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Announcement:
The Boston Athenæum is closed temporarily due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
More details.
Welcome to the Boston Athenæum
Learn about Boston's treasured books in
Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
.
Now online: The Harriet Hayden Albums, nineteenth-century photos of Black Bostonians and their allies.
We're delighted to announce our expansion into the building next door!
Registration is open for Primary Sources in the Classroom, our summer workshop for educators.
UPCOMING
Apr/02
VIRTUAL EVENT: Eye of the Expert:...
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1:00 pm
CANCELED: This is Shakespeare
6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Apr/06
CANCELED: Poets' Theatre: Blazing...
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7:00 pm
Apr/08
Slavery and the Making of the Early...
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1:00 pm
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Apr/15
CANCELLED: The Advocates: The Parthenon...
5:30 pm
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8:00 pm
Apr/21
The Seed of an Idea: Growing a Seed...
12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
Apr/22
POSTPONED: The Sum of the People: How...
6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Apr/28
Eye of the Expert: Crossing the Line
5:30 pm
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7:00 pm
Apr/29
Portrait Talk & Demonstration
5:30 pm
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7:30 pm
Apr/30
Here All Night: Poetry & Cocktails
6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
May/05
Birder on Berry Lane
12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
May/06
Field Report: Boston Athenæum Fellow...
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May/07
Royal Oak Lecture: Ciphers, Secrets,...
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7:00 pm
May/13
Program Advisory Meeting
5:30 pm
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7:00 pm
Ask a Librarian Conversations
6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
May/18
Torrence Harder Annual Endowed Lecture...
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7:00 pm
May/27
The Three-Cornered War: The Union, The...
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1:00 pm
Jun/04
Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style
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1:00 pm
Jun/09
Two Times Two is About Four: The Rise...
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March-April 2020 Newsletter
Athenæum Author of the Month:
Jamie Chan
STAFF BOOK SUGGESTIONS WINTER 2020
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