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December

Friday, December 13
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, December 13
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, December 13
Early Closing
1:00 pm
Saturday, December 14
Second Saturday Story Time
10:30 am
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 14
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 14
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 14
Winter Craft Party
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Monday, December 16
Gallery Talk: Unlocking the Cabinet
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Monday, December 16
Reading Craft: Understanding History Through Reproduction
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, December 17
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, December 17
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, December 17
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
6:45 pm to 7:15 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, December 18
Up Close Tour: Too Much Nakedness: The Boston Athenæum and the Rise of American Sculpture
11:00 am to 11:30 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, December 18
Young Readers' Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, December 19
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, December 19
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, December 19
Sensory Story Time
4:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Friday, December 20
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, December 20
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 21
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, December 21
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, December 24
BUILDING CLOSED
(All day)
Wednesday, December 25
BUILDING CLOSED
(All day)
Thursday, December 26
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, December 28
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, December 31
BUILDING CLOSED
(All day)

January

Wednesday, January 1
BUILDING CLOSED
(All day)
Thursday, January 2
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, January 2
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 2
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, January 3
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, January 3
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, January 3
Friday DIY: Pompoms
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, January 4
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, January 4
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 4
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, January 7
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, January 7
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, January 8
Independent Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, January 8
Eye of the Expert: (Anti) Suffrage
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 9
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, January 9
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 9
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 9
A Foray into Forgery and the Boston Athenæum's Role in Exposing It
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, January 10
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, January 10
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 11
Second Saturday Story Time
10:30 am
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 11
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 11
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 11
Second Saturday Crafts
2:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, January 14
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, January 14
Dawson's Fall
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, January 14
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, January 14
Member's Choice: The Brick Moon: An Exemplar of 19th-Century Scientific Imagination
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, January 15
Program Advisory Meeting
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, January 15
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Thursday, January 16
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, January 16
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 16
Wicked Pissed: New England's Most Famous Feuds
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 16
Comics Club
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, January 17
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, January 17
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 18
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, January 18
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 18
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Monday, January 20
Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, January 21
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, January 21
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, January 21
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
6:45 pm to 7:15 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, January 22
Martini Movie Night: Singin' in the Rain
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, January 22
Young Readers' Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, January 23
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, January 23
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, January 24
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, January 24
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 25
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, January 25
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, January 25
Teen Writing Group
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, January 28
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, January 28
Plymouth Colony First Lady Penelope Winslow: Reconstructing a Life through Material Culture
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, January 28
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, January 29
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
10:15 am to 10:45 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, January 29
Panel Discussion: Community Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 30
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, January 30
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, January 30
A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, January 31
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, January 31
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public

February

Saturday, February 1
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 1
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 1
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 4
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 4
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 5
Panel Discussion: Community Conversations
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 6
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, February 6
Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 6
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 6
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, February 7
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, February 7
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, February 7
Friday DIY: Glass Magnets
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 8
Second Saturday Story Time
10:30 am
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 8
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 8
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 8
Second Saturday Crafts
2:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, February 11
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 11
The Making of Character Traits
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, February 11
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, February 11
Member's Choice: A Revolutionary Encounter in London
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is for members only
Wednesday, February 12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
10:00 am to 11:00 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 12
Independent Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, February 12
City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 13
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, February 13
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, February 14
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, February 14
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 15
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 15
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 15
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 18
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 18
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, February 18
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
6:45 pm to 7:15 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 20
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, February 20
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 20
Comics Club
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, February 21
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, February 21
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 22
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 22
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 22
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, February 25
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, February 25
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 26
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
10:15 am to 10:45 am
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 26
The Atlas of Boston History
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, February 26
Young Readers' Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, February 27
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, February 27
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, February 27
Member Meet and Greet
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, February 28
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, February 28
Art and Architecture Tour
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, February 28
Visitor Story Time
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, February 29
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, February 29
Teen Writing Group
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Members only with no fee

March

Thursday, March 5
Staff-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
4:15 pm to 4:45 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, March 12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, March 13
Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Saturday, March 14
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library
12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
This event is open to the public