Jack Birley

Christmas Closure dates

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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.

King’s Breakfast in Bed Revolts the Barons!

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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

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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

Lottery Update from The Library Chairman

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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

The Roscoe Collection

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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

Building Closure – Friday 31st July

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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

From Charleston to Constantinople

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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

The Light Shines In The Dark

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On the night of Friday 15th May the Athenaeum Library once more took part in the annual Lightnight Festival when libraries, galleries and museums, not usually open at night, welcome visitors.  Our library offered a series of guided tours; visitors saw the Library reading room, the stacks and the Committee Room where a large number … Read more

Summer in the Library

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Summer in the Library ‘Talking Revolution’ – Book Launch, May 5th 7 – 9pm This event, organised by Liverpool University Press and the English School of the University, marks the publication of two important volumes on the poetry and life of Edward Rushton, the Liverpool pamphleteer, philanthropist, anti slavery campaigner and poet.  Among the speakers … Read more