As part of this year's Christmas in old Bourne Village, the Archives would like to invite you to our annual open house at the Bourne Historical Center. Enjoy punch, cheese & crackers, and sweets while talking with friends and taking a look at our festive Christmas decorations.

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We are now open on

Tuesdays 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

and by appointment

Just contact us by email (above)

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To see some of the items which have been digitized:

Click Collections to see information about our collections

Click Images to see some of the images (such as hosebelow) in our digital collections

Click BHS Yearbooks to see our collection of digitized yearbooks

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See our Facebook page for more pictures and to ask questions of both our staff as well as the readers.

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Visit the Bourne Archives if you are interested in researching the history of Bourne, its buildings, and its families--or simply getting a picture of life in the earlier days of Bourne!

The Archives contain Town records, family collections,

photographs, slides, books, maps, oral histories,

and other documentary resources

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Bournedale Foundry

Glass Plate Photographs

Photographs created from glass plate negatives cover the early history of Bourne and the Canal.

Map of Monument Beach around 1900

Maps

The map collection includes historical maps of Bourne, Cape Cod Canal among others.

Blackwell cemetery

Cemeteries

The cemetery survey of Bourne includes pictures and documentation of the Town's cemeteries and gravestones.