July 2024 Board Meeting

The Board of Trustees monthly meeting will be held on Monday, July 8 at 6:00pm in the Library's Meeting Room.

Library Closed - Independence day

The Library will be closed Thursday, July 4, 2024 in observance of Independence Day.

Scrimshaw Keepsake Boxes Grab-and-Go for Adults

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Adults
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Program Description

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Discover a unique folk art form popularized during the age of whaling. Seeing examples from our collection, find out how whalers carved teeth, bone, and baleen into beautiful works of art with hidden meanings, and create scrimshaw-style art on a keepsake box.

This is a grab-and-go program. Materials can be picked up beginning July 10th. An instructional video will also be emailed to all registrants on July 10th.