Archives Show & Tell

Ever wonder what an archives is and what do we collect?

Come learn about the local history collection at the Montauk Library in an afternoon open-house type show-and-tell program inviting patrons to get hands-on with history.

We’ll travel back to 1857 when Montauk only had one road and Lake Montauk was a freshwater lake. See what the lighthouse looked like before the daymark was painted and before coastal erosion took feet off the shoreline. Learn about some of the first structures in Montauk and the early photographic processes that captured them.

The event is free and open to the public.

Drop-ins are welcome anytime between 1 and 3 pm.

Host or Publisher Montauk Library