Panama Canal Museum

The museum houses an extensive collection of Panama Canal books and artifacts available to scholars, students and families of former Canal Zone employees.

Formally dedicated on September 24, 2005, the library has at its entrance a plaque commemorating the naming of the museum in honor of Charles W. Hummer, Jr., and another on an inside wall recognizing receipt by the museum of a major collection of materials donated by Richard “Dick” and Patricia (Leach) Bjorneby:

CHARLES W. HUMMER, JR. LIBRARY FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH

This library is dedicated to Mr. Charles W. Hummer, Jr., who, through his foresight, determination and intelligent guidance of the Panama Canal Museum from its inception through its formative and most difficult period, transformed a dream into a reality by creating the museum as a lasting monument to the preservation of the history of the American Era of the Panama Canal. As a founder of the museum, and in his various roles as Executive Vice President, President and President Emeritus, he was a major catalyst in the development of the museum and this library, which houses an extensive collection of documents and other materials in the furtherance of historical research.

THE DICK BJORNEBY COLLECTION

In grateful acknowledgement and appreciation to Richard “Dick” and Patricia (Leach) Bjorneby for the generous contribution of their extensive collection of books, pamphlets and other historically significant library materials, which will be housed in the Charles W. Hummer, Jr., Library for Historical Research and will henceforth be described, referred to and known as “The Dick Bjorneby Collection.”