Join Director of Membership & External Relations Robin Wetherill and Reference & Special Collections Librarian Stephanie Ovoian for a virtual journey through the Athenæum. We'll […]

Developing his expertise from within his community and through three decades of experience in the culinary arts, Sean Sherman has set a new standard for engagement and […]

This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Board President and architect Jonathan Bell explores the architecture of the library's Benefit Street home, including the […]

This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Attendees are invited to participate in a guided discussion on selected films. Cinephile Steve Coon explores the neo-noir Chinatown (1974; […]

Peter Brooks’ Balzac’s Lives is a vivid and searching portrait of a great novelist as revealed through the fictional lives he imagined. Balzac, more than anyone, invented […]

The Providence Athenæum is the home of a unique work of Egyptomania: a massive cabinet designed to hold the elephant folio volumes of the Description de […]

Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993-1995, the youngest person and first African American to be appointed. She won the Pulitzer […]

This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. This spring, the Athenæum is embarking on an exciting master planning project with an array of […]

Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from […]

This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Attendees are invited to participate in a guided discussion on selected films. Eric Bilodeau, Artistic Director […]

Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate, explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of […]

This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Welcome back to another season at the Athenæum! Join Executive Director Matt Burriesci, Director of Collections […]