Athenaeum

Athenaeum refers to the Athenaeum (ancient Rome), a school in ancient Rome. It may also refer to:

Books and periodicals

• Athenaeum (German magazine), a journal of German Romanticism, established 1798
• Athenäum, a German journal founded in 1991
• 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 newspaper of West Virginia University
• The Athenaeum (novel), a novel by Raul Pompéia 1888
• Atheneum Books, a children's fiction imprint of Simon & Schuster
• Athenaeum Press, an imprint of Ginn and Company

Clubs and societies

(alphabetical by city)

• Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, US
• Liverpool Athenaeum, Liverpool, UK
• Athenaeum Club, London, UK
• Ateneo de Madrid, Spain
• Manchester Athenaeum, Manchester, UK
• Athenaeum Club, Melbourne, Australia
• Athenaeum at Caltech, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, US
• The Plymouth Athenaeum, Plymouth, UK
• Ateneo de Sevilla, Spain

Cultural centers

• Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus), Indianapolis, Indiana, US
• The Athenaeum (South Africa), Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Caracas Athenaeum, Caracas, Venezuela
• Mexican Youth Athenaeum, Mexico City, Mexico
• New Harmony's Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, US
• Puerto Rican Athenaeum, the English name for Ateneo Puertorriqueño, Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico
• Tătărași Athenaeum, Iași, Romania

Hotels

• Atheneum Suite Hotel Detroit, Michigan, US
• The Athenaeum Hotel, Piccadilly, London, UK
• Athenaeum Hotel at the Chautauqua Institution, New York, US

Libraries

• Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California, US
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
• Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
• Boston Athenæum, Boston, Massachusetts, US
• Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, Washington, US
• Melbourne Athenaeum, Melbourne, Australia
• Minneapolis Athenæum, the name of the first library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
• Portsmouth Athenæum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
• Providence Athenaeum, Providence, Rhode Island, US
• Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, US
• Salem Athenaeum, Salem, Massachusetts, US
• St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, US
• Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, Massachusetts

Museums

• Athenaeum (Alexandria, Virginia), Alexandria, Virginia, US
• Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, Illinois
• Portsmouth Athenæum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
• Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, US
• Wilcannia Athenaeum, Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia

Schools

Europe

• Athenaeum (ancient Rome), a school founded by Emperor Hadrian
• Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Athenaeum illustre, a late name for the University of Franeker (1585-1811)
• Atheneum (school), 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
• Limerick Athenaeum, Limerick, Ireland
• Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music, predecessor institute to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

North America

• Athenaeum (Tennessee), Columbia, Tennessee, US
• Athenaeum of Ohio, a seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, US

Theaters

• Howard Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts, US
• Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania
• The Plymouth Athenaeum, Plymouth, Devon, UK
• Atheneum, New York City theater owned by A. T. Stewart
• Warminster Athenaeum, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK

Other uses

• Athenaeum (Arcadia), a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece
• Athenaeum (band), a rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina
• Athenaeum (fort), a fort of ancient Arcadia, Greece
• Athenaeum Portrait, also known as The Athenaeum, an unfinished portrait of George Washington

See also

• Ateneum, an art museum in Helsinki, Finland
• Athénée de Luxembourg, a secondary school in Luxembourg
• Ateneo (disambiguation), Italian/Spanish
• Athenaeus (disambiguation), Greek name