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St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, VT

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St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

A nonprofit library and art gallery housed in a 19th-century Victorian building in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 · St. Johnsbury, VT

About St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

The Athenaeum combines a free public library with an art gallery holding American landscape paintings, including a number of Hudson River School works. Founded by Horace Fairbanks as a community culture center, the building keeps a strong Victorian character from the 1800s. It also hosts concerts, author talks, lectures, and educational events throughout the year, and it is operated as a private nonprofit.

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