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Kids Crafts #2 – Fun With Fossils!
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society will present a series of kids’ craft programs over the course of the summer at the LCHS Museum, 69 Rear South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. On three Thursdays, July 11, July 25 and August 8, at 2:00 pm, children will learn a local history lesson and create a craft that…
“Deeply Rooted in North Carolina: The Story of Two Runaway Slaves”
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society announces a lecture by Dr. Juanita Patience Moss, “Deeply Rooted in North Carolina: The Story of Two Runaway Slaves” on Friday, August 23, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the Luzerne County Historical Society Museum, 69 Rear South Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA. “Deeply Rooted in North Carolina” is based on…
History of Brewing in Luzerne County
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesIn celebration of Octoberfest, the Luzerne County Historical Society will offer a lecture and slideshow entitled, “The History of Brewing in Luzerne County” on Thursday, October 10, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the LCHS Museum, 69 Rear South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. The lecture will be presented by LCHS Director of Operations and Programs Mark J.…
Gallery Talk – Battle of Wyoming at 240
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society will offer a gallery talk about its exhibition, “The Battle of Wyoming at 240: Revolution on the Homefront” on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. The exhibition draws on paintings, prints, letters, artifacts recovered from the Battle site and survivor accounts in their own harrowing words. These items combine…
Mining our Past: What We Can Learn from Photographs of the Past
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesA regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will take place during January 2020. A wide variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Bethlehem, and Port Griffith. The annual event focuses on the history and culture of the anthracite region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Luzerne County Historical Society is proud…
Mindfulness Meditation
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society announces that, in cooperation with Jennifer Ciarimboli, its next monthly mindfulness meditation session at the LCHS Museum, 69 Rear South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, will take place on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 6:30 pm. Meditation is free and open to all participants. Bring your Yoga mat or cushion and join…
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…
“Meet the Author”: Max Furek
LCHS Museum Rear 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society will host a presentation about the book, Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, The Buoys, & “Timothy.” Rock journalist Maxim W. Furek will conduct the event on Friday, November 4, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The program will be held at the Historical Society Museum, 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre,…
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…
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…