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A newly minted graduate of Tufts University\u2019s Museum Studies program has taken the helm of Haverhill\u2019s Buttonwoods Museum. Anna Richards, 31, succeeds Jan Williams, who recently retired after 18 years with the Haverhill Historical Society\u2019s museum. 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