St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury's public library and art gallery since 1871. A National Historic Landmark. Durand, Sanford Gifford, and Worthington Whittredge.

Contains the oldest unaltered art gallery in the United States which displays Albert Bierstadt's 10 x 15-foot masterpiece, "The Domes of the Yosemite. Founded in 1871 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1998, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum is a private, non-profit public library and art gallery that serves to promote life-long learning through art, literature, and information services. The

Art Gallery features over 120 paintings, sculptures, and other fine works highlighting the American landscape, classical studies, and reproductions of Renaissance and Baroque masterworks. Many paintings by the Hudson River School artists are on display including Jasper Cropsey, Asher B. The most prominent painting in the Gallery is Albert Bierstadt’s mammoth ten-by-fifteen foot masterpiece Domes of the Yosemite, one of the most famous paintings in America. The Athenaeum strives to be a 21st century library and stands as one of Vermont’s enduring landmarks. It is the Northeast Kingdom’s center of art and culture. The Athenaeum is the only arts-based National Historic Landmark in Vermont. Each year, the Athenaeum welcomes thousands of visitors from around the world. Offering poetry readings, internet access, book discussions, musical and artistic performances and presentations and community outreach programs, the Athenaeum continues to fulfill its original mission created by founder Horace Fairbanks. Fairbanks, whose family invented the platform scale, was an industrialist, philanthropist, and later governor of the state.

06/08/2026
Come hear from Jasper in person on June 10 at 7 PM at the Athenaeum!📚His new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t, is a po...
06/05/2026

Come hear from Jasper in person on June 10 at 7 PM at the Athenaeum!

📚His new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t, is a powerful investigation into the fraught history and ominous future of military education in the United States, and how it formed and fuels increasingly volatile strains of American masculinity.



One day. 50+ libraries. 15+ TED Talks. One national conversation. We’re joining libraries across the country to livestre...
06/03/2026

One day. 50+ libraries. 15+ TED Talks. One national conversation.

We’re joining libraries across the country to livestream TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures, a powerful day of ideas designed to inform and inspire.

Watch 15+ original TED Talks with us. Stay for reflection and discussion. Be part of the conversation.

Saturday, June 13, 2026
Sessions starting at 2:00pm and 4:00pm
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main St.

Free and open to the public!







How do thieves pull off museum heists? What happens to a stolen Picasso? Are there really so many lasers involved…or is ...
06/02/2026

How do thieves pull off museum heists? What happens to a stolen Picasso? Are there really so many lasers involved…or is that just Hollywood? 🖼️

On Wednesday, June 3 at 6 pm, join America’s only professor of art crime, Erin L. Thompson, PhD., to explore the surprising world of museum heists.

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1171 Main Street
Saint Johnsbury, VT
05819

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

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