The Athenaeum of Philadelphia Speaker Series presents innovative and inspiring authors, architects and scholars from the humanities and sciences. We host book clubs, conversation groups and workshops online and onsite. Exhibits, concerts, First Fridays and behind-the-scenes trips to local museums and historical sites bring our community together through conversation and learning.
For questions about upcoming events or trouble registering, please contact us at events@philaathenaeum.org or 215-925-2688.
For questions about upcoming events or trouble registering, please contact us at events@philaathenaeum.org or 215-925-2688.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Speaker Series
Wednesday, August 6 at 2:00 PM
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Book Club
Thursday, August 7 at 3:00 PM
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Book Club
Saturday, August 9 at 1:00 PM
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Course
Monday, August 11 at 5:30 PM
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Film Screening
Wednesday, August 13 at 2:00 PM
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Book Club
Tuesday, August 19 at 12:00 PM
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Film Screening
Wednesday, August 20 at 2:00 PM
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Gallery Tour
Thursday, August 21 at 5:30 PM
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Special Event
Thursday, August 21 at 6:00 PM
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Social Event
Friday, August 22 at 6:00 PM
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Film Screening
Monday, August 25 at 6:00 PM
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Film Screening
Wednesday, August 27 at 2:00 PM
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Film Screening
Wednesday, September 3 at 2:00 PM
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First Friday
Friday, September 5 at 5:00 PM
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Social Event
Saturday, September 6 at 11:00 AM
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Speaker Series
Saturday, September 6 at 1:00 PM
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Course
Monday, September 8 at 5:30 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, September 10 at 6:00 PM
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Discussion Group
Every month
Thursday, September 11 through
Thursday, March 12 at 12:00 PM
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Book Club
Thursday, September 11 at 3:00 PM
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Discussion Group
Saturday, September 13 at 10:30 AM
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Book Club
Saturday, September 13 at 1:00 PM
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Course
Every week
Saturday, September 13 through
Saturday, October 18 at 1:00 PM
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Book Club
Tuesday, September 16 at 12:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, September 17 at 2:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Thursday, September 18 at 6:00 PM
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Trip
Friday, September 19 at 10:00 AM
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Speaker Series
Monday, September 22 at 2:00 PM
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Discussion Group
Saturday, September 27 at 10:30 AM
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Course
Monday, September 29 at 5:30 PM
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First Friday
Friday, October 3 at 5:00 PM
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Course
Every week
Saturday, October 4 through
Saturday, November 8 at 10:30 AM
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Course
Every other week
Monday, October 6 through
Monday, December 15 at 1:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Thursday, October 9 at 6:00 PM
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Book Club
Saturday, October 11 at 1:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, October 15 at 6:00 PM
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Gallery Tour
Friday, October 17 at 5:00 PM
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Book Club
Tuesday, October 21 at 12:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00 PM
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Course
Monday, October 27 at 5:30 PM
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Speaker Series
Tuesday, October 28 at 6:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, October 29 at 2:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Monday, November 3 at 2:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, August 6 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Pierre Pérignon
Eric SimonisLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Thursday, August 7 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
Lois ReibachLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Saturday, August 9 at 1:00 PM
Bring Your Own Book Review
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Monday, August 11 at 5:30 PM
HOW TO ATHENAEUM: Penn Libraries' Find Catalog
Brice PetersonLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Film Screening
Wednesday, August 13 at 2:00 PM
Pygmalion (1938)
George StrimelLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Tuesday, August 19 at 12:00 PM
Read with Us: By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Enaj LeotaudLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Film Screening
Wednesday, August 20 at 2:00 PM
Major Barbara (1941)
George StrimelLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Gallery Tour
Thursday, August 21 at 5:30 PM
REPLICA: Gallery Talk with the Artist
Tom JuddLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Special Event
Thursday, August 21 at 6:00 PM
Practice for Preservation
Young Friends of Preservation AllianceLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Social Event
Friday, August 22 at 6:00 PM
PowerPoint Night
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Film Screening
Monday, August 25 at 6:00 PM
Mulholland Drive
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Film Screening
Wednesday, August 27 at 2:00 PM
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
George StrimelLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Film Screening
Wednesday, September 3 at 2:00 PM
My Fair Lady (1964)
George StrimelLEARN MORE or REGISTER
First Friday
Friday, September 5 at 5:00 PM
TOM JUDD | REPLICA: Late Gallery Hours
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Social Event
Saturday, September 6 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle (& Wool Exchange!)
