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Athenaeum

A temple or place dedicated to Athene, or Minerva; specifically an institution founded at Rome by Hadrian for the promotion of literary and scientific studies, and imitated in the provinces.
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The Atheneum now officially has two Van Goghs in its collection.
Finally, Jack Morgan gave about 1,300 objects to the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, enough to give that museum one of the most important holdings of decorative arts in the United States.
Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals by Ashley Bryan Atheneum Books for Young Readers January 2007 $16.99, ISBN 0-689-84732-7 Ages 4-8
This is an important acquisition for Wadsworth Atheneum's collection of French Impressionists because it is the first still life--a major subject for the Impressionists--and also the first work to be included in the collection by Sisley.
The library within The Atheneum gave inventor Joseph Swan his inspiration.
From the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art October 23, 2004 through January 9, 2005
Goin' Someplace Special (Atheneum, 32 pages), illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, won the 2002 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.
The Clock by Trent Duffy Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York 80 pages
He published poems in such journals as the New Yorker, Poetry, and the New Republic, and four volumes of poetry with Atheneum. He died of pancreatic cancer in late November, 1997.
Daughters (Atheneum, $19.95), the new novel by acclaimed author Paule Marshall (Brown Girl, Brownstones; Praisong for the Widow), is the colorful story of two generations of the Mackenzie family, an accomplished yet troubled clan with ties both to the island of Triunion in the Caribbean and to New York City.
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