Library and Archives

Join us for a conversation with author Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor. Elizabeth, daughter of iconic Black comedian Richard Pryor, discusses her new book, a hybrid memoir and historical exploration of the n-word. Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me peels back the curtain on the private life of her famous father, and interrogates … More Something We Said: Richard Pryor, A Notorious Word and Me!

On the 100 year anniversary, March 16, 2026, the Museum of Worcester will open the exhibit Worcester to the Stars: The Goddard Rocket Centennial. You can thank this boy for communication (TV, internet, phone), navigation (GPS for cars, phones, banking), weather forecasting, and Earth observation (climate, agriculture, disaster response).It would be the beginning of the space … More YOU CAN’T GET TO THE MOON WITHOUT WORCESTER!

by Anne Marie Murphy TidePool Press (Spring 2026) From the Civil War until the 1980s, a small New England city became world-renowned for the corsets it produced. A Proper Fit tells the stories of many of the female corset workers of Worcester, Massachusetts, among them sole proprietor “corsetieres” who created corsets over decades for their … More A Proper Fit: Women at Work in a City of Corsets

Step Into Christmas, 1800s-style: If your holiday spirit needs a little glow-up, Salisbury Mansion is flipping the switch Friday night with the return of its candlelit Home for the Holidays tours. From 5:30–7:30 p.m., wander through Worcester’s only historic house museum as docents from Preservation Worcester walk you through the Salisbury family’s three-generation story next … More Home for the Holidays

WORCESTER — One hundred seventy-five years after the nation’s first organized demand for women’s full political and social rights, Worcester is preparing to mark the moment not just with nostalgia, but with urgency. Organizers of the 175th anniversary of the First National Women’s Rights Convention say the two-day commemoration at Mechanics Hall on Oct. 22–23 … More Worcester marks 175 years since historic women’s rights gathering

Free Admission only on Saturday September 13 from 1-4 pmAt the Gardner Museum in Gardner MA 28 Pearl St Gardner, MA 01440 see below for the list of raffle items