Williamsport, PA.-The public is invited to attend a farewell look at Echoes of Eden at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from 7:00-9:00pm. There will be no admission charge that evening. Guests will view the exhibition Echoes of Eden in a Rising Republic: Still Life and the Beauty of Becoming, which features a collection of thirty-seven still life paintings from the Neal Milligan Collection. The exhibition continues only through May 31, 2026. A full-color catalogue and posters highlighting the artworks will be available for purchase that evening at a discounted rate. Light refreshments will be served.
The exhibition features the works of Charles Baum, Gustavus Adolphus Behne, William Mason Brown, Edward L. Custer, Joseph Decker, Adelheid Dietrich, Robert Spear Dunning, George Forster, John Francis, Virginia Granbery, George Henry Hall, George Harvey, Paul Lacroix, George Cochran Lambdin, I.L. Masters, Franklin Harrison Miller, William Rickarby Miller, Joseph Biays Ord, Rubens Peale, John Frederick Peto, Severin Roesen, Louis Rondel, Isabella Sullivan and Andrew John Henry Way.
Prominent within the exhibit, six still life paintings of Severin Roesen will bring his works ‘home’ to Williamsport. Roesen was actively painting within the lumber town of Williamsport between 1862 until 1872. Roesen’s still life paintings often portray settings of luscious fruit or abundant floral bouquets. His work received little attention until First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy chose two of his paintings for inclusion in the White House collection.
For further information, please contact the museum by telephoning 570.326.3326.