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Boston Athenaeum

Library · Downtown ·

Boston Athenaeum

Library · Downtown ·
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A treasured independent library-museum hybrid, newly refreshed and increasingly public-facing. Harvard Magazine and Boston Magazine spotlight its exhibitions, art-and-architecture tours, and focus on Boston artists like Allan Rohan Crite—showing the city’s cultural memory in situ.

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Library, museum, and members' club with vast collections

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tours
Google Rating
4.4 (146)
Yelp Rating
4.2
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10-1/2 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108 Get directions

Gender neutral restroom
Free Wi-Fi
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible restroom
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Library, museum, and members' club with vast collections

library
beautiful building
art
books
architecture
historical landmark
membership
tours
Google Rating
4.4 (146)
Yelp Rating
4.2
Featured in Conde Nast Traveler
Featured in

10-1/2 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108 Get directions

Gender neutral restroom
Free Wi-Fi
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible restroom
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