LCHS Museum
Doing Anthracite Region Research: Some Available Resources
Bishop Memorial Library 49 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to once again be participating in Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, as on Tuesday, January 25, from 7pm to 830pm we will be holding the public program: Doing Anthracite Region Research: Some Available Resources; This virtual lecture held over the Zoom virtual platform will feature as speakers: John Fielding,…
Virtual Auction #5
Bishop Memorial Library 49 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesOn Thursday, June 16th, the Luzerne County Historical Society will hold its fifth online auction on the virtual Auctria platform. This auction will run through Sunday, June 19thth. The auction will once again feature a wide variety of books, maps, lithographs, and other ephemera. (Note: All items in the auction have been deaccessioned due to…
Gallery Opening: “The Artwork of Jacob Cist: Window into a Renaissance Man”
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesOn Friday, September 16th at 4pm we hope you will join us as we formally open the exhibition: "The Artwork of Jacob Cist: Window into a Renaissance Man". This exhibition features portraits, nature drawings, blueprints, sketches, works of the human form, and invention designs from Wilkes-Barre's own botanist/inventor/postmaster/scientist/architect/fossil collector Jacob Cist. Have a glass…
Ellen Webster Palmer and the Breaker Boys of Wyoming Valley
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesOn Thursday, March 3oth, at 7pm, the Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to present Ms. Andrea Lowery as she presents the lecture: “Ellen Webster Palmer and the Breaker Boys of Wyoming Valley”. Join Andrea as she discusses both the life and work of Ellen Webster Palmer, and her own personal connection to her as…
Kids Crafts During The Fiesta
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society will host a series of drop-in crafts for children during the Fine Arts Fiesta, May 18-20, 2023. Join the LCHS’s Museum Manger Allyson Earl and Director of Operations Mark Riccetti Jr. in a series of activities that includes Native American Style beading and jewelry, a draw-your-own powder horn craft, and…
A Walk in Wilkes-Barre in the Era of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society announces that it will host a brand-new walking tour entitled: “A Walk in Wilkes-Barre in the Era of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War” on Saturday July 22, 2023. This walk, which draws heavily from the Society’s publication Lincoln: Luzerne County Friends and Foes, will give attendees a view into…
AMHM – Mining in the 21st Century
Eckley Miners Village 2 Eckley Main Street, Weatherly, PA, United StatesAs part of the greater celebration of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, on January 17th at 7pm, the Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to partner with the Anthracite Heritage Museum to host Justin W. Emershaw, a Mining Engineer at the Atlantic Carbon Group, Inc. who will speak on the Anthracite Mining that still takes place…
Exhibition Opening – “Luzerne County Decides”
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesJoin us on Friday, May 31st, for the reopening of the LCHS Museum and its newest exhibition "Luzerne County Decides". Featuring buttons, ribbons, pins, pictures, and signs, "Luzerne County Decides" looks back on elections at the local, state, and national levels, from 1836 - 2016. The opening will run from 5pm to 7pm and feature…
AMHM – “Jacob Cist: Pennsylvania Anthracite Pioneer”
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesAs part of the greater celebration of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, on Thursday, January 30th at 7pm, the Luzerne County Historical Society will hold a lecture entitled "Jacob Cist: Pennsylvania Anthracite Pioneer". Join us and learn about the scientist, artist, and naturalist that was Jacob Cist, the man who was really the first to grap…
The Dorrance Sisters and Rose Cultivation
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesIn celebration of Women's History Month, on Thursday, March 27th, 2025, the LCHS will host a lecture on the Dorrance sisters and their famous greenhouses, presented by researcher and journalist Tom Mooney at the LCHS Museum, Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. The Dorrances lived on the Wyoming Valley's West Side and were noted…