Salem Athenaeum

Work & Study Amenities

About Salem Athenaeum

The Salem Athenaeum is an independent membership library and cultural center hosting lectures, concerts, performances, discussion groups, author and poetry readings, storytelling, workshops for readers and writers, literary social events, and the annual Salem Literary Festival. Library holdings include a contemporary circulating collection of fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature as well as historical research collections in literature for adults and children, natural sciences, political and social sciences, history, theology, and travel.