The Melbourne Athenaeum Inc.'s 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held at 1pm, Monday 15 April, in the Melbourne Athenaeum Library.

For more information please refer to the events page or speak to a staff member.

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Friday 5 July 2024
GOLD: An Animated Rhapsody

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GOLD: An Animated Rhapsody, is a unique animated musical film and art exhibition inspired by a series of 10 watercolour paintings left in a will from a family’s favourite Uncle....read more
Friday 19 July 2024
My Life in Readings

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Legendary Melbourne bookseller Mark Rubbo spent almost 50 years in the business until he retired as Readings managing director last year. From his days with one Readings’ outlet in Carlton...read more
Saturday 20 July 2024
The Mysteries and Mayhem of Early Melbourne

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Melbourne has always had its underbelly of crime, inspiring crime fiction detectives from Mary Fortune and Fergus Hume to Peter Temple’s ‘Jack Irish’. Join Jane, whose latest novel Murder in...read more
Monday 22 July 2024
Now We Are Ten: a Book Collector's Reflections on a Decade of Melbourne Rare Book Week

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Since its inception in 2012, Melbourne Rare Book Week (MRBW) has become an important festival in Melbourne’s cultural life. The current Program Director will reflect on the evolution of MRBW...read more
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