The Literature Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month in the Library Reading Room at 2:00pm, all members and guests are welcome, and there is no need to book.

The History of Art Group meets on the 2nd Monday in the month at 11:30am in the Wine Servery. All Members and guests are welcome and there is no need to book, simply turn up and enjoy!

Join the President and Chair for a discussion over dinner, as they update you on the strategic progress that is being made, whilst giving an opportunity for feedback and conversation.

One of the most knowledgeable maritime novelists, Liverpool-born and bred Paul Bryers is presenting his latest novel Trafalgar: The Fog of War, before the conversation continues over lunch. Tickets: £20pp.

The next ladies lunch will take place in mid-January, join us for a glass of fizz in the Reading Room ahead of lunch an insightful talk titled 'Bee Happy'... Stay tuned for more details!

Paddy Shennan covered the biggest subjects and talked to the people who dominated Merseyside life between the 1980s and the present day. In an exclusive evening for Athenaeum Proprietors and their guests, Paddy shares his experiences of meeting the great and good (and not so great nor good!) of our city region. Paddy will be ... Read more

When scientists get old many take an interest in the history of their subject and write about the giants on whose shoulders their work rests. More details will follow later but expect the President to introduce the audience to the brave, ingenious and sometimes quirky characters who faced dangers and disasters in their attempts to ... Read more

Our Annual nod to the Scottish Bard, ‘Rabbie Burns’! Join us for bagpipes, haggis, neeps, and tatties as we enjoy four courses and ever-enjoyable speeches at the popular Burns Night gathering. £48 per person, or £60.00 with paired wine flight.

The Library & Archives Group will meet at 11:30am in the Library Reading Room on Thursday 26th January. Big Maps of The Athenaeum collection. Talk will be followed by lunch. Tickets: £15, although attending the meeting without eating lunch afterwards is free.

Dreams of Order The Athenaeum club, Reading Room, Thursday 26th January 2023, 6.30-8.00 pm Join the Liverpool Salon for the second in a series of conversations that take utopia and dystopia as themes for exploring the possibilities of building other, and better, societies, while reflecting on the shortcomings of our own. Writing in 1939, E.H. ... Read more