Current Museum Exhibit
Exhibits change at irregular intervals depending on local events. Stop by to see what’s on display today!
Online Resources:
Our Digital Heritage Collection
Our Digital Heritage collection is a product of the NOBLE Library network. It presents historical photographs and images of historical items relating to the history of our community. In addition, we actively add new resources that will become a part of Winthrop history.
Yearbooks
The Library maintains digital copies of the Winthrop High School Yearbook, The Echo, which are available on the Internet Archives at https://archive.org/details/winthroppubliclibrary.
Project completed at no cost to the Town of Winthrop, but federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and administered by the Boston Public Library.
The following yearbooks are available to either download to your own device, or to simply view them online.
1915, 1918-1931, 1933-1968, 1970-1971, 1975-2014
If you own a copy of any of the missing years, and would like to lend it to us, we could scan it and return it to you. It would be greatly appreciated.
Death Records
The Winthrop Town Clerk has digitized Town Death Records for the years 1853 – 1967. These are digital copies of the original certificates and they’re fascinating. This project was also done by the Boston Public Library at no charge.
Project completed at no cost to the Town of Winthrop, but federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and administered by the Boston Public Library.
Other Resources
Winthrop Memorials: https://winthropmemorials.org/
History Of Deer Island
Go to Read for Free and then Page 168
Edward Rowe Snow was born in Winthrop, MA and is an American author and historian who focused on the New England area.
“Always Devoted to Such Use: Sacrifice Zones and Storage on the Boston-Revere Border”
Essay about the oil tanks on the Revere/Boston border that were originally built on tidal flats and are now proposed for redevelopment. It’s full of many maps and images covering the Winthrop area.
