Athenaeum may refer to:

Books and periodicals

* ''Athenaeum'' (German magazine), a journal of German Romanticism, established 1798 * ''Athenaeum'' (British magazine), a weekly London literary magazine 1828–1921 * ''The Athenaeum'' (Acadia University), a student newspaper of Acadia University, Nova Scotia * ''

The Daily Athenaeum ''The Daily Athenaeum'' is the official student newspaper at West Virginia University. Founded in 1887, the paper draws students from all disciplines to contribute original content for publication. It is editorially independent from the univers ...

'', the newspaper of West Virginia University * ''The Athenaeum'' (novel), a novel by Raul Pompéia 1888 *

Atheneum Books Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired Macmillan in 1994, and it created Atheneum ...

, a children's fiction imprint of Simon & Schuster *

Athenaeum Press Athenæum Press is an historic building located at 215 First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The structure occupies the entire block between First Street, Second Street, Athenæum Street, and Linskey Way, which was formerly known as Munroe St ...

, an imprint of Ginn and Company

Clubs and societies

(alphabetical by city) * Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, US *

Liverpool Athenaeum The Athenaeum is a private members club in Liverpool, England. The club was founded to ensure the up-to-date provision of newspapers and pamphlets, and to create a library for the use of the merchants and professional men in the city. The orig ...

, Liverpool, UK *

Athenaeum Club, London The Athenaeum is a private members' club in London, founded in 1824. It is primarily a club for men and women with intellectual interests, and particularly (but not exclusively) for those who have attained some distinction in science, engineerin ...

, UK * German Athenaeum, London, UK *

Ateneo de Madrid The Ateneo de Madrid ("Athenæum of Madrid") is a private cultural institution located in the capital of Spain that was founded in 1835. Its full name is ''Ateneo Científico, Literario y Artístico de Madrid'' ("Scientific, Literary and Artistic ...

, Spain *

Manchester Athenaeum The Athenaeum on Princess Street in Manchester, England, now part of Manchester Art Gallery, was originally a club built for the Manchester Athenaeum, a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge", in 1837. The society, founded in ...

, Manchester, UK * Athenaeum Club, Melbourne, Australia * Athenaeum at Caltech, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, US *

The Plymouth Athenaeum Plymouth Athenaeum, located in Plymouth, England, is a society dedicated to the promotion of learning in the fields of science, technology, literature and art. The Athenaeum building, located at Derry's Cross in Plymouth City Centre, includes a ...

, Plymouth, UK * Ateneo de Sevilla, Spain

Cultural centers

Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus) The Athenæum, originally named ''Das Deutsche Haus'' (German language, German: "The German House"), is the most ornate and best-preserved building affiliated with the German American community of Indianapolis. Once used as a German American '' ...

, Indianapolis, Indiana, US * The Athenaeum (South Africa), Port Elizabeth, South Africa *

Boston Athenaeum Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a ...

, Boston, Massachusetts, US * Caracas Athenaeum, Caracas, Venezuela *

Mexican Youth Athenaeum The Mexican Youth Athenaeum (Spanish: ''Ateneo de la Juventud''), later known as the ''Athenaeum of Mexico'', was a Mexican civil association founded on October 28, 1909 with the purpose of working in favor of culture and art, by means of organizat ...

, Mexico City, Mexico *

New Harmony's Atheneum New Harmony's Atheneum is the visitor center for New Harmony, Indiana. It is named for the Greek Athenaion, a temple dedicated to Athena in ancient Greece. Funded by the Indianapolis Lilly Endowment in 1976, with the help of the Krannert Chari ...

, New Harmony, Indiana, US * Puerto Rican Athenaeum, the English name for

Ateneo Puertorriqueño The Ateneo Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Athenaeum) is a cultural institution in Puerto Rico. Founded on April 30, 1876, it has been called Puerto Rico's oldest cultural institution, however, it is actually its third oldest overall and second c ...

, Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico *

Iași Athenaeum Iași National Athenaeum (), also known as ''Tătărași Athenaeum'', is a public cultural institution in Iași, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europ ...

, Iași, Romania

Hotels

The Athenaeum Hotel The Athenaeum is a family-owned five-star hotel overlooking Green Park in Piccadilly, London. History The site Hope House was built at 116 Piccadilly in 1849–1850 by Henry Pelham-Clinton, the 6th Duke of Newcastle. The name Athenaeum first a ...

, Piccadilly, London, UK * Athenaeum Hotel at the

Chautauqua Institution The Chautauqua Institution ( ) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education center and summer resort for adults and youth located on in Chautauqua, New York, northwest of Jamestown, New York, Jamestown in the western southern tier of New York (state), N ...

, New York, US

Libraries

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is a non-profit membership library in La Jolla, a community in San Diego, California San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. ...

, La Jolla, California, US *

Athenaeum of Philadelphia The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, located at 219 S. 6th Street between St. James Place and Locust Street in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a special collections library and museum founded in 1814. The Athenaeum's purpo ...

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US *

Berkshire Athenaeum The original Berkshire Athenaeum, now known as the Bowes Building, is a nineteenth century building that still stands on Park Square in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Like many New England libraries, the Berkshire Athenaeum started ...

, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US *

Boston Athenæum The Boston Athenaeum is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States. It is also one of a number of membership libraries, for which patrons pay a yearly subscription fee to use Athenaeum services. The institution was founded in ...

, Boston, Massachusetts, US * Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute, Dunedin, Otago, NZ * Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, Washington, US *

Melbourne Athenaeum The Athenaeum or Melbourne Athenaeum at 188 Collins Street is an art and cultural hub in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1839, it is the city's oldest cultural institution. Its building on Collin ...

, Melbourne, Australia * Minneapolis Athenæum, the name of the first library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US *

Portsmouth Athenæum The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. It preserves and provides access to an extensive collection of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, artworks and a ...

, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US * Providence Athenaeum, Providence, Rhode Island, US *

Redwood Library and Athenaeum The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a subscription library, museum, rare book repository and research center founded in 1747, and located at 50 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The building, designed by Peter Harrison and completed ...

, Newport, Rhode Island, US *

Salem Athenaeum The Salem Athenaeum, founded in 1810, is one of the oldest membership libraries in the United States. The Athenaeum is located at 337 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts in the McIntire Historic District. In 2023, the athenaeum successfully co ...

, Salem, Massachusetts, US * St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, US * Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, Massachusetts

Museums

* Athenaeum (Alexandria, Virginia), Alexandria, Virginia, US *

Chicago Athenaeum The Chicago Athenaeum is a private museum of architecture and design, based in Galena, Illinois. The museum focuses on the art of design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial and product design, graphics, landscape architecture ...

, Chicago, Illinois *

, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US *

Wadsworth Atheneum The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut. The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionism, Impressionist paintings, Hudson Riv ...

, Hartford, Connecticut, US * Wilcannia Athenaeum, Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia

Schools

Europe

Athenaeum (ancient Rome) The Athenaeum was a school ('' ludus'') founded by the Emperor Hadrian for the promotion of literary and scientific studies (''ingenuarum artium''). The name "Athenaeum" came from the city of Athens, which was still regarded as the seat of int ...

, a school founded by Emperor Hadrian *

Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam Athenaeum Illustre, or Amsterdamse Atheneum, was a city-sponsored 'illustrious school' founded after the beeldenstorm in the old ''Agnieten'' chapel on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Famous scientists such as Caspar Barl ...

, Amsterdam, the Netherlands * Athenaeum illustre, a late name for the

University of Franeker The University of Franeker (1585–1811) was a university in Franeker, Friesland, the Netherlands. It was the second-oldest university of the Netherlands, founded shortly after Leiden University. History Also known as ''Academia Franekerensis'' ...

(1585-1811) *

Atheneum (school) Atheneum, named after the ancient school founded by Roman Emperor Hadrian, is the name used for one of the Dutch educational courses aimed at preparation for scientific education at university with a strong emphasis on academic learning. The '' ...

, formal name of main educational track of Dutch Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs * Atheneum, the main variant of the '' voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs'' (vwo) in the Dutch school system * Genuense Athenaeum, the original name of the

University of Genoa The University of Genoa () is a public research university. It is one of the largest universities in Italy and it is located in the city of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region of northwestern Italy. The original university was fou ...

* Limerick Athenaeum, Limerick, Ireland * Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music, predecessor institute to the

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama () is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and film in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools. Founde ...

* Pontifical Athenaeum, an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology, Philosophy and Canon Law) and at least one other faculty. *

Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm The Anselmianum, also known as the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm (; ) or simply ''Sant'Anselmo'', is a pontifical university in Rome associated with the Benedictines. It offers courses in philosophy, theology, liturgy, monastic studies, lan ...

or Anselmianum, the Benedictine Pontifical University in Rome

North America

* Athenaeum (Tennessee), Columbia, Tennessee, US *

Athenaeum of Ohio The Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West, originally St. Francis Xavier Seminary, is a Catholic seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the third-oldest Catholic seminary in the United States and was established by Edward Fe ...

, a seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, US

Asia

* Ateneo de Manila University, a private university in the Philippines.

Theaters

* Athenaeum Theatre, Sydney, aka Atheneum Hall, early cinema * Howard Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts, US *

, aka Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, Australia *

Romanian Athenaeum The Romanian Athenaeum () is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's most prestigious concert hall and home of the "Geor ...

, Bucharest, Romania *

, Plymouth, Devon, UK *

New Theatre Comique The Church of the Messiah at 728–30 Broadway, near Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, was dedicated in 1839 and operated as a church until 1864. In January 1865 it was sold to department store magnate Alexander T ...

, known as Atheneum in New York City (1865) *

Warminster Athenaeum Warminster Athenaeum is a Victorian theatre in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, and a Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special pro ...

, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK

Other uses

* Athenaeum (Arcadia), a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece * Athenaeum (band), a rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina *

Athenaeum (fort) Athenaeum or Athenaion (), was a fortress in the south of ancient Arcadia, and in the territory of Megalopolis, Greece, Megalopolis. It is described by Plutarch as a position in advance of the ancient Sparta, Lacedaemonian frontier (ἐμβολὴ � ...

, a fort of ancient Arcadia, Greece * '' Athenaeum Portrait'', also known as ''The Athenaeum'', an unfinished portrait of George Washington