MATTAPOISETT — Attend the Mattapoisett Museum’s upcoming annual meeting for a discussion on historical erasure.

Linda Coombs, historian and member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, will speak about the systematic reduction or elimination of the presence of a people when history is being related by their colonizers of the original people.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 4 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mattapoisett Museum at 5 Church Street.

Coombs will also talk about the museum’s upcoming permanent exhibit about the Wampanoag.

The upcoming exhibit, titled “From the Land to the Shore: The Wampanoag of Mattapoisett,” will explore the history and culture of the Wampanoag People and will follow the story of the early contact period and colonization through King Philip’s War and its outcomes to t he Wampanoag culture and community as they exist today. The exhibit will weave in local, Tri-town-related examples of broader historical narratives when possible.