Wentworth Gardner House and the Portsmouth Public Library: Exploring the History of Your House – an Introductory Workshop

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Saturday, July 28 from 12:30 to 4:30 Wentworth Gardner House and the Portsmouth Public Library Please register as space is limited: 603.436.4406 or housemanager@wentworthlear.org Are you interested in learning about your house? Ever wonder who owned your home or how old it might be? This workshop will provide information to get you started in developing your own house-history. Local resident and museum curator John Mayer will provide an introduction to resources you can use to develop a house-history including deed research, accessing online sources maps, and many other local resources. Our program will begin with a presentation at the Wentworth Lear Historic Warehouse – then we will walk through a city neighborhood to look at various buildings and evidence of their history, and end at the Portsmouth Public Library where there are many reference materials available. Attendees are encouraged to bring along notepad and paper, and a personal laptop though computers will also be available during the library visit portion of the program. John Mayer is the Executive Director of the Amesbury (MA) Carriage Museum, a small local-history museum. John has over 30 years experience in the museum field and has worked in a variety of positions in history museums of all types. He has expertise in non-profit administration, exhibit development, curatorial routines, care of artifact collections, and preservation of historic structures.