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Join us this summer for our series on Boston history.
Subscription Campaigns: Contributions in Support of Community, April 11-September 1.
Explore LGBTQ history through Reimagining Histories: The Artists' Books of Jeffrey Morin, on view in the Henry Long Room.
Summer Reading continues through August for kids of all ages.

UPCOMING

Aug/20

Field Report: Women's Suffrage...

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Aug/21

Tuesdays on the Terrace

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Subscription Campaigns: Contributions...

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Aug/22

Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Subscription...

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Aug/28

Tuesdays on the Terrace

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Sep/03

Building Closed

(All day)

Sep/04

Tuesdays on the Terrace

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Sep/05

Director's Coffee Hour

10:00 am to 11:30 am

Sep/06

Collecting, Creating, and Contributing...

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Sep/11

Tuesdays on the Terrace

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Sep/12

Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little...

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Membership Benefits & Library...

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Member’s Choice: Understand the...

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Sep/13

Sonic Portraits: Art, Music, and the...

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Sep/14

Meet Us There! Member’s Trip: We Wanted...

10:00 am to 3:30 pm

Sep/18

Tuesdays on the Terrace

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Sep/20

Behind the Curtain Series: Fake News vs...

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Sep/25

Tuesdays on the Terrace

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria...

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Sep/26

Boston History Series: Historic Boston...

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

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Boston Athenæum July-August 2018 Newsletter
Athenæum Author of the Month: Nicole Collins
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Summer 2018
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