With the first workshop fast approaching this Saturday 5th November and the second on Saturday 12th November, be sure to book your tickets with Reception to avoid missing out!
Please call 0151 709 7770 or e-mail reception@theathenaeum.org.uk to book tickets.
Exploring the Athenaeum Library
The Library of the Athenaeum is one of the hidden treasures of Merseyside. For more than 200 years the library has accumulated a body of books and archival material which is unequalled in private hands. For most of that time the collections have been accessible only to the 500 hundred ‘Proprietors’ , consequently, scholars and researchers in Liverpool and elsewhere have not been able to access it. Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund efforts are now being made to allow scholars to make use of this invaluable source material. These workshop sessions are open to everybody interested in the history and culture of Liverpool and give a unique chance to learn of the secrets and treasures of the Athenaeum’s Library.
The workshops outlined below are separate and independent but interconnected. There are thirty places only. You are asked to make a donation to the maintenance of the Library of £25 or £45 for those who engage for both days. Please contact reception to book your place and make payment. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Workshop Programme
Saturday 5 November
In the Library of the Athenaeum
10.00 – 10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30- 11.30 Georgian Libraries – Dr. Mark Towsey, University of Liverpool
11.30 – 12.30 Gladstone Library Talk and demonstration – Gary Butler and Sian Morgan Gladstone Library
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch in Newsroom
13.30 – 14.30 Shakespeare at the Athenaeum – Dr. Louise Wilson, Hope University
14.30 -1530 Conservation Techniques – Ann Stewart, Professional conservator
14.30 – 14.45 tea/coffee
15.00 – 15.45 Treasures of the Athenaeum Rare books of the collection Display led by a Librarian & D Brazendale
Course closes
Saturday 12. November
10 -10.30 Coffee & registration
10.30 – 11.30 Manuscripts and Early printed book – Martin Kay, Former special collections Librarian University of Liverpool
11.30- 12.30 Creating the Athenaeum Archive – N. Hubberstey, Archivist of the Athenaeum
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch in Newsroom
13.30 – 14.30 Reading old documents – Anna Watson, Retired archivist Lancashire Record Office
14.30 -14.45 Tea/coffee
14-45 – 15.30 Distinguished Proprietors, by John Corbett Athenaeum, Public Engagement Officer
15.30 – 1600 Plenary session
Course closes
Please call 0151 709 7770 or e-mail reception@theathenaeum.org.uk to book tickets.