Annual Appeal 2025

Annual appeal 2025

This has been a remarkable year at the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum. Together, we have strengthened our role as a cultural cornerstone for Essex and Cape Ann, and the momentum is only growing.

In 2025, we:

• Welcomed record numbers of visitors and students to our shipyard and galleries.

• Expanded environmental stewardship programs on the Essex River, empowering young people to take an active role in protecting the marsh and coast.

• Preserved and shared more of our extraordinary archival and artifact collections.

• Brought history to life through hands-on boatbuilding, exhibits, lectures, and festivals that connected our community in new and meaningful ways.

As we look to 2026, we are excited to build on this progress with even more opportunities for education, preservation, and community engagement. We are committed to keeping Essex’s story alive—not only as history to be remembered, but as living lessons of resilience, ingenuity, and connection to the natural world.

Your support makes this possible. By renewing your commitment today, you are fueling a movement that bridges past and future, connects people to place, and ensures that the legacy of Essex shipbuilding continues to inspire for generations.

Please consider making a gift today. Together, we will make 2026 our strongest year yet.