Posts Tagged ‘Collections’
Reception and Exhibition Soiree
The Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to announce that it will jointly host a reception and exhibition with the League of Women Voters of the Wilkes-Barre Area on Saturday,…
Read MoreFestive Traditions
The Luzerne County Historical Society will once again present its holiday-themed Festive Traditions program at the Swetland Homestead on Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3, 2023, from 1 p.m.…
Read MoreFestive Traditions
The Luzerne County Historical Society will once again present its holiday-themed Festive Traditions program at the Swetland Homestead on Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3, 2023, from 1 p.m.…
Read MoreVirtual Auction #7
On Thursday, June 8th, the Luzerne County Historical Society will hold its seventh online auction on the virtual Auctria platform. This auction will run through Sunday, June 11th. The auction…
Read MoreThe Art of C. Edgar Patience
On Tuesday, February 28th, at 7pm, free on the Zoom digital platform, the Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to present Mr. John Fielding as he presents a lecture on…
Read MoreDoing Anthracite Region Research: Some Available Resources
The 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…
Read MoreFound in Collection Auction
The Luzerne County Historical Society will hold a second online auction on the virtual Auctria platform from Thursday, February 18th – Sunday, February 21st 2021. The auction will be entitled…
Read MoreWyoming Valley Epidemics
The following blog post is a modified version of a column that appeared in the December 2020 edition of The Westside Bulletin. The article originally ran to promote a lecture…
Read MoreFIC: Stories of items “Found In Collection” #3 – The Evolution of a Uniform
Most of the following piece on the Brookside Yanks and the jersey in our collection, was written by Operations Director Mark Riccetti, Jr. and published over a year ago in…
Read MoreFIC: Stories of items “Found in Collection” #2 – Snow White and the Seven…… Shoes?
The following is the next in a series of blog posts titled “FIC: Stories of Items “Found in Collection”. FIC is a museum industry term for…
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