Taste of the Month

The culmination of the Boston Athenæum’s Bicentennial in 2007 was the large retrospective exhibition entitled Acquired Tastes: 200 Years of Collecting for the Boston Athenæum.The exhibition emphasized the extensive and diverse collections that were carefully formed by the Athenæum during its first two centuries. The comprehensive nature of the exhibition, which included maps, prints, photographs, manuscripts, and examples of  the decorative arts, required that most the Library's first floor be temporarily converted into exhibition space. "The Taste of the Month" is a new feature of the Athenæum's website that will give readers an opportunity to review some of the items that were in the exhibition and are recorded in its catalogue. These objects have been chosen to represent some of the best and, sometimes, most unusual items that together make the Athenæum a special place.