Derry News — Making history: Students preserve Derry's past at local museum
In early 2022, Derry News reporter Julie Huss visited the Museum and talked with our Junior Historians.
Read an excerpt here, and the full article on the Derry News website.
DERRY — They’re all about history and keeping Derry’s rich past and traditions alive and organized.
A group of junior historians are volunteering at the Derry Museum of History. They visit the downtown venue located in the Adams Memorial Building every week to help categorize the artifacts and collections that come in to the museum.
Their help is key, museum supporters say, when it comes to maintaining the many exhibits and items that need to be archived.
The group got its start when students were attending Derry’s St. Thomas Aquinas School, becoming friends and taking a big interest in history and the community’s rich past.
St.Thomas teachers Sue Gauthier and Erin Gagliardi took the reins, forming an official history club and eventually helping students hone their interests in the past.
The Derry Museum of History welcomes a group of junior historians who work weekly to help categorize and organize the museum’s collections. Pictured are Tyler Welch, Calvin Plante, Angela Garcia, Luke Hanson, and Carmen Negron. Others missing from photo are Patrick Garcia, Saskya Clark, and Arianna Richman.
Photo & Caption by Julie Huss for the Derry News.