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The Lycoming County Historical Society (founded
in 1907) is a not-for-profit educational organization with a
museum, library and archives. Its purpose is to discover,
collect, preserve, and interpret the historical and cultural
heritage of Northcentral Pennsylvania. It features traveling
exhibits and permanent collections that include:
A Fine and Decorative
Arts Gallery
The Art Gallery exhibition integrates three art
collections, the Taber Museum’s general collection, the John
Sloan Art Collection, donated to the Taber Museum by Helen Farr
Sloan in 1976, and the Park Retirement Home collection,
currently on extended loan to the museum. The exhibit showcases
artworks dating from the late 18th century into the 20th
century. Artists featured include John Sloan and his
contemporaries, Severin Roesen, John Wesley Little and Frances
Tipton Hunter, Henry Young, and Jacob Maentel.
Lycoming County History,
1769 – 20th Centuries
Learn about Lycoming County and its people. Here are
just a few of the exhibits and period rooms that you will enjoy.
Learn the history of the Lumbering Industry, the region’s major
economic enterprise in the 19th century.
The James Bressler
American Indian Gallery
Uncover the history of the county’s first inhabitants,
the American Indians, in our state-of-the-art American Indian
Gallery. Illustrations, graphics, dioramas, and locally
discovered artifacts bring the story to life.
The LaRue Shempp Model
Train Exhibit
Row after row of vintage toy trains, the earliest
dating from the 1870s, fill the room. The exhibition includes
models by Ives, Lionel, American Flyer and European companies.
Of the 300 models, twelve are one of a kind. The exhibit
includes two working layouts, one in standard and one in HO
gauge; a computer train simulator; and a Thomas the Tank Engine
wooden railway play table.
Come see for yourself - a wonderful blend of area
history - all at your finger tips.
The Thomas T. Taber Museum of
the Lycoming County Historical Society
858 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Call for information about current activities and exhibits:
(570) 326-3326 or visit
http://tabermuseum.org
Hours include: Tue through
Fri: 9:30 am - 4 pm; Sat: 11 am - 4
pm; and
Sundays: 1 pm - 4 pm (open Sundays
May 1 through Oct. 31).
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