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Welcome to the Boston Athenæum
New Entrance:
Starting April 11, please use our entrance at 14 Beacon Street. For more information on the expansion project, please click
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Learn about our upcoming expansion!
Listen! eAudiobooks are here. Use the barcode on your member card to log in.
Members: come browse new books, hold them for pick up, or try the book mailing servic
e!
Browse online: the Harriet Hayden Albums, 19th-century photos of Black Bostonians and their allies.
UPCOMING
May/20
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
May/21
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
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May/23
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
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May/25
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VIRTUAL BOOK TALK: A Lynching at Port...
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8:00 pm
May/26
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
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May/27
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1:00 pm
VIRTUAL TOUR: Art and Architecture
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May/28
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BUILDING CLOSED
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Jun/01
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VIRTUAL BOOK TALK: Who Killed Jane...
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Jun/10
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
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