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Salem Literary Festival
September 5-10

Playwriting Workshop
with Peter Sampieri

September 11

Jazz concert with Nicole Zuraitis
September 29

Member tickets pre-sale August 1!

Current Exhibition:

Fashion Through the Pages

Learn more about our Capital Projects

Garden Improvements and Access

Adopt-a-Book 2022
You can still help!

Trails & Sails: Athenaeum Tour
September 16

Upcoming Events

  • Aug. 30:

    Closed for Labor Day weekend

  • Sep. 3:

    Salem Literary Festival 2025
    September 3–7

  • Sep. 12:

    Salon: Visiting Authors!
    Elaine Kelliher, Andrew Shaffer, Meg Shaffer
    6:00 p.m.

  • Sep. 17:

    Reappraisal Reading Circle
    Discussion of Walter Scott’s works
    7:00 p.m.

  • Sep. 18:

    Monopoly X with Philip Orbanes
    7:00 p.m.

  • Sep. 19:

    Members’ Preview Book Sale
    6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

  • Sep. 20:

    Book Sale
    9:00 a.m. –5:00 p.m.

  • Sep. 27:

    Trails & Sails Athenaeum Tour
    11:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m.

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