External Photo, AAS The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is an independent research library founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The library's collections document the life of America's people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Collections include books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, manuscripts, music, graphic arts, and local histories.

Recent Acquisition
recent acquisition Amateur Newspaper Collection
Our holdings of pre-1901 amateur newspapers have been growing by leaps and bounds thanks to generous donors. more ...

 

Online Inventory
Portraits at the American Antiquarian Society

Portrait Inventory A fully illustrated inventory of the painted portraits, miniatures and sculpted portrait busts at the American Antiquarian Society is now available online

 

Alliance for AAS
Make your gift today Collect, preserve, make accessible and become a member of the Alliance for the American Antiquarian Society

 

Stacks Free public tours of Antiquarian Hall, the Society's library building, are given every Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The tour lasts about one hour.

 

facebook AAS has a Facebook page. To become a Facebook "fan" of AAS, visit the AAS page and click the "become a fan" link in the upper right-hand corner.

 

Common-Place

TeachUSHistory.org


Upcoming Closings

November 25: The library will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

November 26 and 27: The library will be closed both Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Upcoming Events

For a complete listing of upcoming events at AAS, please view our online calendar of events.
reading room hours | calendar of holidays

Academic Seminar
November 23 : Lloyd Pratt will present The Anatomy of a Stranger: Slavery and the Bible in African American Literature more information


Latest News

November 16, 2009
America's Historical Newspapers has recently expanded the number of newspapers available online more information

October 26, 2009
An employment opportunity for a book scanning operator is now available.

October 22, 2009
An overview of Native American history resources at AAS is now available.

October 15, 2009
Past is Present AAS has launched Past is Present, an online forum for early American discovery, discussion, and diversion

October 15, 2009
The latest issue of Common-place is now available online.

October 6, 2009
A new list of recent scholarship: publications and other works based on research at AAS is now available.

Drawings September 23, 2009
Volume 5 of A History of the Book in America has recently been published. more