Providence Athenæum

The artist's works and effects - including a selection of Pressoir’s paintings, sketches, letters, and ephemera on loan from private collections - are on view this summer at @pvdAth: Esther Pressoir: A Modern Woman’s Painter providenceathenaeum.org/collections/ex…

It’s getting hot in here! The library will be closed Wednesday, July 17th as temperatures are already hitting over 90° in parts of the building. We’ll reopen as usual at 10am on Thursday. Online reading group registration will open at 8am tomorrow as planned.

In my latest article for GoLocalProv I wrote about historic RI artist Esther Pressoir. Thanks @NoteArtHerstory for putting this story on my radar. See Pressoir’s work at @RISDMuseum and @pvdAth! golocalprov.com/lifestyle/arti…

‘Cabinet of curiosities’: A tour of the rare books, art and oddities at the @pvdAth thepublicsradio.org/artscape/cabin…

Summer hours start now! So if you want to stop by to check out The Baked Bean Supper Murders (a recent delightful find in the card catalog) or other books, visit us Tues - Sat, 10-6. The library will reopen on Sundays after Labor Day.

A favorite corner 📚

Get your milk and bread, Rhode Islanders! Looks like we’re in for a bunch of snow. The library will be closed tomorrow 2/13 due to the winter weather. A reminder we’re also closing at 2pm this Saturday 2/17 for a private event.

Closed today 1/7 due to the winter weather. Stay cozy, everyone!

A reminder that the library is closing at 2pm this Saturday 12/2 for a private event ❤️ 📷: Kearsten Taylor

@RomeoA25 @DocBotz We’re honored by your gift and Lisa’s legacy. Thank you.

I just heard that the Providence Athenaeum @pvdAth used some of the money I donated in @DocBotz name to buy an early important copy of Frankenstein. Lisa wrote an important paper on the novel. Now I will have to spend the rest of the night choked up staring at her picture.

How's the outlook for 2024 and is democracy on the line? I'm moderating a discussion on that tonight at @pvdAth with @BrettschneiderC @JessicaforRI & @repkazarian providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/the-p…

Brilliant reception for @djtaylorwriter at the stunning @pvdAth, ending our whistlestop East Coast tour in style! Thanks to the members, Matt and the whole team for making us so welcome last night.

The library is closing for a wedding at 2pm today! 📷: @hayesandbakerphoto

This is Daniel. He is a very polite member and is always very accommodating of the entire staff gathering to pay homage. 😻

We hope everyone is staying cool and well shaded, preferably under parasols ☂️

Reading groups have been announced! Check out all the offerings at provath.org/reading-groups and mark your calendar for registration on 7/19 at 8am. Participation offered exclusively to members, so please consider joining the Ath if you want to join a group!

Tomorrow is the last day of the Ath's fiscal year! Would you consider making a tax-deduct gift to help us continue to enrich the mind, inspire the spirit, and elevate the public discourse? Your support means so much. If you'd like to give, visit provath.org/give. 🙏

Construction is moving along as scheduled, and the mezzanine is now open to members for browsing and study! We hope you don't mind that we had to stash some of our plant friends up here 🌿🌱🪴

@phileil @fntpvd Legend has it that you’ll always return to Providence (or, alternately, never leave Rhode Island) if you drink from the fountain outside the @pvdAth “Come here everyone that thirsteth.”