Calendar

  • Closed for July 4

    Due to the air conditioning issue in the reading room, we're extending our holiday weekend. The Athenaeum is closed on July 3, as well as the already scheduled July 4 holiday. A new air conditioner is scheduled for installation on Tuesday, July 7, so we will be back in business as usual very soon! Please […]

  • Salem Writers Group

    Salem Writers Group
    Salem Athenaeum 337 Essex St., Salem, MA, United States

    All are welcome to bring work-in-progress to share with the group for feedback. The group is facilitated by J.D. Scrimgeour, Professor of English, Salem State University.

  • Convivial Craft

    Convival Craft
    Salem Athenaeum 337 Essex St., Salem, MA, United States

    Use this time to move a creative project forward (knit, scrapbook, sketch, journal, write) or complete a task (write those thank you notes, sign the kids up for camp, organize your photos) in community.

  • Book Group

    Book Group
    Salem Athenaeum 337 Essex St., Salem, MA, United States

    Open discussion meeting on a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction works, new and classics. Meets on second Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Hybrid.

  • Convivial Craft

    Convival Craft
    Salem Athenaeum 337 Essex St., Salem, MA, United States

    Use this time to move a creative project forward (knit, scrapbook, sketch, journal, write) or complete a task (write those thank you notes, sign the kids up for camp, organize your photos) in community.

  • Convivial Craft

    Convival Craft
    Salem Athenaeum 337 Essex St., Salem, MA, United States

    Use this time to move a creative project forward (knit, scrapbook, sketch, journal, write) or complete a task (write those thank you notes, sign the kids up for camp, organize your photos) in community.

  • Any Book Group

    Any Book Group
    Salem Athenaeum—online

    Book worms unite! This discussion group is for readers of all genres. We all share a love for books—classics, mysteries, sci-fi, memoir, poetry—whatever genre you are reading now, come prepared to share.

    Free