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Northshore October 2025
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum is easy to miss. Housed in a modest shingled building, it fits right in with the other historical structures in downtown Essex. Some people have called it a “stealth museum,” beloved by those in the know, but not doing much to court attention. Lately, though, that’s begun to change. “It’s been a community grassroots, but very off-the-radar operation for a long time,” says KD Montgomery, who was appointed executive director of the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum in 2021. “One of my goals is to get us onto the radar. Let’s make sure people know we’re here and what we have to of
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