Students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School women’s studies class open the exhibit Women and Crime: Victims and Perpetrators at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Monday, May 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. The students initially came to the museum to research criminal records in the museum’s archives and subsequently learned what goes into preparing an exhibit. Women and Crime: Victims and Perpetrators will be up through June 1.

Admission to the reception is free. For more information, call 508-627-4441 or visit mvmuseum.org.