Gallery Talk: Celebrating the Semi-Quincentennial
The Luzerne County Historical Society will offer a gallery talk about its newest exhibition, “Celebrating the Semi-Quincentennial 250 Years of History” on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 7 p.m. The
The Luzerne County Historical Society will offer a gallery talk about its newest exhibition, “Celebrating the Semi-Quincentennial 250 Years of History” on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 7 p.m. The
On Friday, January 30st at 7pm, the Luzerne County Historical Society (LCHS) invites you to the formal opening of its newest museum exhibition, “Celebrating the Semi-Quincentennial: 250 Years of History.”
The 1918 strain of influenza was unique among most types of flu, as it had a high mortality rate among 15 to 34-year-olds, rather than the oldest and weakest of
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
Lewis Hine. Noon hour in the Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1911. Images of miners covered in black coal dust and Lewis Hine’s iconic photographs of
While everyone is at home I thought it would be cool to look at something a little different this week: a historic cookbook! Most of us have cookbooks laying around,
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
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
The following is the first in a series of blog posts titled “FIC: Stories of Items “Found in Collection”. FIC is a museum industry term for items that were, well,
A 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