Exhibits and Displays 

Do you have artwork, photography, sculpture, crafts, a collection, or other interesting items to exhibit?  Contact Lucy Loomis at 508-362-6636 or drop her an email at sturgislibrary@comcast.net. 

You can get more information about our exhibit spaces on our website.  To see a list of exhibits and displays coming up in 2012, check out the Now Showing page.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of exhibited art, photography, and crafts benefits the Sturgis Library.  Proceeds are used to enhance library services and programs. 

The following programs are coming up in June and July:

In 1845, William Sturgis of Barnstable was asked to give a lecture in Boston to explain "The Oregon Question." The decision about where to place the border between the U.S. and British Canada out to the Pacific Ocean was being discussed in the press, debated in Congress, and negotiated at the highest levels of two governments.  Sturgis had visited the Northwest Coast on several occasions as a merchant mariner, and was the owner of most of the American vessels then active in the North Pacific.  He was unique in speaking on behalf of the indigenous people of the Pacific Coast, and he suggested the border that was finally adopted.

In this lecture, Dr. Mary Malloy of the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, will introduce the role Sturgis played in this important episode of American History.  The Oregon Question lecture, and the texts of three other lectures delivered by Sturgis to the Mercantile Library Association in Boston between 1845 and 1850, are included in the book, "A Most Remarkable Enterprise," soon to be republished by the Sturgis Library.

This event is part of History Along Route 6A, a series of historical programs in Barnstable and Yarmouth Port that runs from 6 to 16 June. 

Tuesday, July 10th, at 6:30 PM
Book talk with Josh Delaney author of the book Pieces of Eight

Set in the rich landscape of Colonial Cape Cod, this is the tale of the people and events that surround the eighteen-century wreck of the pirate ship Whydah. An impoverished washashore named Sam Bellamy realizes that his only chance for prosperity is to turn to piracy. But his search for fortune will take him away from his sweetheart, Maria Hallett, whose moments of apparent clairvoyance make the townsfolk wonder if she is a witch. Meanwhile, John Julian, a native man, follows the trail of the last wolf on Cape Cod. He is propelled by the belief that it is a messenger from the spirit world that will help him save the land he loves from the encroaching English.
 

Joshua Delaney grew up in Eastham amidst the back roads and old legends of Cape Cod. Following his lifelong interest in history, he earned a Masters in History from Brown University. He also was a New England Press Association award-winning journalist for the Cape Cod Voice magazine. He still lives on Cape Cod where he scours the beaches and libraries, looking for arrowheads, artifacts and old stories. 

 

These programs are offered free of charge. We ask that you register in advance

by calling 508-362-6636 or sending an email to Antonia at sturgisreference@comcast.net.

Library Hours 

The Sturgis Library will be CLOSED on  

Wednesday, July 4th for the Independence Day holiday.

We will be open regular hours for the rest of June and July.  

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