Past Events
YesterFest! 2011
Please see our YesterFest! page for photos from our family-oriented fundraising event.
A number of members of the Antique Automobile Club of America recently visited the Taber Museum. In attendance were Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Meyer of West Simsbury, Connecticut. Mr. Meyer looked jaunty in his Model A Ford, a Deluxe Phaeton from 1930! Approximately forty-six visited the Museum. Front and center was the 1919 Model T which was lovingly restored by Ferd Page and given to the Museum in 2010.
Society Program: Privy To It:
Historical Uses of the Outhouse
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. Sometimes, of course, items fell out of
pockets or out of the hands of the occupants. He brought
along many examples of artifacts recovered during
archeological excavations of privy pits, including bottles,
broken stoneware (crockery), marbles, doll’s heads, coins,
and a set of false teeth! The audience kept Mr. Lee
busy with many questions about this fascinating subject.
Military Gallery opening reception, April
12, 2011
The Taber Museum's redesigned and expanded military gallery titled Voices from the Field, Voices from Home: Lycoming County's Military History opened with a reception on April 12. This was the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, which started the Civil War. Attendees enjoyed food and drink provided by LCHS Board members and took the opportunity to see the new exhibit, which highlights the experiences of Lycoming County residents during the nation's military conflicts from the Revolution through today. This is our newest permanent exhibit, so please come by to take a look.
YesterFest! 2010 took place at the Taber Museum on September 25,
2010. Attendees enjoyed children's activities, military
re-enactors, craft vendors and a yard sale, music by local
performers such as the Repasz Band, and much more. Watch for
news about YesterFest! 2011, scheduled for October 8, 2011!
Children's Valentine and Leprechaun Workshops, February and March
2011
Children spent two afternoons at the Taber Museum creating craft projects. In February, they made Sailors' Valentines by decorating wooden boxes and frames with seashells, and in March, they made leprechaun banks. Future workshops are planned, so keep watching the Events page for more information.
Children's Spring Workshop, 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 lobby.
