Day memberships are available for $40 online or at our front desk. If you become a yearly member within a week of your visit, we can apply the daily fee to your annual membership cost.

Annual memberships start at under $500 for individuals. Young (40 and under) individuals and families save more. Membership options.

Yes! We offer monthly payment plans. Members who select the monthly payment option commit to the cost of an annual membership plus an additional $25 fee divided by 12 monthly payments.

Young individual and family memberships are available. We’re happy to help find the membership that’s right for you.

At this time we do not offer senior discounts.

Make an appointment to access rare books, manuscripts, prints, and photographs. Our full-time staff are here to assist.

Absolutely! Members are encouraged to bring guests to the Athenaeum. For events, you can bring up to 3 guests at the member rate.

As a member-supported library, we do not offer free entrance, but there are multiple ways for you to enjoy the Athenaeum. We first-floor admission, public tours, and day memberships with various ticket prices.

Bestsellers and contemporary books, children’s books, graphic novels, rare books, prints, maps, reference material, newspapers, periodicals, and more. Our collections consist of more than 600,000 volumes in our circulating, reference and special collections, and we are constantly adding new things. Search our online catalog to see what’s available.

No problem. Contact membership at (617) 720-7604 or membership@bostonathenaeum.org and we’ll take care of the rest.

Membership, considered a “good or service” by the IRS, is not tax-deductible. However, gifts and donations are tax-deductible and help preserve our spaces and collections for years to come. Give today.

If you have any questions, please contact us at (617) 720-7604 or membership@bostonathenaeum.org. Thank you!