Forgotten Destinations: Ghost Towns, Extinct Cities, and Archaeological Ruins
| When | Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| Where | Clark Library Hatcher Library South, Second Floor View floor plan |
| Event type | Reception/Open House |
| Series | Third Thursdays at the Library |
Ghost towns are places with visible infrastructure but no residents, usually as a result of economic decline or natural disaster. Explore our collection of cartographic materials that showcase ghost towns, ruins, and other abandoned and destroyed locations around the world, including some that were rebuilt. We'll have on display maps of mining camps in the West, archaeological charts of ancient ruins in Mexico, and more.
Join us in the Clark Library (on the 2nd floor of Hatcher) for Third Thursdays at the Library, a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our collections.
While you’re here, pick up a Third Thursday Passport and collect a stamp from each of the three Third Thursday Open Houses — the Clark Library, International Studies, and Special Collections Research Center — to win a prize.
Portion of a Utah Tintic mining map, U.S. Geological Survey, 1898.
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Caroline Kayko · ckayko@umich.edu
Library events are free and open to the public, and we are committed to making them accessible to attendees. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate, please notify the listed contact with as much notice as possible.