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Welcome to the Boston Athenæum
A new exhibition,
Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library,
is now open on our first floor.
We're delighted to announce our expansion into the building next door!
UPCOMING
Jan/28
Plymouth Colony First Lady Penelope...
12:00 pm
to
1:00 pm
Jan/29
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required...
10:15 am
to
10:45 am
Panel Discussion: Community...
6:00 pm
to
7:00 pm
Jan/30
A Century of Votes for Women: American...
6:00 pm
to
7:00 pm
Feb/05
Panel Discussion: Community...
6:00 pm
to
7:00 pm
Feb/06
Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into...
12:00 pm
to
1:00 pm
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required...
4:15 pm
to
4:45 pm
Feb/08
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required...
12:15 pm
to
12:45 pm
Feb/11
The Making of Character Traits
12:00 pm
to
1:00 pm
Member's Choice: A Revolutionary...
6:30 pm
to
7:30 pm
Feb/12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
10:00 am
to
11:00 am
City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in...
6:00 pm
to
7:00 pm
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm
to
7:00 pm
Feb/18
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required...
6:45 pm
to
7:15 pm
Feb/19
EmpowerHER: Black Women in the Arts
6:00 pm
to
7:00 pm
Feb/22
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
1:00 pm
to
2:30 pm
Feb/26
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required...
10:15 am
to
10:45 am
The Atlas of Boston History
12:00 pm
to
1:00 pm
Feb/27
Member Meet and Greet
5:30 pm
to
7:30 pm
Mar/03
The Body Papers: A Memoir
12:00 pm
to
1:00 pm
FEATURED
January-February 2020 Newsletter
Athenæum Author of the Month:
Dr. Philip E. Phillips
STAFF BOOK SUGGESTIONS WINTER 2020
Browse
My darlings ABC
, new in the Rare Books Digital Collection
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