General Richard Prescott, Commander of British occupying forces on Aquidneck Island, in 1777. This group
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PHS held its annual members meeting at the Society Museum on June 18, 2018 See the video at https://youtu.be/BBtHbBVuRc0 Or go to our Recent Videos page
Portsmouth Business Association to Recognize the Portsmouth Historical Society as Their 2018 Business of the Year at the Annual Dinner Meeting The Portsmouth Business Association (PBA) held its Annual Dinner Meeting Wednesday June 20, 2018 at the Newport International Polo Pavilion on East Main Road in Portsmouth. At the meeting, the PBA presented its Business of
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The main museum first floor now has easy access for people with mobility issues.  A fully ADA-compliant ramp has been installed at the West door. This is the first step in getting our museum available for people with mobility needs. Next on our list is reconfiguring the bathrooms to a single ADA-compliant bathroom to make
High School Takes Honors in the 2nd Annual Portsmouth History School Trivia Contest The Portsmouth Historical Society held their Second Annual Portsmouth History School Trivia Contest for students last Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Gulfstream Bar and Grille at Melville. Four student teams – three from Portsmouth High School and one from Portsmouth Middle School –
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On Saturday February 10, 2018, Society volunteers came out to place back all the major furniture after completion of floor painting. they also emptied the storage POD so the curators can start placing back in place the Society’s historic items that were removed before painting.
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