Proprietor Wins Unknown Gem Award!

Congratulations to Proprietor and valued Committee Member Maria Checkland, who recently won the Unknown Gem Award at the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2016!   http://www.goodnewsliverpool.co.uk/2016/06/24/city-inspirations-honoured-at-merseyside-women-of-the-year-awards-2016/

Open Day Triumph

OPEN DAY TRIUMPH On May 7 we held an Open Day, which we were required to do as a part of the response to the Heritage Lottery Grant.  The main focus was on the Library and the work going on there.  Our 150 visitors were given an introductory short talk on the origins of the … Read more

Athenaeum Library Open Day – Saturday May 7th

Following high levels of interest in our Heritage Lottery Funded project, we are delighted to announce that we will be hosting an Open Day for members of the public on 7th May 2016. The Open Day will give members of the public a unique opportunity to view the building and its treasures through a guided … Read more

Frank Moran Young Writers’ Competition – Winning Entry

‘DON’T LET HER IN’ by James Bamber, winner of the 2015-16 Frank Moran Young Writers’ Competition.   …the Drake spacecraft will take six months just to reach Mars and enter orbit around the planet, at which point the pilot will enter the landing module and attempt to land on the Martian surface for an 18-month period … Read more

Shady Goings On In The Library

Shady Goings on in the Library On the 25th of February more than ninety Proprietors and guests crowded the Athenaeum for the annual Library dinner, a black tie event that that attracts more and more people each year.  After assembling in the Newsroom the guests moved upstairs to the luxurious dining room for a meal … Read more

New Library Purchases

Recently the antiquarian bookshop in the Bluecoat has had a number of early book on Liverpool in.  The Library has bought two.  The first is the script of a farce played at the Theatre Royal entitled ‘The Liverpool Prize’ written by the Irish actor and dramatist Frederick Pilon who lived between 1750 and 1788.  The … Read more

The Frank Moran Young Writers’ Competition Winner is…

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2015-16 Frank Moran Young Writers’ Competition is James Bamber, 17, from Merchant Taylors. At the the Finalists reception on Thursday 11th February James received the grand prize of £1,000.00 along with honorary membership of the Athenaeum for one year as our designated ‘Writer In Residence’. Merchant Taylors have also … Read more

Press Release: Opening our doors!

PRESS RELEASE 27th January 2016 After winning the Heritage Lottery Fund bid, we are delighted to announce that this year, the Athenaeum Library is opening its doors to the people of Liverpool. Dating back to 1797 and home to some 800 year old literary treasures, the Athenaeum is offering a rare and valuable opportunity for … Read more

Music To Our Ears

It was a momentous  occasion at the Athenaeum last November,  when we held a lunch to celebrate the recently awarded Honorary Membership to Maestro Vasily Petrenko, the Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Vasily was in attendance along with the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside Dame Lorna Muirhead, and a full dining room of Athenaeum … Read more