Boston Athenaeum

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:library
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces October 15, 1966
gptkbp:address gptkb:10½_Beacon_Street,_Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Boston_Library_Consortium
gptkb:Independent_Research_Libraries_Association
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 100,000
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Edward_Clarke_Cabot
gptkbp:buildingCompleted 1849
gptkbp:collectionSize over 600,000 volumes
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:digitizedBy Yes
gptkbp:director gptkb:Leah_Rosovsky
gptkbp:founded 1807
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Phineas_Adams
gptkb:William_Smith_Shaw
gptkbp:gallery Yes
gptkbp:hasChildren'sLibrary Yes
gptkbp:hasExhibit Yes
gptkbp:hasLectureSeries Yes
gptkbp:hasReadingRoom Yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boston Athenaeum
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:location gptkb:Boston
gptkbp:mission to serve as a center for the advancement of learning
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:sculpture
manuscripts
maps
photographs
prints
rare books
fine art
gptkbp:notableEvent Boston Library Society merger (1939)
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Amy_Lowell
gptkb:Henry_James
gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams
gptkb:Louisa_May_Alcott
gptkb:Nathaniel_Hawthorne
gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr.
gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 66000776
gptkbp:openToPublic partially
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Park_Street_(MBTA_station)
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Greater_Boston
gptkbp:type gptkb:library
membership library
gptkbp:website https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Beacon_Hill
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4