What's New at the Taber Museum?
President Abraham Lincoln visited the Taber Museum in July 2026.
On July 19, 2026, the Taber Museum offered a presentations on the views of several women of the revolutionaly era
Thomas Jefferson spoke to folks gathered at the Taber Museum on July 11, 2026.
The July 2026 Coffee Hour featured a presentation by Carolyn Ludwig, who portrayed Tilly Pierce and discussed her experiences during the battle of Gettysburg.
Echoes of Eden Still Life Exhibition ended on May 31, 2026, but the memories shall linger on.
A group of Taber Museum members and guests spent a day seeing museums and parks in New York in June 2026
Shoppers found furniture, glassware, books, records, and all sorts of other treasures at the June 2026 Yestershoppe! at the Taber Museum.
As a part of the America250 celebration, Betsy Ross made an appearance at the Taber Museum
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.