News & Events

What's New at the Taber Museum?

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Matthew T. Carl discussed his new publication, LAQUIN: The Rise and Fall of a Pennsylvania Lumber Town, at the March 2024 Taber Coffee Hour..
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To celebrate Women’s History Month, the Taber has stocked several book titles which celebrate the accomplishments of women.
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The 2024 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.
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This fundraiser is sponsored by The First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania and is a 30-hour online fundraising event, beginning March 13th at 6:00 PM and ending at 11:59 PM on March 14th.
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Pennsylvania Assemblyman Jamie recently toured the Taber Museum.
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Quizzo returned to the Taber Museum, as a fundraiser, in January 2024.
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Taber Museum launches new digital guide to enrich both onsite and offsite visits
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In a well attended Society Event, Karen Frock discussed her documentary "Follow the North Star to Freedom."
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The Taber Museum was the winner of the 2023 Williamsport Sun-Gazette Reader's Choice award for the museum category.
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"The Star" is this year's Taber Museum Holiday Exhibit. The opening was celebrated with an ornament sale on the weekend of December 1.
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Taber Museum participates in annual Victorian Christmas and Will Huffman Train Expo Events.
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Robert E. Lee, III, was the guest speaker at an October 2023 Society Program, speaking on his experiences of digging privy pits and the interesting finds he has found.
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A garden party held at the home of Marc & Paula Rosenthal on September 23, 2023, provided needed funding to the Taber Museum.
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A September 17, 2023, talk by former Trimtex President Bill Henderson brought to life the history of a business that once employed hundreds in Williamsport.
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Huge crowd enjoys a night of food, beer, wine and exotic drinks at Bottles & Brews X, all to support the Taber Museum.
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On Friday evening, August 4, the Taber Museum hosted a reception to highlight the 2023 summer wildlife exhibit, “In the Wilds of Pennsylvania and Beyond.” Clyde Peeling of Reptiland, was the guest speaker.
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The Taber Museum has recently released its Annual Collectors’ Baseball Pin which features a depiction of the L.L. Stearns Department Store papier-mache bell.
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2023 History Day Camp Explored the culture and events of the '50s, '60s & '70s
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The Dr. June E. Baskin Art Camp was held at the Thomas T. Taber Museum during the week of June 19th to 23rd. The camp theme was ‘Arf! Roar! Tweet!—Animals, Animals, Animals.’
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Gary Parks attends crosscut saw demonstration.