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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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Participate in our 2022 Summer Reading Challenge for a chance to win some BA prizes!
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
Sep/28
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
5:30 pm
to
6:30 pm
VIRTUAL BOOK TALK: Saving Freud: The...
7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Sep/29
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Ask the Librarian...
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Sep/30
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture...
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1:00 pm
Oct/06
VIRTUAL BOOK TALK: Bad Mexicans: Race,...
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8:00 pm
Oct/13
VIRTUAL BOOK TALK: The Occult Edgar...
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8:00 pm
Oct/26
VIRTUAL BOOK TALK: Book Madness: A...
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8:00 pm
Oct/28
Walking Tour: Around the Neighborhood:...
2:30 pm
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3:30 pm
Nov/23
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Athenæum Author of the Month:
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Staff Book Suggestions: Spring & Summer 2022
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Man Sunning Himself on Fourth of July, Government Center
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