Jack BirleyWe are proud to present to you the winners of our Dragons Den competition from Springwood Heath School. The Music CD they made has managed to raise over £1,000 so far for local charities in Garston. Copies of the CD are available from reception for £5.00 per copy, … Read more
The big news since the last report is that lottery bid, so long foreshadowed has actually been submitted and by the end of August we should know it our submission for £96,500 has been granted. The major items for which we are seeking funding are the digitisation of a large selection of the pamphlet collection … Read more
From now until our Annual Closedown (commencing monday 18th August until 1st September) every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,the Summer Buffet will be available in the Dining room. The cost of the buffet is £12.00 per person, service times remain the same beginning at 12:30pm.
On Wednesday evening Richard Cruttenden, Raymond Wong & Martin Rogers, all recently elected Proprietors, added there name into the History of the Athenaeum signing our original Share Register. The signings were in conjunction with our popular Informal dining evening which was a very successful well attended evening. The next New members informal dining evening is … Read more
On June 5th & 6th the Athenaeum hosted a study session organised jointly by the Athenaeum Library and the Eighteenth Century Worlds Study Group, based at the University of Liverpool. The theme of the conference was Eighteenth Century writing; actual hand written manuscripts, not printed words. The keynote paper was given by Professor Dena Goodman … Read more
The Institution will close on Thursday 17th April at 9pm and will reopen on Tuesday 22nd April at 9am. Happy Easter The Athenaeum
Dear Proprietor, Please find below a message from the Stephen’s Green & Hibernian Club, Dublin. Dear Reciprocal members, The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club has enjoyed a long relationship with horse racing, and the Club looks forward to the Punchestown Racing festival in particular. The 2014 Festival takes place from Tuesday 29th to Saturday 3rd May … Read more
Light Night 2014 is on Friday 16th May and this year it gives a rare opportunity for the public to see the magnificent library of the Athenaeum, which has been described as the finest room in northern England. The library contains over 60,000 volumes, many of which are very old and very rare. On Light … Read more
We are only one week away from the most prestigious event in the Athenaeum calander, The Annual Dinner. Places are still available if you need to book, please contact reception to do so. Details below; Friday 28th March 7:00-7:30pm £40.00 (Per person) (Black Tie) Speakers; Mr Richard Pratt QC of 7 Harrington Street Chambers … Read more
The Athenaeum continued it’s involvement in Liverpool life last week playing host once again to the school debates. It was a very enjoyable day for both the school involved and also the numerous Proprietors who took part, Three topics were debated, the subjects & results were as follows; The Debate subjects were Will HS2 … Read more