Weird Providence

August 4 – September 3, 2022

It may not come as a surprise that an ivy-covered library, built to look like a Greek temple and home to thousands of books, has long been a source of inspiration to writers, especially to those who dabble in macabre, supernatural, and “weird” fiction. This exhibition displays rarely seen works related to Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and their legacies, including one of the Athenæum’s most beloved items: Poe’s signature in a library book.