Experts' Choice Award Providence Athenaeum
What the experts agree on
A beautifully atmospheric 19th-century library where literary giants like Poe and Lovecraft once roamed, filled with rare books, classical busts, and rotating exhibits that transport book lovers to another era.
“Here Edgar Allan Poe courted poet Sarah Helen Whitman and signed a periodical in the collection.”
– Fodor's
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"A library of the old school, with plaster busts and oil paintings filling in spaces not occupied by books." Full review
Atlas Obscura "A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath." " Full review
Frommer's "Bibliophiles will lose themselves in this evocative place. Rotating exhibits of rare books and works by local artists are additional attractions. " Full review
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