Floor Plan
of the
Boston Athenæum
Basement, Lower Pilgrim
CONSERVATION
LABORATORY
(Appointment Only)
REF B
Art Department
Conservation Department
Project Conservator
Chief Conservator
Gold Text = Library of Congress Classification
Gray Text = Cutter Classification
Basement
Bibliography, Economics, Education, Law, Philosophy,
Political Science, Religion, Sociology, Travel: Western Hemisphere,
U.S. Congress, Slavery, Women (Cutter)
MITCHELL
rator
. Cu tings
c
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As Pain
of a n d e
ptur
Scul
To Lower
Pilgrim
r of READING
rato ings
AREA
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a nd
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P
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a
tur
Assector,
ulp
Dir urator s Sc
C Map
of
Art/Architecture, Book Arts, Bibliography, Education,
Law, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion (LC)
New Art Books
Art Periodicals
REF2 continues
+N and Lg N
Engineering
DRUM B:
1 to 3DS.Se2
REF2 A to NK 7210
B,
H, +H, Lg H
L, +L, Lg L
Z, +Z, Lg Z
3D5.Se2 to 4
B, D, D+, D//, G
ANC .N268.t to Az
Historical Cutter
card catalog
X+, X//
:X+, :X//, W//
+B, Lg B, J, +J, K, +K
E, G
B+ to G+, 1+ to 4+
1// to 3//, E//, G//
To Basement
Lower Pilgrim
Art/Architecture, Constructive Arts,
Handicrafts, Music, Theater, Medicine,
Natural History, Science, Sports/Games/Amusements,
Useful Arts (Cutter)
Agriculture/Gardening, Medicine, Science,
Technology/Photography (LC)
M, +M, Lg M, +P, Lg P
Q to T, +Q to +T, Lg Q to Lg T
All Extra Lg
C, H to N, H+ to N+, H// to N//
P, P+, P//, Q, Q+, Q//
S, S+, S//, T, T+, T//
U, U+, U//
Deputy
Director
First Floor Gallery
Description and Travel
First Floor
Circulation • Children’s Library
Art Gallery • Newspaper Reading Room
A and A+
Gold Text = Library of Congress Classification
Gray Text = Cutter Classification
A and A+
N’S
DRE RY
L
I
CH IBRA
L
Children’s
DANIEL J.
COOLIDGE
SEMINAR
ROOM
A, A+ and
A//
CHRIS
PRESCHOOL
ROOM
Membership Office
SITTING
ROOM
First Floor
DEBORAH HILL
BORNHEIMER ROOM
DRUM 1 UP:
VE to VFD.B4565
DRUM 1:
VFD.B457 to VY
V+ to VFG+H
V//
DRUM 1 DOWN:
VFG+L to VY+
VJ// to VPP//
W, X and :X
Y, Y+ and Y//
:Z
New Books, Art
Bibliography, Classics, Foreign and
Native American Literature, Language
THE HENRY
LONG ROOM
ALBERT GORDON
NEWSPAPER
READING ROOM
(Quiet Room)
New Books
N
G. d’ANDELOT BELIN
BOW ROOM
SECURITY
CIRCULATION/
GIFT SHOP
NORMA JEAN
CALDERWOOD
GALLERY
Periodicals
Children’s
Librarian
Second Floor
Reference Department
Computer Room
Gold Text = Library of Congress Classification
Gray Text = Cutter Classification
Curator of
Rare Books
and
Manuscripts
Second Floor Gallery
Short Stories, Fiction
PZ1, PZ3 to PZ3 .J234
+PZ1, +PZ3
Second Floor
Head of
Reader
Services
Periodicals, Fiction, Reference, Travel Guides,
Anthropology, Generalia, Geography, Literature,
Military Science, Naval History, Sports
OUTDOOR
TERRACE
Reference Desk
DRUM 2 UP:
A, G, P to PN, U, V
:A and :8
°G and °H
R
DRUM 2:
PZ4 .A to .S
VEF .T to .Z
DRUM 2 DOWN:
PQ to PT
PZ4 .T to .Z
V to VE
Archivist
Periodicals
PZ3 .J234 to PZ3 .Z74
VEF .R to VEF .T323
PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS
DEPARTMENT
(Appointment only)
Curator of Prints
and Photographs
ARTHUR & CHARLOTTE
VERSHBOW
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
READING ROOM
(Appointment only)
Reference
REF A-Z
COMPUTER ROOM,
COPY MACHINE
Travel Guides
COMPUTER
ROOM
Special Collections
Assistant
Third Floor
Technical Services Department
Gold Text = Library of Congress Classification
Gray Text = Cutter Classification
Head of
Technical
Services
Third Floor Gallery
Biography of the Eastern Hemisphere
5.1E.N221
to 5E.G871
5E.G871 to 5G.K69
Third Floor
Book
Acquisitions
Biography, Bibliography
Chief
DRUM 3 UP:
+G, Lg G
+U, Lg U, +V, Lg V
7, includ. 7+, 7//
8+, 8//, :8+, :8//
:A+, :A//, R+, R//
Rare
Serials
DRUM 3:
Rare
Materials
Catalog
Materials
65,
Catalog
Assistant
Catalog
Includ. 65+, 65// Librarian
Librarian
7 to :7 and 8
Bibliography
+C, Lg C
REF 3
5G.K69 to 6, 5+, 5//
DRUM 3 DOWN:
8, :8
Catalog
Interns
Catalog
Assistant
C
Fourth Floor
Administrative Departments
Gold Text = Library of Congress Classification
Gray Text = Cutter Classification
Director
of
Finance
Fourth Floor Gallery
World History and history of Europe,
Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
D
9D4 to 9Y
DA to DX, +D, Lg D
Fourth Floor
Director
History of the Americas
Executive
Secretary
Director
of
Development
Marketing
and
Communications
Officer
Associate
Director
of
Development
+E, +F, Flat Folios
[triangle] and [square]
TRUSTEES’
ROOM
Intern
Development
Events
Officer
Membership
and
Annual Fund
Officer
Membership
Assistant
E, F,
Lg E, Lg F
Fifth Floor
Quiet Reading Room
Gold Text = Library of Congress Classification
Gray Text = Cutter Classification
Fifth Floor Gallery
History (American)
READING
ROOM
965.G to 9D5
Please ask for assistance: 924// to 964//
Fifth Floor
History (American)
Quiet Reading Room
OUTDOOR
TERRACE
SPIRO
MEMBERS’
LOUNGE
JACKSON
ROOM
913T to 965.F
92+ to 9B3+7
9B3+7W27 to 9Y+ZN429