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Upcoming Events

August

Saturday, August 19
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, August 19
Art and Architecture Tour
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, August 19
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, August 22
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, August 22
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, August 23
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: New England on Paper: Contemporary Art in the Boston Athenæum's Prints & Photographs Collections
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, August 23
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, August 24
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, August 24
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, August 24
Homework Hang-out
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Friday, August 25
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, August 25
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, August 26
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, August 26
Children’s Event: Tape Town
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, August 26
Art and Architecture Tour
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, August 26
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, August 29
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, August 29
Art and Architecture Tour
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, August 30
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, August 31
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, August 31
Docent-Led Gallery Talk: New England on Paper: Contemporary Art in the Boston Athenæum's Prints & Photographs Collections
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, August 31
Art and Architecture Tour
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, August 31
Homework Hang-out
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Members only with no fee

September

Friday, September 1
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, September 1
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 2
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 2
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Monday, September 4
Building Closed
(All day)
Tuesday, September 5
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, September 6
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, September 6
The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, September 7
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 7
Spanish Story Time
11:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 7
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Friday, September 8
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, September 8
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 9
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 9
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Monday, September 11
Athenæum Authors Series: Writing Radar: Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, September 12
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, September 12
Student Member Coffee Break
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, September 13
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 14
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 14
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 14
Athenæum Authors Series: Prince Harry Boy to Man
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, September 15
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, September 15
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 16
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 16
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, September 19
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, September 19
Independent Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, September 19
A Tale of Two Libraries
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, September 20
Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Famous Diamond
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, September 20
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, September 20
Teen Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 21
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 21
Spanish Story Time
11:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 21
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Friday, September 22
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, September 22
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 23
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 23
Children’s Book Talk: Make Way for Nancy: A Life in Public Art
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, September 23
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Monday, September 25
The Girl At the Baggage Claim: Examining the East-West Culture Gap
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Tuesday, September 26
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, September 26
Golden Door or Border War? Series: The Boston Roots of the Trump Anti-Immigrant Playbook
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Wednesday, September 27
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, September 27
Young Readers’ Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, September 28
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 28
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, September 28
Eye of the Expert: It’s Complicated
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, September 29
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, September 29
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 30
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, September 30
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee

October

Monday, October 2
New Members’ Reception
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is by invitation only
Tuesday, October 3
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 4
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 5
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 5
Spanish Story Time
11:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 5
Recording Lives at Lightning Speed
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Thursday, October 5
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 5
Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age: Libraries, Books, and the Digital Future
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Friday, October 6
Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
9:00 am to 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Friday, October 6
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, October 6
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, October 7
Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Saturday, October 7
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, October 7
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 10
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 10
The General vs. the President
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 11
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 11
Systems Thinking, Meliorism, Extraordinary Longevity, and Pot
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, October 12
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 12
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 12
Conservation Lab Tour with Chief Conservator Dawn Walus
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This event is for members only
Friday, October 13
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, October 13
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, October 14
4th Annual Open House
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, October 17
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 17
Golden Door or Border War? Series: Boston and the Chinese Exclusion Act
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, October 17
Independent Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 18
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 18
Teen Readers’ Book Group
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 18
Student Member Coffee Break
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 18
The Culture of American Womanhood Series: Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public
Thursday, October 19
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 19
Spanish Story Time
11:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 19
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 19
Annual Fund Donor Appreciation Reception
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is by invitation only
Friday, October 20
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, October 20
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, October 21
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, October 21
Children’s Book Talk: My Brigadista Year
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Saturday, October 21
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 24
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 24
Exhibition Opening: Thomas Buford Meteyard (1865-1928): Travels Through Impressionism
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, October 25
After-School Read Aloud
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Wednesday, October 25
Young Readers’ Book Group
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This event is for members only
Thursday, October 26
Stories, Songs, and Activities
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 26
Homework Hang-out
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Thursday, October 26
Letter from the Editor: Literary Tales, Trials, and Tribulations
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
This event is open to the public
Friday, October 27
Nursery Rhyme Time
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Members only with no fee
Friday, October 27
Friday DIY
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Members only with no fee
Saturday, October 28
Family Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Saturday, October 28
LEGO®, Chess, and Puzzle Club
2:30 pm
Members only with no fee
Monday, October 30
Eye of the Expert: It’s Complicated
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
This event is for members only
Tuesday, October 31
Preschool Story Time
10:30 am
Members only with no fee
Tuesday, October 31
The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This event is open to the public

November

Thursday, November 2
About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in Twenty-First-Century America
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 4
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Monday, November 6
Director's Coffee Hour
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Tuesday, November 7
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Wednesday, November 8
Young Patrons Sponsored Art and Wine Night
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Thursday, November 9
Student Member Coffee Break
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Tuesday, November 14
Curator-Led Gallery Talk: Thomas Buford Meteyard (1865-1928)
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Tuesday, November 14
The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Wednesday, November 15
House Style: Five Centuries of Fashion at Chatsworth
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Thursday, November 16
Vincent Youmans: Great American Songwriter
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 18
Young Adult Book Talk: Now or Never! 54th Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Wednesday, November 22
Early Closure
1:00 pm
Thursday, November 23
Building Closed
(All day)
Tuesday, November 28
Autumn Proprietors’ Reception
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Wednesday, November 29
Our Future with Bees
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

December

Saturday, December 2
Pop-Up Holiday Bookstore
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Monday, December 4
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Tuesday, December 5
Naked Among the Karma Eaters: The Body Politics of Women’s Lands
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Monday, December 11
Red Fighting Blue: How Geography and Electoral Rules Polarize American Politics
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Tuesday, December 12
Curator-Led Gallery Talk: Thomas Buford Meteyard (1865-1928)
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Tuesday, December 12
Poets' Theatre
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Wednesday, December 13
Pianist Frederick Moyer in Concert
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Thursday, December 14
Student Member Coffee Break
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Saturday, December 16
Children’s Event: Winter Craft-making
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Tuesday, December 19
Eye of the Expert: It’s Complicated
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Monday, December 25
Building Closed
(All day)