This post is well overdue, but before the summer officially winds down (!), we wanted to share some photographs from this year’s Cambridge Open Archives event, which took place June 19-22.
This year, seven archives, special collections, and collecting institutions in Cambridge opened their doors to the public to showcase some of their most interesting materials. The theme this year was “Living and Dying in Cambridge.”
Check out a brief slideshow below of some highlights from this year’s archives tours. Photos courtesy of attendees and archivists.
A huge thanks to this year’s participants and their fabulous archivists, curators, librarians and staff:
Mount Auburn Cemetery, The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University, the Harvard Semitic Museum, Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters, The Cambridge Historical Society, the Cambridge Room at the Cambridge Public Library, and the Harvard Art Museums Archives.
Next year marks the 10th anniversary of Cambridge Open Archives, so stay tuned for updates on what we’ll be planning!