Night Is One For The Birds At Peabody Institute Library

PEABODY, MA — The Peabody Institute Library Foundation will host a special evening next month to raise money to help preserve one of the final original copies of Audobon's 200-year-old Birds of America print.

The library will host Birds & Bubbly night on April 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will include speeches and information about the conservation process and the history of these prints.

The $50 ticket event will also include hors d'oeuvres, desserts, wine, beer and champagne for those over 21 years old.

The Peabody Institute Library owns one of 119 known original Audubon prints.

Those interested in attending can purchase tickets through Eventbrite here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)