Monday – Thursday: 10 AM – 8 PM
Friday – Saturday: 10 AM – 5 PM
Sunday (September - May): 1 PM – 5 PM
Sunday (June - August): CLOSED
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 |
SPLASH! The Art of Portsmouth’s Young People
March 6 – April 5
World Affairs at the Library: A Bright Future
with Joshua Goldstein
Tuesday March 10 | 11 AM
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 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
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.
Exhibit: Seacoast Camera Club
February 3 – March 1
Reception: Tuesday February 11 | 6 – 8 PM
Portsmouth Public Library
The Seacoast Camera Club's 2020 Print Exhibition will be on display in the Levenson Room of the Portsmouth Public Library from February 3 to March 1. The prints are the work of members of the Seacoast Camera Club, based in Portsmouth, NH.
Organic Gardening
Three Week Course | Saturdays 10 AM - 12 PM
Indigenous Youth Stories:
Northeast Woodlands Native American Stories
Saturday February 1
1 – 2 PM
Going Out Green:
Eco-Friendly Funerals & Burials
Saturday February 15 | 2 – 3:30 PM
