Lyceum

:This article is about lyceum as school or as public hall; when capitalized, Lyceum can also be short for Lyceum Theatre.

American lyceums

In the late 1800s and early 1900s there was an informal network of lyceums in the United States, usually in small towns. Professional speakers would tour from town to town, lecturing on history, politics, art, and cultural topics in general, usually holding open discussion after the lecture.

Related Topics:
1800 - 1900 - United States

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The structures were usually a theater or gymnasium space, often adjacent to or part of the Town Hall.

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The best description of this mostly forgotten phenomenon might be a cross between the European coffeehouse of the 17th and 18th centuries with the organizational aspects of vaudeville.

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Coffeehouse - Vaudeville

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