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Summer Exhibit 2025 – Jamestown Organizations: Creating a Community
The summer 2025 exhibition in the Jamestown Museum tells the stories of Jamestown organizations and how they affected the growth and development of our island community.
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July Exhibit in Town Hall: Vital and Essential Records: Birth to Death
In the July exhibit in the display case in the foyer of Town Hall, documents from the JHS collection record all life’s turning points from a birth certificate to a last will and testament.
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June Exhibit in Town Hall: Catharine Morris Wright: Artist, Author, Philanthropist
Kit Wright, as she was known to everyone, was born in Philadelphia in 1899. She died at Fox Hill Farm in 1988.
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April Exhibit in Town Hall: Some of Our Favorite Things
The April 2024 exhibit features objects in the JHS collection that are seldom exhibited.
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Summer Exhibit 2024 – An Island Economy: Jamestown Businesses
The summer 2024 exhibit looks at Jamestown’s changing economy and at the businesses that the growth spawned.
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JHS Photos at the Golf Club
The JHS prepared 30 breath-taking historic photos of Jamestown sports and outdoor activities for the walls of the 2nd-floor community space.
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Extraordinary Women of the East Bay
Extraordinary Women of the East Bay, featured here with short histories of their lives and accomplishments.
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Postcard Project: Quarantine Quandary
In order to have some sort of historical record of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on Jamestown, we sent out a request – make a postcard out of anything on hand!
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Black History in Jamestown
Over the years, the Jamestown Historical Society has collected stories, artifacts, and photos that highlight the role of African Americans in settling and contributing to the growth and prosperity of Jamestown.
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Land Agreement Prepurchase Contract, 1657
The original, signed prepurchase agreement was acquired by the Jamestown Historical Society in 2005.
