General News

Wine Update

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Athenaeum Wine.   To fellow Proprietors.  A note to keep you up to date on our wines. We have just finished the last of the white burgundy (outstanding in my view) A new vintage will be in next week its reputation proceeds it, you can guess it’s going to be more expensive, wines have taken … Read more

Building Closure – Tuesday 11th April

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Please note that next Tuesday, 11 April, the building will be closed whilst filming takes place throughout the premises. The Institution will reopen as usual on Wednesday 12 April at 9:00am.   We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.     The Athenaeum

Christmas Closure

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Please note the Athenaeum will close following Lunch service on Friday 23 December, and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January at 9am. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, The Athenaeum

Exploring The Athenaeum Library – Workshop Programme

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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’ … Read more

Athenaeum Library Open Day – Saturday May 7th

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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