What's New at the Taber Museum?
The Taber Museum hosted its Society Program on Sunday, July 15, 2012 featuring John Lee, who portrayed Civil War Chaplain McCormick, of the Pennsylvania Bucktails.
The Taber Museum hosted its fourth Coffee Hour program on Thursday, June 14 with guest speaker John Deppen recounting the life of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock.
Guest speaker Lou Hunsinger, Jr., writer and journalist, presented his lecture on “Lycoming County During the Great Rebellion”.
The Lycoming County Genealogical Society and the Lycoming County Historical Society were pleased to present John P. Deeben, of the National Archives, on Saturday, May 19. A native of Sunbury, John is a Genealogy Archives Specialist with the Research Support Branch (RC-DC) at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.
Carolyn Ludwig as Tillie Pierce and Norman Ludwig as Provost Marshal Smith describe their experiences at Gettysburg, April 12, 2012.
On Thursday, March 8, John Hunsinger, retired educator, spoke on the Civil War Veteran’s organization, the Grand Army of the Republic and its local chapter, the Reno Post.
The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society has recently been notified that it is the recipient of two grants which will aid in marketing and the production of programming.
The second annual YesterFest! fundraiser was held on the grounds of the Taber Museum on Saturday, October 8, from noon to 6:00 p.m. Those who attended enjoyed touring the Taber Museum, historical demonstrations, children’s activities, games, live music, and other activities.
On Sunday, July 17, Robert E. Lee, III spoke on historical uses of the outhouse to a group of 20 very interested people. During the program, Mr. Lee talked about how outhouses, or privies, were often used to discard broken household items and items that families no longer wanted or needed.
On April 16, 2011 Children spent a rainy morning at the museum decorating Easter baskets with ribbons and beads, and painting non-edible animal cookies to put in them. Each child left us one animal to hang on an Easter tree, which is on display in the Taber Museum.