Athenaeum
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Educational institutions, museums, libraries
- Melbourne Athenaeum, Melbourne, Australia
- Limerick AthenaeumLimerick AthenaeumLimerick Athenaeum was a centre of learning, established in Limerick City, Ireland in 1852.-Background:Athenaeum, also Athenæum or Atheneum, is used in the names of institutions or periodicals for literary, scientific, or artistic study. It may also be used in the names of educational institutions...
, Limerick, Ireland - Romanian AthenaeumRomanian AthenaeumThe 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 main concert hall and home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and of the George Enescu annual international...
, Bucharest, Romania - Warminster AthenaeumWarminster athenaeumWarminster Athenaeum is a Victorian theatre in Warminster, UK, and a Grade II listed building. Built in 1858, it has been closed three times in its history, most recently in 1997. There were dangers of the building's being demolished or redeveloped; however, the district council handed over...
, a theatre in Warminster, Wiltshire, UK - Glasgow Athenaeum, Glasgow, UK
- Athenaeum Music & Arts LibraryAthenaeum Music & Arts LibraryThe Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is a non-profit membership library located in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. It was incorporated as the Library Association of La Jolla in 1899...
, La Jolla, California, US - Wadsworth AtheneumWadsworth AtheneumThe Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest public art museum in the United States, with significant holdings of French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School landscapes, modernist masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as extensive holdings in early American furniture and...
, Hartford, Connecticut, US - Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus)Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus)The Athenæum, originally named Das Deutsche Haus , is the most ornate and best-preserved building affiliated with the German American community of Indianapolis. Once used as a German American turnverein and clubhouse, it currently houses many groups, organizations, and businesses...
, Indianapolis, Indiana, US - New Harmony's AtheneumNew Harmony's AtheneumNew Harmony's Atheneum is the visitor center for New Harmony, Indiana. It is named for the Greek Athenaion, which was a temple dedicated to Athena in ancient Greece...
, New Harmony, Indiana, US - Berkshire AthenaeumBerkshire AthenaeumThe Berkshire Athenaeum is a public library based on a previously private athenaeum, and now located at 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts in the Berkshires, USA. Like many New England libraries, the Berkshire Athenaeum started as a private organization.A private Public Library...
, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US - Boston AthenæumBoston AthenæumBoston Athenæum is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States. It is also one of only sixteen extant membership libraries, meaning that patrons pay a yearly subscription fee to use the Athenæum's services...
, Boston, Massachusetts, US - Howard AthenaeumHoward AthenaeumThe Howard Athenæum in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the most famous theaters in Boston history. Founded in 1845, it remained an institution of culture and learning for most of its years, finally closing in 1953.- History :...
, a theater in Boston, Massachusetts, US - Portsmouth AthenæumPortsmouth AthenæumThe Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. It preserves material relevant to local history, and sponsors exhibitions, concerts and lectures for its proprietors, scholars and the general public...
, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US - Athenaeum of PhiladelphiaAthenaeum of PhiladelphiaThe Athenaeum of Philadelphia, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a special collections library founded in 1814 to collect materials "connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge" for public benefit...
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US - Redwood Library and AthenaeumRedwood Library and AthenaeumThe Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a private subscription library at 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Founded in 1747, it is the oldest community library still occupying its original building in the United States.-History:...
, Newport, Rhode Island, US - Providence AthenaeumProvidence AthenaeumThe Providence Athenaeum, founded in 1753 in Providence, Rhode Island, is the fourth oldest subscription library in the United States. Only the Library Company of Philadelphia, founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, Newport's Redwood Library and Athenaeum, founded in 1747, and the Charleston Library...
, Providence, Rhode Island, US - Athenaeum (Tennessee)Athenaeum (Tennessee)The Athenaeum Rectory is a historic building in Columbia, Tennessee that features both Gothic and Moorish architectural elements. Completed in 1837, the building originally served as the rectory for The Columbia Female Institute and as the residence of the school's first president, the Reverend...
