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Past Events

September 2021

A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, September 18
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Thursday, September 16
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Tuesday, September 14
VIRTUAL LECTURE: Dante at the Athenæum
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday, September 14
IN-PERSON: LECTURE: Dante at the Athenæum
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Monday, September 13
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, September 11
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
A group of people stand in a lobby in front of a bronze statue of Athena.
Friday, September 10
VIRTUAL TOUR: Up Close: Athena at the Athenaeum
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Thursday, September 9
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday, September 6
BUILDING CLOSED
12:00 am

August 2021

A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Tuesday, August 31
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, August 28
SOLD OUT - IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
A group of people stand in a lobby in front of a bronze statue of Athena.
Friday, August 27
IN-PERSON TOUR: Up Close: Athena at the Athenaeum
12:00 pm to 12:45 pm
Details of painted portraits of John Marshall and Daniel Webster by Chester Harding.
Wednesday, August 25
VIRTUAL TOUR: Up Close: Two Giants
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, August 21
SOLD OUT - IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Friday, August 20
BUILDING CLOSED
1:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Friday, August 20
SOLD OUT - IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Library reading room vaulted ceiling and, nooks formed from bookstacks, and an arched floor-to-ceiling window in each nook.
Thursday, August 19
VIRTUAL TOUR: Art and Architecture
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Tuesday, August 17
SOLD OUT - IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
A group of people stand in a lobby in front of a bronze statue of Athena.
Tuesday, August 17
VIRTUAL TOUR: Up Close: Athena at the Athenaeum
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, August 14
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Library reading room vaulted ceiling and, nooks formed from bookstacks, and an arched floor-to-ceiling window in each nook.
Saturday, August 14
VIRTUAL TOUR: Art and Architecture
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Smiling woman with short blonde hair in a red jacket stands in front of ornate bronze doors.
Friday, August 13
IN-PERSON TOUR: Up Close: Two Presidents and a Ghost
12:00 pm to 12:45 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, August 7
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Details of painted portraits of John Marshall and Daniel Webster by Chester Harding.
Friday, August 6
IN-PERSON TOUR: Up Close: Two Giants
12:00 pm to 12:45 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Thursday, August 5
SOLD OUT - IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Tuesday, August 3
SOLD OUT - IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Front and back of a book binding depicting a young man and young woman larger than life sitting atop a building, hugging. A speech bubble over the woman says I love this part.
Monday, August 2
IN-PERSON EVENT: Gallery Talk with Yi Bin Liang
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm

July 2021

Painting of Horatio Greenough side-by-side with an engraving of Thomas Crawford.
Friday, July 30
IN-PERSON TOUR: Up Close: Carvings and Quandaries
12:00 pm to 12:45 pm
Painted portrait of Horatio Greenough next to black and white engraved portrait of Thomas Crawford.
Wednesday, July 28
VIRTUAL TOUR: Up Close: Carvings and Quandaries
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Book with a marbled binding.
Tuesday, July 27
IN-PERSON EVENT: Gallery Talk with Jennifer Pellecchia
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Tuesday, July 27
IN-PERSON EVENT: Field Report: Molly Williams
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, July 24
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Friday, July 23
BUILDING CLOSED
12:00 am
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Thursday, July 22
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Wednesday, July 21
SOLD OUT: In-Person! Member Meet and Greet
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Tuesday, July 20
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Details of painted portraits of John Marshall and Daniel Webster by Chester Harding.
Tuesday, July 20
VIRTUAL TOUR: Up Close: Two Giants
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Book binding with a light background covered with several colorful triangles
Tuesday, July 20
IN-PERSON EVENT: Gallery Talk with Todd Pattison
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Tuesday, July 20
IN-PERSON EVENT: Field Report: Carl Kubler
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, July 17
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Volume of Shakespeare's Poems and Sonnets bound in blue leather with gold tooling, including a large gold spiral design on the cover.
Saturday, July 17
IN-PERSON EVENT: Gallery Talk with Sam Ellenport
11:00 am to 11:30 am
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Friday, July 16
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Library reading room vaulted ceiling and, nooks formed from bookstacks, and an arched floor-to-ceiling window in each nook.
Thursday, July 15
VIRTUAL TOUR: Art and Architecture
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Two women and a man huddle around an open book on a table.
Tuesday, July 13 to Thursday, July 15
Educator Workshop: Primary Sources in the Classroom
6:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Kellie Carter Jackson and the cover of her book "Force and Freedom"
Tuesday, July 13
VIRTUAL EVENT: BOOK TALK: Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
White man smiling into the camera. Background is blurred.
Monday, July 12
IN-PERSON EVENT: Field Report: Andrew Donnelly and Stephen Mandravelis
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
A woman in a red knit hat and red knit sweater speaks to a group of five people in a library.
Saturday, July 10
IN-PERSON TOUR: Art and Architecture Tour
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Library reading room vaulted ceiling and, nooks formed from bookstacks, and an arched floor-to-ceiling window in each nook.
Saturday, July 10
VIRTUAL TOUR: Art and Architecture
10:00 am to 11:00 am
A group of people stand in a lobby in front of a bronze statue of Athena.
Friday, July 9
IN-PERSON TOUR: Up Close: Athena at the Athenaeum
12:00 pm to 12:45 pm
Thursday, July 8
VIRTUAL EVENT: Panel Discussion: Meet the Makers: Contemporary Book Artists
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm

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