Jack BirleyPRESS 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
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
Please note the Institution will Close following lunch service on Christmas Eve, and will reopen on Tuesday 5th January at 9am. Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year.
A full update of the progress of this years competition can be found in the Liverpool Echo article below; http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyside-young-writers-shortlisted
This might have been the headline in the “Sun” of 1215 and was one of the startling facts that emerged from our Magna Carta Day on 3rd December. Dr. Alan Crosby told the tale of the reign of King John and of the events which brought about that fateful meeting on Runnymede. Throughout his reign … Read more
Discover, Explore, Learn is a new initiative funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to support the digitisation of key pamphlets in our library collection making them accessible to the general public for the first time in the history of the library. Anyone with an interest in history, the arts and politics will be able to … Read more
Since we got the good news at the end of September that our bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund had been successful a great deal has been happening. There are two main planks to our proposal, both with the same aim of opening the wealth of our Library collections to the public. First, we are … Read more
One of the important treasurers of the Library is the William Roscoe collection of books and manuscripts. They were purchased by his friends at a book sale in 1815 and presented to the Athenaeum. This important collection is often the subject of enquiries and recently we have welcomed several overseas visitors who are interested in … Read more
Dear Proprietor, Please be aware the building will be closed on Friday 31st July due to a wedding taking place at the Institution. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. The Athenaeum
On the days from 4th June until midday on June 6th Proprietors and visiting academics heard interesting accounts of the use tea, coffee chocolate in the 18th century. From Charleston to China, Uppsala near Stockholm to the highlands of Ethiopia, discussion and talk in the library has, for three days, been concerned with the epochal … Read more