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Noon Lecture, John Lannon, Highlights from the Athenæum’s Cartographic Collections.

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:52:07 +0000

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

This event is open to the public.

Highlights from the Athenæum’s Cartographic Collections

Puppet Show, with Puppeteer Margaret Moody. Badger Meets the Fairies

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:12:09 +0000

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

This event is for members only.

Badger Meets the Fairies

Mr. Badger is thrilled to meet a fairy in his garden, and flies away to the land of the fairies with her. Dewdrop, the fairies’ chief builder, wants him to help build a playground for the baby fairies. The baby fairies are delighted. Mr. Badger finds new friends in the fairy world and hopes to learn one day to fly and become a fairy.

First Mondays, Paintings & Sculpture

allen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:03:31 +0000

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm

This event is for members only.

Members will receive an introduction to the services and collections of the Boston Athenæum by attending these one-hour sessions on the first Monday of each month. First Mondays are for members only and attendance is limited. Participants meet on the second floor at the reference desk.

To Reserve: No fee. Please call Catherine McGrath at (617) 720-7661 to register at least a week before the scheduled event.

Lecture, in collaboration with the Cultural Service of the Consulate General of France in Boston, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, Rêves d'Amérique: The New World in Huguenot Imagination and Reality

allen — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:29:35 +0000

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

This event is open to the public.

Rêves d'Amérique: The New World in Huguenot Imagination and Reality

Book Talk, Tatiana Holway, The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, the Quest to Make it Bloom, and the World it Created

allen — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:13:23 +0000

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

This event is open to the public.

The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, the Quest to Make it Bloom, and the World it Created

SOLD OUT. Gallery Talk, Brilliant Beginnings: The Athenæum and the Museum in Boston

allen — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:48:37 +0000

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

This event is for members only.

SOLD OUT

Join curator Hina Hirayama for a tour of the exhibition.

To Reserve: Tours are free and available to members only. Tours are limited to twelve members. Reservations are required. Please log onto your My Athenæum profile.

Spring Concert Series, Aaron Jackson, piano. John Cage: Etudes Australes, Book III.

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:12:15 +0000

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

This event is open to the public.

Concert, Aaron Jackson, piano.

Spring Concert Series, Frank Glazer, piano. Works by Haydn, Beethoven, Barber, and Chopin.

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:41:41 +0000

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm

This event is open to the public.

Concert, Frank Glazer, piano

Noon Book Talk , Margalit Fox, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:22:38 +0000

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

This event is open to the public.

The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code

Noon Lecture, Kathryn Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Shaw Memorial: Its Creation and Its Context

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:34:47 +0000

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

This event is open to the public.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Shaw Memorial: Its Creation and Its Context

SOLD OUT. Gallery Talk, Brilliant Beginnings: The Athenæum and the Museum in Boston

allen — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:51:21 +0000

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

This event is for members only.

SOLD OUT

Join curator Hina Hirayama for a tour of the exhibition.

Tours are free and available to members only. Tours are limited to twelve members.

To Reserve: Reservations are required. Please log onto My Athenæum profile.

Library Closed

morini — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:42:10 +0000

Sat, 05/25/2013 - 8:30am

Library is closed for Memorial Day weekend.

Library Closed

morini — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:43:00 +0000

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 8:30am

Library is closed for Memorial Day.

Lecture, James Reid-Cunningham, Inherent Vice

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:05:08 +0000

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm

This event is open to the public.

Inherent Vice

Spring Concert Series, Aaron Jackson, piano. Jackson: Out of the Hands of Children/Schumann: selections from Album for the Young

allen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:51:43 +0000

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm

This event is open to the public.

Concert, Aaron Jackson, piano