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🚨ICYMI🚨 Get ready for a packed program seaso

🚨ICYMI🚨 Get ready for a packed program season starting next week! Register and learn more at provath.org/calendar.

Thurs, Feb 13, Mar 13, & May 1 | The Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Fri, Feb 7 | The Art of French Wallpaper Design with Emily Banas
Fri, Feb 21 | Sy Montgomery
Fri, Feb 28 | Sea Monsters with Peter Girguis
Fri, Mar 7 | Why Nothing Works with Marc J. Dunkelman
Sat, Mar 15 | Song of the Sea Movie Matinee
Fri, Mar 21 | Women Warriors, Women’s Voices
Fri, Apr 4 | The First and Last King of Haiti with Marlene L. Daut
Thurs, Apr 10 | Sea Shanty Night with Sharks Come Cruisin’
Thurs, Apr 24 | A British Country House Alphabet with Curt DiCamillo
Fri, May 16 | Jane Austen’s Bookshelf with Rebecca Romney in partnership with the @johncarterbrownlibrary

Thanks to @lonelyplanet for naming a visit to the

Thanks to @lonelyplanet for naming a visit to the Ath one of the 19 best things to do in Rhode Island! We couldn’t agree more 🤩

Working on something fun and tentacle-y that’s c

Working on something fun and tentacle-y that’s coming up this spring 🐙

[Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, 1734-65]

It’s like we’re in a snow globe this afternoon

It’s like we’re in a snow globe this afternoon! The Ath is open normal hours through Sunday, and then we’re closed until 2025. Swing by for some gift ideas and a book or two (or five)!

This year’s extraordinary holiday card was illus

This year’s extraordinary holiday card was illustrated by Library Assistant Amelia Rozear @arozear (she is so talented!)! Who wouldn’t want to wander wondering through this wonderful winter library??

Happy everything from all of us at the Athenæum!

It’s that time of year! Please join us this Satu

It’s that time of year! Please join us this Saturday for our 3rd annual Christmas Carol Marathon Reading. We start at 2pm and don’t stop reading until Tiny Tim wraps it up (approx 6pm). We’ll be joined by special guests the Merry Dickens Carolers at 3:45, and @ricruisincocktails will be mixing up some festive beverages during the event. All welcome! Details at provath.org.

The Athenæum will be closed Thurs 11/28 and Fri 1

The Athenæum will be closed Thurs 11/28 and Fri 11/29 for Thanksgiving. During this season of gratitude, all of us at the library are reminded of how thankful we are for our incredible community of thoughtful, interesting, curious, generous, intelligent, and (most importantly?) well-read members, friends, and visitors. Book people are good people. Enjoy your holiday!

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A small library in the smallest state still makes big headlines.

FEATURES

“The 19 Best Things to Do in Rhode Island” Lonely Planet, January 2025

“Whitman, Poe, And The Spirit World At The Athenaeum” Providence Daily Dose, October 2024

“The city that moved rivers to emerge as a cultural capital” CNN Travel, June 2024

“Providence, RI, Is the Charming East Coast Creative Capital to Visit Now” Vogue, June 2024

“‘Cabinet of curiosities’: A tour of the rare books, art and oddities at the Providence Athenaeum” Artscape, The Public’s Radio, May 2024

“Edgar Allan Poe & Helen Whitman – Birthday Twins” Providence Daily Dose, January 2023

“Searching for Bigfoot and the ghost of a literary icon” Chronicle, WCVB, January 2023

“The Bust Project” Rhode Island PBS, Art Inc., November 2022

“The 12 Most Beautiful Libraries in the U.S.” Yahoo Life, November 2022

“The Beautiful Rhode Island Library That Looks Like Something From A Book Lover’s Dream” Only in Your State, October 2022

“Window on Rhode Island: Providence Athenaeum” Rhode Island PBS Weekly, October 2022

“5 Rhode Island wedding venues that will take your breath away” The New York Post, March 2022

“Providence Athenaeum” Atlas Obscura, Dec 2016

“The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries” Condé Nast Traveler, Jan 2016

PRESS PACKAGE

For press inquiries or to receive the Athenæum’s logo, please contact Robin Wetherill, Director of Engagement, at 401.421.6970 x27 or at rwetherill@provath.org.