Art Box
The ART BOX
at Portsmouth Public Library
Check out a box of eclectic, inspiring objects. Create a work of art. Display it in the library!
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175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth NH 03801
(603) 427-1540
Monday – Thursday: 10 AM – 8 PM
Friday – Saturday: 10 AM – 5 PM
Sunday (September - May): 1 PM – 5 PM
Sunday (June - August): CLOSED
(603) 433-0981
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CANCELLED: Seed Swap, Saturday March 28
This event is cancelled. Please check back when the library re-opens as we hope to reschedule it.
SEED SWAP
Saturday March 28
10 AM – 2 PM
Local History Albacore Lecture Series begins Tuesday March 3
Local History Talks
Albacore Lecture Series
Tuesdays March 3, March 24 & April 7
7 – 8:30 PM
The library’s Local History series features authors and experts on local history topics. In March and April, we present a special partner series with the Albacore Park Museum!
CANCELLED: Death Café, Saturday March 21
This event is cancelled. Please check back when the library re-opens as we will offer another Death Cafe in the summer.
Holiday Hours 2025/2026
HOLIDAYS | OBSERVED | HOURS |
| Christmas | Wednesday, December 24, 2025 | 10 AM - 1 PM |
| Thursday, December 25, 2025 | CLOSED | |
| Friday, December 26, 2025 | CLOSED | |
| New Year's Eve | Wednesday, December 31, 2025 | 10 AM - 5 PM |
| New Year's Day 2026 | Thursday, January 1, 2026 | CLOSED |
| Martin Luther King J |
Exhibit: SPLASH! The Art of Portsmouth's Young People, Begins March 6
SPLASH! The Art of Portsmouth’s Young People
March 6 – April 5
World Affairs: A Bright Future, Tuesday March 10
World Affairs at the Library: A Bright Future
with Joshua Goldstein
Tuesday March 10 | 11 AM
CANCELLED: Fierce Females in Art, Wednesday March 25
This event is cancelled. Please check back when the library re-opens as we hope to reschedule it.
Fierce Females in Art
Wednesday March 25
7 – 8:30 PM
The 2020 Census
What is the Census?
The United States Constitution requires a count every 10 years of every person who is residing in the U.S., regardless of immigration status or citizenship. The Census Bureau's goal for the 2020 Census is to "count everyone once, only once, and in the right place."
Black Heritage Trail Tea Talks, February - March
Black Heritage Trail
2020 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks
February 2 – March 8, 2020
The Winter Tea Talk Series, presented by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire in partnership with the Portsmouth Public Library and Temple Israel, is a series of participatory lectures related to New Hampshire’s Black history and African American culture.