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
Book Club
Every other week
Saturday, January 4 through
Saturday, March 29 at 10:30 AM
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Discussion Group
Every month
Thursday, February 20 through
Thursday, August 21 at 12:00 PM
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Course
Every week
Monday, February 24 through
Monday, March 31 at 5:30 PM
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Speaker Series
Thursday, March 27 at 2:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Tuesday, April 1 at 2:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, April 2 at 2:00 PM
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Book Club
Thursday, April 3 at 3:00 PM
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First Friday
Friday, April 4 at 6:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Thursday, April 10 at 6:00 PM
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Book Club
Every month
Saturday, April 12 through
Saturday, July 5 at 10:30 AM
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Book Club
Saturday, April 12 at 1:00 PM
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Course
Every week
Monday, April 14 through
Monday, May 19 at 5:30 PM
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Book Club
Tuesday, April 15 at 12:00 PM
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Social Event
Wednesday, April 16 at 5:30 PM
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Speaker Series
Tuesday, April 22 at 6:00 PM
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Special Event
Wednesday, April 23 at 5:30 PM
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Book Club
Thursday, May 1 at 3:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, May 7 at 2:00 PM
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Concert
Friday, May 9 at 6:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Thursday, May 15 at 6:00 PM
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Book Club
Tuesday, May 20 at 12:00 PM
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Concert
Tuesday, May 20 at 6:00 PM
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Trip
Saturday, May 31 at 10:30 AM
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Social Event
Saturday, May 31 at 10:30 AM
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First Friday
Friday, June 6 at 5:00 PM
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Youth Program
Saturday, June 7 at 12:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Monday, June 9 at 6:00 PM
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Film Screening
Wednesday, June 11 at 2:00 PM
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Book Club
Tuesday, June 17 at 12:00 PM
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Speaker Series
Wednesday, June 25 at 2:00 PM
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Book Club
Every other week
Saturday, January 4 through
Saturday, March 29 at 10:30 AM
Reading the Classics
Kera SloanLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Discussion Group
Every month
Thursday, February 20 through
Thursday, August 21 at 12:00 PM
Philosophy Discussion Group
Bradley OwenLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Every week
Monday, February 24 through
Monday, March 31 at 5:30 PM
The Shape of a Story
Leigh GallagherLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Thursday, March 27 at 2:00 PM
Portico Row: A Social History
Judith BenedictLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Tuesday, April 1 at 2:00 PM
A Taste of the Opera: Don Giovanni
Dr. Lily KassLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Wednesday, April 2 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade
Eric SimonisLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Thursday, April 3 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Blackout by Marco Carocari
Lois ReibachLEARN MORE or REGISTER
First Friday
Friday, April 4 at 6:00 PM
Exhibition Opening | Laurie Olin, Drawing to See: The Italian Sketchbooks
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Speaker Series
Thursday, April 10 at 6:00 PM
In Italy: Sketches & Drawings
Laurie OlinLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Every month
Saturday, April 12 through
Saturday, July 5 at 10:30 AM
Reading Plato's Republic
Kera SloanLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Saturday, April 12 at 1:00 PM
Bring Your Own Book Review
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Course
Every week
Monday, April 14 through
Monday, May 19 at 5:30 PM
Fiction Workshop
Leigh GallagherLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Tuesday, April 15 at 12:00 PM
Read with Us: No One Gets to Fall Apart by Sarah LaBrie
Enaj LeotaudLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Social Event
Wednesday, April 16 at 5:30 PM
Poetry Night
Poet's Row + Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Tuesday, April 22 at 6:00 PM
Thomas Sully’s Philadelphians: Painting the Athens of America
Peter ConnLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Special Event
Wednesday, April 23 at 5:30 PM
Visible Mending Workshop
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Thursday, May 1 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Death Deserved by Jorn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger
Lois ReibachLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Wednesday, May 7 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Lucie Aubrac
Eric SimonisLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Concert
Friday, May 9 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Chamber Music Series: Musicians from The Philadelphia Orchestra
Daniel Han (violin), Mei Ching Huang (violin) and Hai-Ye Ni (cello)LEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Thursday, May 15 at 6:00 PM
The Tyranny of the Straight Line: Mapping Modern Paris
Min Kyung LeeLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Tuesday, May 20 at 12:00 PM
Read with Us: The Abandoners: Of Mothers & Monsters by Begoña Gómez Urzaiz
Meagean DuggerLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Concert
Tuesday, May 20 at 6:00 PM
Classic Guitar Soirée: Baroque & Renaissance Guitar from Latin America
Alejo de los Reyes (Argentina)LEARN MORE or REGISTER
Trip
Saturday, May 31 at 10:30 AM
Hike the Wissahickon
Athenaeum Young FriendsLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Social Event
Saturday, May 31 at 10:30 AM
Writers' Gathering
Hosts Nancy Moses & Leigh GallagherLEARN MORE or REGISTER
First Friday
Friday, June 6 at 5:00 PM
Sneak Peek at The Collections
Kristina WilsonLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Youth Program
Saturday, June 7 at 12:00 PM
Juneteenth: Celebrating Literacy & Artistic Freedom
The African American Children's Book ProjectLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Monday, June 9 at 6:00 PM
Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States
Michelle Craig McDonaldLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Film Screening
Wednesday, June 11 at 2:00 PM
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Carrie RickeyLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Book Club
Tuesday, June 17 at 12:00 PM
Read with Us: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Jasmine PoteatLEARN MORE or REGISTER
Speaker Series
Wednesday, June 25 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone: Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz
Eric SimonisLEARN MORE or REGISTER