, Columbia, Tennessee, US - St. Johnsbury AthenaeumSt. Johnsbury AthenaeumThe St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, is significant because of its construction, the American landscape paintings and books from its original role as a public library and free art gallery, and funding by Horace Fairbanks, manufacturer of the world's first platform scale. The art...
, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, US - Athenaeum (Alexandria, Virginia)Athenaeum (Alexandria, Virginia)The Athenaeum is a museum of fine arts in Alexandria, Virginia, United States and home to the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association. Its building is an important example of Greek Revival architecture. The building has a long history and has served several purposes during its lifetime...
, a museum in Alexandria, Virginia, US - Puerto Rican AthenaeumPuerto Rican AthenaeumThe Puerto Rican Athenaeum —or Ateneo Puertorriqueño in Spanish— is one of Puerto Rico's chief cultural institutions. It was founded in 1876.The Athenaeum serves as a museum, school, library, and performance hall for the greater Puerto Rico...
, Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico - Caracas AthenaeumCaracas AthenaeumThe Caracas Athenaeum is a cultural institution centred on the arts. It is currently located in Macaracuay, after having been in the area of Los Caobos, Caracas, Venezuela. The building hosts two theatre auditoriums, a concert hall, a library, a gallery, a cinema, rehearsal rooms, a café, as well...
, Caracas, Venezuela - Tătăraşi Athenaeum, a public institution of culture in Iași, Romania
- Ateneo de MadridAteneo de MadridThe Ateneo de Madrid is a private cultural institution located in the capital of Spain, originally founded in 1835. Its full name is Ateneo Científico, Literario y Artístico de Madrid .-History:The roots of the Athenæum trace to the ideals of Francophiles and liberals of the early 19th...
, Madrid, Spain - Ateneo de Manila, Manila, Philippines
Periodicals
- Athenaeum (literary journal)Athenaeum (literary journal)The Athenaeum was a literary journal started in 1798 by August Wilhelm and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel. It is considered to be the founding publication of German Romanticism.-Contributors:...
, a journal of German Romanticism - Athenaeum (magazine)Athenaeum (magazine)The Athenaeum was a literary magazine published in London from 1828 to 1921. It had a reputation for publishing the very best writers of the age....
, a London literary magazine - Athenaeum (1991 journal)Athenaeum (1991 journal)Athenäum is a German journal established in 1991 for study of romanticism and German literature. Starting 2009 the journal will be peer reviewed....
, a German journal - The Athenaeum (Acadia University)The Athenaeum (Acadia University)The Athenaeum is the official student newspaper at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. It was founded in 1874, initially as a student literary magazine...
, the student newspaper of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia - Athenaeum, a magazine of Czech culture and science, founded by Thomas Masaryk
- Daily Athenaeum, the newspaper of West Virginia UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWest Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
Clubs and societies
- Athenaeum Club, MelbourneAthenaeum Club, MelbourneThe Athenaeum Club is a private gentlemen's club situated in Melbourne, Australia.The club has been in operation since 1868.- External links :*...
, Australia - Liverpool AthenaeumLiverpool AthenaeumThe Athenaeum originated as a gentlemen's club in Liverpool, England. It has been in continuous use since the end of the 18th century. 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...
, Liverpool, England, UK - Athenaeum Club, LondonAthenaeum Club, LondonThe Athenaeum Club, usually just referred to as the Athenaeum, is a notable London club with its Clubhouse located at 107 Pall Mall, London, England, at the corner of Waterloo Place....
, England, UK - Marian Miner Cook AthenaeumMarian Miner Cook AthenaeumThe Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum is a distinguished speaker series and college club at Claremont McKenna College. The Athenaeum hosts dinner and lecture events four times each week during the academic year, frequently featuring distinguished guest speakers including ambassadors, heads of state,...
, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, US - Athenaeum at CaltechAthenaeum at CaltechThe Athenaeum is a private social club on the California Institute of Technology campus.Illustrious regulars at the Athenaeum Round Table have includedDavid Baltimore,Robert Christy,Lee Alvin DuBridge,Richard Feynman,William Alfred Fowler,Scott Fraser,...
, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, US
Schools
- Athenaeum (Lausanne Switzerland), an architecture and design institut founded by the architecture Alberto_Sartoris
- Athenaeum (ancient Rome)Athenaeum (ancient Rome)The Athenaeum was a school founded by the Emperor Hadrian in Rome, for the promotion of literary and scientific studies and called Athenaeum from the town of Athens, which was still regarded as the seat of intellectual refinement...
, a school founded by Emperor Hadrian - Athenaeum Illustre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and DramaRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and DramaThe Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a conservatoire of music, drama, and dance in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Educational Association, it is the busiest performing arts venue in Scotland...
or Glasgow Athenaeum, UK - Athenaeum of OhioAthenaeum of OhioThe Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West, originally St. Francis Xavier Seminary, is the third-oldest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States and is currently located at 6616 Beechmont Avenue in the Cincinnati, Ohio neighborhood of Mt. Washington, in the former Saint...
, seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, US - Rochester Athenaeum, now the Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of TechnologyThe Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
, Rochester, NY - Atheneum, the main variant of the voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijsVoorbereidend Wetenschappelijk OnderwijsVoorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs or pre-university secondary education is the highest variant in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands. After leaving elementary school students are enrolled in different types of secondary schools, according to their academic ability...
(vwo) in the Dutch school system
Hotels
- The Athenaeum HotelThe Athenaeum HotelThe Athenaeum is a family-owned five-star hotel overlooking Green Park in Piccadilly, London.-History:Hope House was built at 116 Piccadilly in 1849/50 by Henry Pelham-Clinton, the 6th Duke of Newcastle. The name Athenaeum first appears around 1864 when the house was bought by the Junior Athenaeum...
, Piccadilly, London - Athenaeum Hotel at the Chautauqua InstitutionChautauqua InstitutionThe Chautauqua Institution is a non-profit adult education center and summer resort located on 750 acres in Chautauqua, New York, 17 miles northwest of Jamestown in the western part of New York State...
, New York
Other uses
- Atheneum BooksAtheneum BooksAtheneum Books was a publishing house and adult publisher created by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. in 1959. He recruited editor Jean E. Karl personally, to come and establish a Children's Book Department in 1961....
, a children's fiction imprint of Simon & Schuster - Athenaeum (band)Athenaeum (band)Athenaeum was an alternative pop rock four-piece band from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA formed in 1990 at an eighth grade dance by Nic Brown and Mark Kano.- Overview :...
, a rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina - Athenaeum PressAthenaeum PressThe Athenaeum Press Building is an historic building located at 215 First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It occupies the entire block between First Street, Second Street, Athenaeum Street, and Linskey Way ....
, an imprint of Ginn and Company
See also
- AteneumAteneumThe Ateneum is a major museum in Finland. It is located in the centre of Helsinki at the Rautatientori square opposite Helsinki Central Railway Station. It has the biggest collections of classical art in Finland. Previously the Ateneum building also housed the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and...
, an art museum in Helsinki, Finland - Athénée de LuxembourgAthénée de LuxembourgThe Athénée de Luxembourg , is a high school in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It's commonly called Stater Kolléisch or De Kolléisch, and is the nation's oldest high school.-Brief history:...
, a secondary school in Luxembourg - Ateneo (disambiguation), Italian/Spanish
- Athenaeus (disambiguation)Athenaeus (disambiguation)Athenaeus may refer to:*Athenaeus, an officer of Antigonus I Monophthalmus in the Third War of the Diadochi who led a campaign against the Nabataeans in 312 BC*Athenaeus, son of Attalus I*Athenaeus , Greek composer who flourished 128 BC...
, Greek name