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museums: Columbia PA Clock and Watch Museum - 02/12/09 08:23 AM
A most interesting place to visit in Lancaster County, PA is the National Clock and Watch Museum in Columbia. Run by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, the museum first opened in 1977 with about 1,000 items, but has expanded to over 12,000 items, from the most intricate pocket watches to magnificent granfather clocks and antique animated clocks.
A separate area features railroad watches from the long history of American railroads. Other specialized displays feature French clocks, German musical clocks, tower clocks, and American clocks from 1780 to 1880. The museum is recognized as the largest collection of … (8 comments)
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museums: Lancaster PA Museums - 02/08/09 01:13 PM
Lancaster, PA has a long and colorful history extending back to colonial days. Here are some of the museums that bring Lancaster's cultural and architectural history to life:
The Landis Valley Museum, 2451 Kissel Hill Road, is the largest Pennsylvania German folk museum. There are exhibits of Pennsylvania German (also known as Pennsylvania Dutch) artifacts, and live demonstrations and interpretations of rural life in Pennsylvania from 1740 to 1940. There are activities for the children, buildings, artifacts and crafts, and the Weathervane Museum Store. The Landis Valley Museum is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
James Buchanan's Wheatland is the … (5 comments)
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museums: Maurice Sendak Exhibit - 05/15/08 05:43 PM
The Lancaster Museum of Art is currently presenting a wonderful exhibit: "Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak in His Own Words and Pictures".
The Sendak eshibit was brought to the museum through a cooperative effort of the museum and the Library System of Lancaster County, courtesy of the Maurice Sendak Archive, Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA.
Early manuscripts and rare early edition of Maurice Sedak's books are on display, as will as dramatic room sized posters! There is an interactive area for kids to play in, as well as a TV muaical show from the 1970s of … (4 comments)
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museums: Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata PA - 10/28/07 09:59 AM
Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata PA
Nestled close to the intersection of Routes 272 and 322 lies an ancient compound that predates the modern roads by centuries...
The Ephrata Cloister was a Seventh Day Baptist community established by devout German settlers in 1732.
The Ephrata Cloister is now a museum run by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
The community was run by "brothers" and "sisters". Today, "brothers" and "sisters" can be seen in period costumes as guides, and in activities that would have been typical of life 250 years ago.
Conrad Beissel, the founder of Ephrata, was … (20 comments)
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museums: Vesta Furnace Office, Marietta, PA - 09/02/07 07:39 PM
Vesta Furnace Office, Marietta, PA
Marietta, PA has a long and distinguished history going back to the earliest 1800s, when lumber from the north was floated down the Susquehanna River and sawed in its lumber mills. A good portion of its wealth, reflected even today in its many preserved homes, derived from the iron furnaces that bought the industrial age to our area.
The Vesta Furnace, built in 1868, was the last of eight coal-fired blast iron furnaces constructed in the river floodplain between Columbia and Marietta, and the last complete blast furnace built in Lancaster County. Ore for the … (2 comments)
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museums: Lancaster County PA Firsts & Bests, III - 06/21/07 08:50 PM
Lancaster County Firsts & Bests, III
Lancaster County has an unusual depth of history and variety in its economy. Did you know that for all the commercial and residential growth in recent years, Lancaster County is still the largest producing agricultural county in Pennsylvania?
In Lititz, the Sturgis Pretzel House is the oldest commercial pretzel bakery in the United States! The stone house was built by Peter Sturgis in 1784, and the first pretzels were baked by Julius Sturgis in 1861.
In Elizabethtown, A. Buch & Sons was the first commercial wheelbarrow manufacturer in the U.S.
In Columbia, The National Watch … (2 comments)
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museums: Sturgis Pretzel House to be Renovated - 06/14/07 11:34 AM
In 1784 Peter Sturgis built a lovely stone house at 219 East Main Street, Lititz. In 1861, Julius Sturgis began baking pretzels at the house. The Sturgis Pretzel House, now a Lititz landmark, is the oldest commercial pretzel bakery in the United States.
Lititz Improvement, Inc. has purchased the Pretzel House for renovation. Managed by Dennis Beck, Lititz Improvement is a real estate investment group made up of civic-minded local investors who have purchased and renovated several Lititz buildings in the past.
Modern rest facilities are planned so that the Pretzel House can accommodate bus tours. Lititz Improvement, Inc. … (2 comments)
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museums: The Toy Train Museum, Strasburg, PA - 05/20/07 11:09 AM
The Toy Train Museum, Strasburg, PA
As a member of The Train Collectors Association since 1982, I feel privileged to live nearby the focal point of the TCA, the Toy Train Museum. The museum is located at 300 Paradise Lane, in Paradise Township near Strasburg, PA. It was built as a replica of a Victorian train station, and houses some of the finest collections of toy trains, buildings and accessories in the world. The museum is open to the public for a small admission fee (free to TCA members).
Collections of Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, Ives, Marklin and many … (2 comments)
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museums: The 1719 Hans Herr House, Willow Street, PA - 05/17/07 10:57 PM
The 1719 Hans Herr House, Willow Street, PA
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was originally part of Chester County, the westernmost of the three original Pennsylvania counties. In 1711 the first Mennonite settlement was established, the Mennonites having passed through Germantown on their way west. One of the homes built in the "Conestogoe" Mennonite Settlement, named after the Conestoga Indians, was the Hans Herr house. By 1733 a "king's highway" had been completed, connecting from Philadelphia through Chester to Lancaster. The original Mennonite settlement, once having been on the main route for anyone passing west, was now isolated.
The Hans Herr house, … (8 comments)
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