The Lawrence History Center engages the community by employing collection materials through physical and online exhibits, symposia, educational programs, and research services to foster understanding of the interaction of the built community and the lives of those who live and work there.
Here are some examples of past exhibits:
- [2019] Ansha Sholum at 100
- [2018] Made in the USA: Reflections on Bread & Roses
- [2013] DPLA Exhibition: Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that Changed Labor History
- [2012] Centennial Exhibit: "Short pay! All out! The Great Lawrence Strike of 1912"
- [2012] Centennial Exhibit: The Lewis Hine Project: Stories of the Lawrence Children
- Essex Company Documents
- Panoramas of Lawrence
- [2010] New Deal for Lawrence: 75th Anniversary of WPA (Works Progress Administration)
- [2008] Turn Verein Hall: A Sound Mind in a Sound Body
- [2007] Postcard Exhibit: "Wish You Were Here..."
- [2001] Lawrence and the History of Public Health
- [1999] Black History exhibit on display at the Lawrence High School Library
- [1996] Asia in Lawrence
- Another Fallen Hero
- Children of the 1912 Strike Posters
- Historic Maps of Market Street Fire (2008) Neighborhood
- Cultural Life of Lawrence