A closer look at the reopened Library & Archives with CAM Library & Archives Director Molly O’Hagan Hardy and other CAM staff and the volunteer community archivists.

As Gloucester prepares for the 400th anniversary of English settlement, we are increasingly turning to the past to make sense of the present. The Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, which has shared this community’s history and culture for almost 150 years, is excited to offer a behind the scenes look at these collections. Guests will have the opportunity to preview highlights of the Library & Archives and to talk with expert researchers. Cape Ann Museum staff, former staff, community archivists and docents will be available to introduce visitors to featured collections and to offer research advice and encouragement.

Featured collections include, but are not limited to:
Genealogical resources   ~   Folly Cove Designers   ~   Charles Olson and his circle
Abolitionists   ~   Digital resources—including Fitz Henry Lane Online and Unfolding Histories
Maritime history   ~   Artists’ collections and files   ~   Historical photographs

Visitors will be welcome to explore and learn about these various collections and how they might use them, while enjoying refreshments and light fare (far away from collections, of course!). To mark this event and to continue to illuminate history, we will also be unveiling an archival installation on Federal Street.

Reservations required. Free and open to the public.

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