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Speaker Series
Saturday, September 6 at 1:00 PM
Opera Philadelphia's Inside the Music: Il viaggio a Reims
Lily KassLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Monday, September 8 at 5:30 PM
HOW TO ATHENAEUM: ArchivesSpace
Kristina WilsonLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Wednesday, September 10 at 6:00 PM
Preservation Alliance '25 Fall Speaker Series | LENAPE: Cultural Continuity and Connection
Jeremy JohnsonLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Discussion Group
Every month
Thursday, September 11 through
Thursday, March 12 at 12:00 PM
Philosophy Discussion Group: THE ETHICAL LIFE
Bradley OwenLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Thursday, September 11 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Lois ReibachLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Discussion Group
Saturday, September 13 at 10:30 AM
Spanish Conversation Group
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Book Club
Saturday, September 13 at 1:00 PM
Bring Your Own Book Review
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Every week
Saturday, September 13 through
Saturday, October 18 at 1:00 PM
All-Levels Drawing Course - NEW!!!
Michael NeffLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Tuesday, September 16 at 12:00 PM
Read with Us: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Victoria SandersLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Wednesday, September 17 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Eric SimonisLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Thursday, September 18 at 6:00 PM
Seeing Better: A Conversation
Emma Copley Eisenberg & Jade DoskowLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Trip
Friday, September 19 at 10:00 AM
Athenaeum Members Tour of Bartram's Garden
Mandy Katz, Head GardenerLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Monday, September 22 at 2:00 PM
Persuasion of Place
Cecil BakerLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Discussion Group
Saturday, September 27 at 10:30 AM
Spanish Conversation Group
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Course
Monday, September 29 at 5:30 PM
HOW TO ATHENAEUM: Philadelphia Architects & Buildings (PAB) Database
Brice PetersonLEARN MORE or REGISTER
First Friday
Friday, October 3 at 5:00 PM
PhilaNOMA Exhibition Opening
Philadelphia Chapter of the National Organization of Minority ArchitectsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Every week
Saturday, October 4 through
Saturday, November 8 at 10:30 AM
New Portals: Writing Course
Leigh GallagherLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Every other week
Monday, October 6 through
Monday, December 15 at 1:00 PM
French Discussion Group: FRENCH FILM
Annie UrisLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Thursday, October 9 at 6:00 PM
Imagining Other Lives: Plant and Animal Perspectives in the Work of William Bartram
Elizabeth AthensLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Saturday, October 11 at 1:00 PM
Bring Your Own Book Review
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Wednesday, October 15 at 6:00 PM
Pennsylvania’s Women Modernist Architects: Inspiration and Production
Mary Anne Hunting & Kevin D. MurphyLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Gallery Tour
Friday, October 17 at 5:00 PM
Exhibition Opening | To Encourage Outstanding Scholarship: The Collecting Legacy of Dr. Roger W. Moss, Jr.
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Book Club
Tuesday, October 21 at 12:00 PM
Read with Us: The Moment by Bakari Sellers
Enaj LeotaudLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00 PM
Preservation Alliance '25 Fall Speaker Series | IS IT TIME TO RETHINK THE WHOLE PRESERVATION MOVEMENT?
Michael KimmelmanLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Monday, October 27 at 5:30 PM
HOW TO ATHENAEUM: Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network
Kristina WilsonLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Tuesday, October 28 at 6:00 PM
PHILLY UNFILTERED: Invest in Philadelphia
Pedro Ramos & Lindsey ScannapiecoLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Wednesday, October 29 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Jean-François Champollion
Eric SimonisLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Monday, November 3 at 2:00 PM
The Last Dekrepitzer
Howard LangerLEARN MORE or REGISTER
