The Melbourne Athenaeum Library will be closed on Monday 9 March for the Labour Day public holiday.



NOTICE OF MEETING

The 2026 Annual General Meeting for the Melbourne Athenaeum Inc. will be held in the library at 1 pm on Monday 13 April.

For more information please speak to library staff.

News and Events

Saturday 7 March 2026
An afternoon with David Astle

BOOKING INFORMATION HERE

CRYPTIC CLUES UNLOCKED - a 75-minute interactive session where the 8 basic formulas of cryptic clues are explained, then solved by participants via a sample puzzle. Q&A throughout, this session...read more
Friday 13 March 2026
Music: The Connie Chamber Collective

BOOKING INFORMATION HERE

Splendid: Art Songs through the Ages From Medieval Scottish kingdoms and the court of Queen Elizabeth I, to Australian beachscapes and stories, join us for over five hundred years of...read more
Thursday 19 March 2026
Book launch: IDES by Margaret Malloch & Joe Pascoe

BOOKING INFORMATION HERE

In ancient Rome the ides of each month were when accounts were commonly settled. Merchants met with their creditors and debtors. Most famously, Julius Caesar was stabbed by Brutus and...read more
Friday 20 March 2026
Music: Catherine McQuade plays the Ath (SOLD OUT)

BOOKING INFORMATION HERE

Catherine's work creates an evocative world which explores 60's film scores, jazz, classical, Latin and electronica. She creates a unique hybrid of uplifting melancholy and cool martini sipping textures. Most...read more

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