Where:
Boston Athenæum
10 ½ Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
$5.00
Categories:
< 21, Art, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/events/3861/docent-led-gallery-talk-collecting-boston-athen%C3%A6um-21st-century-prints-photographs
Join a Boston Athenæum docent for a guided exploration of "Collecting for the Boston Athenæum in the 21st Century: Prints & Photographs" curated by Catharina Slautterback. Discover the stories behind some of the Athenæum's recently acquired works on paper documenting the art, culture, history, and built and natural environments of New England.
Gallery talk is limited to 12 people on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration is NOT required.
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The Athenæum's five galleried floors overlook the peaceful Granary Burying Ground, and, as Gamaliel Bradford wrote in 1931, "it is safe to say that [no library] anywhere has more an atmosphere of its own, that none is more conducive to intellectual aspiration and spiritual peace." The building was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1966.