What's New at the Taber Museum?
We WANT YOUR STUFF! The Taber Museum is preparing for its YesterShoppe! indoor yard sale on Saturday, June 13th, from 8am until 4pm and on Sunday, June 14th, from 1pm until 4pm.
The 6-month long exhibit, Echoes of Eden in a Rising Republic: Still Life and the Beauty of Becoming, featuring a collection of thirty-seven still life paintings from the Neal Milligan Collection, is shortly coming to a close and folks gathered with our patron to discuss the exhibit and say "good-bye".
Mark W. Avery spoke at the Taber Museum May Coffee Hour on May 14, 2026 on the life and death of Boyd Cummings, who donated the land which would become Brandon Park, named in honor of Cummings’ sister Jane Cummings Brandon.
Ben Franklin, portrayed by Barry Stevens of Virginia, was well-received by a Taber Museum audience on May 16, 2026.
Bob Schildt was named volunteer of the year at the May 2026 LCHS annual meeting.
Elijah Henderson was named 2026 Richard L. and Miriam L. (Swan) Mix Student Historian, at the May 2026 LCHS annual meeting.
On May 3, 2026, the membership met to hear about the Taber Museum's activities for the past year, select officers, pass a budget and to recognize the student historian and volunteer of the year.
On Sunday, April 26, 2026, historians Earl and Valarie Mowrey led a discussion entitled The Ford Model ‘T’ and Model ‘A’: The Cars that put America on Wheels.
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette recently reported on the America250 related visit of Abigail Adams to the Taber Museum.
Meg Geffken portrayed Martha Washington in March's Taber Museum Society Program
Jack Fisher talked about the history of Pennsylvania's logging era at the first coffee hour of 2026.
The Taber Museum was in the news for its ongoing exhibit, “Echoes of Eden in a Rising Republic: Still Life and the Beauty of Becoming” and the annual voodoo lily display.
The 2026 Richard L. and Miriam L. Swan Mix Student Historian Award competition invites seniors attending schools in Lycoming County to submit an essay in which the student selects a time period from one of the displays at the Taber Museum and becomes a person who lived at that time in history. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of $500.
Ulysses Grant Dietz, Chief Curator (Emeritus) of the Newark Museum, Newark lectured on the ‘Gilded Age’ at the Taber Museum, December 13.
The Williamsport Music Club entertained visitors at the Taber Museum in December 2025.
The much anticipated exhibit of still life paintings from the Neal Milligan Collection opened on December 5, 2025, at the Taber Museum. Local art aficionados were treated to an extraordinary collection or art.
The 2025 Will Huffman Toy Train Expo took place on November 22-23, bringing train fans to the Museum.
Local magazine features an article on Taber Museum Director Gary Parks.
Taber Museum guests who attended the November Coffee Hour displayed a variety of family heirlooms, for the enjoyment of others.
An afternoon of trick-or-treating took place at the Taber Museum on October 25, 2025.