- Athenaeum
Athenaeum, also Athenæum or Atheneum, is used in the names of institutions or periodicals for literary, scientific, or artistic study. It may also be used in the names of
educational institution s. The name is formed from the name of the classical Greek goddessAthena (the goddess of wisdom) in the same way thatmuseum is formed frommuse (the goddesses of culture).Some well-known examples include:
*"Athenaeum", the founding literary journal ofGerman Romanticism .
*"Athenaeum"—a London literary magazine published between 1828 and 1921.
*The Athenaeum inColumbia, Tennessee
*The Athenaeum Hotel inPiccadilly, London .
*TheAthenaeum Club inLondon .
*TheLimerick Athenaeum , founded1852
*TheLiverpool Athenaeum , founded1797
*TheAthenaeum, Paris —an academic institution that existed in the earlynineteenth century .
*TheAthénée de Luxembourg , secondary school in Luxemburg, founded in 1603
*TheBoston Athenaeum inBoston, Massachusetts
*TheBerkshire Athenaeum inPittsfield, Massachusetts
*The "Glasgow Athenaeum", established in 1847, now theRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
*The "Athenaeum Illustre " inAmsterdam .
*TheAthenaeum of Philadelphia inPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania
*TheProvidence Athenaeum inProvidence, Rhode Island
*TheRomanian Athenaeum inBucharest
*The Athenaeum inChicago —a theater and performing arts center, opened in 1911.
*The Athenaeum in New Harmony, Indiana designed byRichard Meier .
*TheWadsworth Atheneum inHartford, Connecticut
*TheMarian Miner Cook Athenaeum , which hosts more than one hundred dinner and lecture events with distinguished speakers each year atClaremont McKenna College in Claremont,California .
* (spelled as Atheneum):
**Type ofsecondary school inthe Netherlands , variant ofVoorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs withoutLatin and Greek.
**Type ofsecondary school inBelgium , providing general education (includingLatin and Greek) and belonging to theofficial school network.
*TheAthenaeum of Ohio inCincinnati, Ohio .
* The Athanaeum Theatre and Library inMelbourne ,Australia
* The Athenaeum, official student newspaper of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
* TheAthenæum (Das Deutsche Haus) , originally served as a gathering place forGerman-American s inIndianapolis .
* TheSt. Johnsbury Athenaeum ,St. Johnsbury, Vermont , aNational Historic Landmark
*Ateneum , an art museum inHelsinki ,Finland
* TheNantucket Atheneum inNantucket ,Massachusetts
* TheAthenaeum, Virginia inAlexandria, Virginia , home to the [http://www.nvfaa.org/ Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association]
* TheAthenaeum at Caltech (TheCalifornia Institute of Technology ,Pasadena ,California ,USA ) -- a faculty+ club opened in 1930.
* The Atheneum Amcan School -- a secondary school in Noveleta, Cavite Philippines. Regarded as the center of excellence. Visit website: www.atheneumschool.multiply.comIn publishing:
*Atheneum Books is a children's fiction imprint ofSimon & Schuster
*Atheneum Publishers - publisher of political books including the Pulitzer Prize WinnerThe Making of the President, 1960 In music:
*Athenaeum—a rock band fromGreensboro, North Carolina —and their eponymous album.
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