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- EIN 23-1352027
- (215) 925-2688
- 219 S 6th St Philadelphia PA 19106-3719 USA
- www.philaathenaeum.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education, Libraries, Visual Arts
Mission: The athenaeum is an independent member-supported library and museum that engages members, scholars and the interested general public to join actively in the cultural and intellectual life of philadelphia and participate in historical, literary and educational activities. To that end, the athenaeum must be a diligent steward of its national historic landmark building and its collections of books, manuscripts, architectural drawings, photographs and historic objects.
Programs: Museum/library building: the maintenance and operation of the athenaeum's 1847 national historic landmark building and the collections that it houses, dominate the expenses of the organization. In this year celebrating the 200th anniversary of the athenaeum, the repair and repainting of the grand stair was completed after extensive paint analysis of the historic surfaces. A series of lectures in conjunction with exhibitions focusing on the athenaeum's history, present and future were held.
library services: the athenaeum maintains both lending and rare book and archival collections. Use of the rare book and archival collections is open to the public. The american architects and buildings database and the geohistory database of atlases and maps developed by the athenaeum are widely used onsite and remotely.
public research support: the athenaeum reaches out to the broader community not only through its web-based activities but by supporting scholarship in american architecture and engineering through the awarding of the peterson internships and fellowships, the charles e. Peterson prizes in conjunction with the historic american buildings and historic american engineering surveys of the national park service, a research fellowship awarded for the buildings in america project of the american institute of architects, and travel grants in conjunction with the charles e. Peterson prizes.