Lycoming County Historical Society
& Thomas Taber Museum

SPECIAL EXHIBITION
A Glance at the Past: The Lycoming County Historical Society Celebrates its First Century, 1907 - 2007
October 5, 2007 – January 12, 2008

            This exhibition takes a look at Lycoming County and its communities over the past 100 years since the Historical Society's birth in 1907.  It includes photographic images from the D. Vincent Smith and Putsee Vannucci Collections, artifacts, historical costumes, artwork, and copies of historical documents including newspaper articles and ephemera.  Part of the exhibition focuses on the history of the Historical Society itself and includes artifacts recovered from the 1960 fire, early Journals, pictures of the old museum and construction of the present building, copies of early LCHS minutes, and photos of people and events.

EXHIBITION
A Page from Our History: Lycoming County in the 1930s
March 20 – December 31, 2007

            As a participant in the project, The Big Read, the Taber Museum presents this exhibit, which draws upon the book To Kill a Mockingbird to establish its theme. With a goal to encourage and rejuvenate an interest in reading, The Big Read project includes programs and activities centered on this novel by Harper Lee. The other participants in this cooperative endeavor are Pennsylvania College of Technology, James Brown Library, the Community Arts Center, Lycoming College, the Williamsport Symphony, and the Community Theatre League. Programs include reading and discussion groups, a showing of the movie To Kill a Mockingbird, a dramatic reading, and musical performances.  Although the novel takes place in a small town in Alabama in the 1930s, this exhibit shows the common threads of small town life all over America. Come check it out.

Museum Hours
Open Year-Round
Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(Sundays open May 1 to October 31)
Lycoming County Historical Society
858 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA  17701
(570) 326-3326             lchsmuseum@chilitech.net