Preserving the Past: A Curator’s Collection

Park Event · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Maryland, Virginia · Aug 28, 2026 · 12:00 PM–3:00 PM

At the nation’s 250-year mark, museum collections help us consider whose stories have been preserved and how Americans shape their shared narrative. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park has a museum collection of more than one million items.

This program showcases a special selection of those items—ranging from herbarium and geology specimens to archival, archaeological, and historical objects—that help tell the stories of Harpers Ferry. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to chat with park museum staff and learn more about the breadth and abundance of materials the park cares for in its collections.

Open House

Open house from noon – 2:00 pm.

Presentation

Presentation from 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Source: National Park Service (public domain).