Skip to content
PLYMOUTH ATHENAEUM
  • Home
  • News
  • About us
  • Events
  • Archives
  • Hiring
  • Contact

TALK – An inconvenient truth: Richard Owen, dinosaurs and Plymouth

Tuesday, 8 October 2024 (12.30pm) Plymouth has long laid claim to be the venue for the naming of dinosaurs. Join […]

Read More

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS – A Summer Stroll Around the Barbican

Thursday, 3 October (7.30pm) Join Eileen Willey for an illustrated talk and take a gentle pictorial journey around Plymouth’s historic […]

Read More

TALK – Future Saltram: Investing in heritage, nature and wellbeing in Plymouth

Tuesday, 22 October 2024 (12.30pm) Join us as Cat Richards discusses the Future Saltram project and how the house and […]

Read More

TALK – The work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Horticulture, Science and Education

Tuesday, 12 November 2024 (12.30pm) Join us as Prof Sir Ghillean Prance discusses the horticulture, science and education at the […]

Read More

LECTURE – The survival of the Amazon rainforest is under threat

Thursday, 10 October 2024 (7.30pm) Join us as Prof Sir Ghillean Prance discusses the irreplaceable Amazon rainforest and how man’s […]

Read More

LECTURE – Cleopatra – Queen and Goddess

Thursday, 7 November (7.30pm) Join us to discover more about Cleopatra, Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 […]

Read More

Talk & Film – Dartmoor: The Source of Many Rivers

Tuesday, 17 September (2.30pm) Join us as afternoon talks return to the Plymouth Athenaeum, the first with a focus on […]

Read More

LECTURE: The business of D-Day: Cashing in on Operation Overlord

Thursday, 6 June 2024 On Tuesday, 6 June 1944 the largest seaborne invasion in history was launched, coming to be […]

Read More

LECTURE: Poland and Ukraine: An unlikely alliance

Thursday, 25 April (7.30pm) Join us as Prof Karl Cordell discusses Poland and Ukraine: An unlikely alliance on Thursday, 25 […]

Read More

Activities and Membership

ACTIVITIES We run a programme of activities and events for our members, including writers, readers, art, photographic, climate emergency and […]

Read More
Newer Posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 27 28 Older Posts

©2017 Plymouth Athenaeum 2017. Charity No. 216963. Company No. 19639.

Devon Web Design by Studiose & Development by Square Apple.