Website: salemathenaeum.net
Phone: (978) 744-2540
Cross Streets: Near the intersection of Essex St and Botts Ct
337 Essex St Salem, MA 01970-3262 652.37 mi
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Founded as a private library in the early 1800s, the Athenaeum today is a cultural and social center for the North Shore. It's still a membership library, with oak tables and plaster busts and a... More
Celia Thaxter, artist, poet, author, founder of America's first artist and writer's colony on Appledore Island is celebrated in a historical exhibit CELIA'S SALON at the Salem Athenaeum. Authentic... More
A very very old library institution. It's a really interesting building. Very beautiful. Certainly worth a drive-by if you are in the city. More
I'm a lover of libraries, so if they are not of interest to you, perhaps you would overlook this beautiful place. This is a private library (membership only but visitors welcome) that also hosts... More
Surely one of Salem's best-kept secrets, the Athenaeum is an elegant membership library (one of only 16 in the country) in the city’s historic McIntire District. It was founded in 1810 as the union of... More
