Celebrating 25 Years
Celebrating its 25th year in 2026, Trails & Sails is your ticket to discovering extraordinary places in your own backyard. Be guided through unique experiences on land and sea, explore historic properties, and take part in all kinds of cultural activities.
Find what makes Essex County like nowhere else.
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26
Phillips Library Open House: Recent Acquisitions
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Join Phillips Library staff members for an informal, hands-on viewing of materials acquired during the past year. The wide variety of objects on display (manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, maps, broadsides, ephemera, artists’ books and more!) will reflect the local and global scope of our collections. Visitors are welcome to handle the items on view, and there…
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A Look Inside the Essex County Jail Records (1854-1970s)
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Built in 1853, the Essex County Jail in Lawrence, MA operated for more than a century before closing in the 1980s and later being demolished. In 1997, records dating from 1854 through the 1970s were rescued from destruction and transferred to the Lawrence History Center, where they have been preserved and organized. In this lecture,…
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27
Merrimack Mishoon Canoe, Indigenous Family Programs
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Due to inclement weather, this event has been moved to the inside of the Custom House Maritime Museum. Imagine Studios and Newburyport Indigenous Peoples Day Event (10/10/2026) welcomes the public to view the Merrimack Mishoon, 20 foot dugout canoe, and learn about Indigenous maritime traditions with cultural artisans and educators, Larry Spotted Crow Mann (Ohketeau…