On March 8th–Pennsylvania’s Birthday - celebrate King Charles II granting our state's founder, William Penn, the charter to establish the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with Free Admission to the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum! Enjoy a craft activity in the Program Room as well as an apple fritter making demonstration and tasting in the museum’s Mess Hall from…
Lumberjack Day & Pancake Breakfast at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum is an opportunity to shake off the winter blues with some black and red flannel and enjoy some lumberjack fun. This program offers indoor entertainment for the whole family with axe throwing, lumberjack crafts, and games. Celebrate the “birthday” of the biggest lumberjack of them…
Winter in the Lumber Camp at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum is an annual event to enjoy outdoor fun in the snow with sledding, snow men, and snow art activities. Try your hand at cross-country skis and snowshoes with the help of equipment provided by PA DCNR and volunteer instructors. Tour the wonderful Pennsylvania Lumber Museum and…
Boys and girls will want to head to the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum for this annual holiday event when Santa will greet them in the cab of the museum’s Shay locomotive to listen to holiday requests. Take an instant pic with St. Nick and make a special ornament for your tree. See the Eastern Loggers model…
Enjoy a Halloween walk through the site of the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum by lantern light and listen to ghost stories and enjoy some trick-or-treat along the way. Decorate pumpkins, make pinecone birdfeeders, and have some refreshments in the museum program room. Costumes encouraged. Lantern tours are on-going. Don't miss out on some ghoulish fun for…
Learning stations across the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum provide students with the opportunity to watch lumber demonstrations, try hands-on activities and talk with knowledgeable staff to discover what it was like to work in Pennsylvania’s forests. This hands-on educational event is a great way for students and school groups to learn about the work that led…
The Pennsylvania Lumber Museum is the place to be this September for a rollicking fun time! Put on your flannel, grab a mug, and join the celebration for an evening of lumberjack competitions, craft beer, music, food, and fun! Watch as semi-pro lumberjacks face-off in a variety of competitions. Live music, food trucks, and craft…
The "hands-on" history camp for kids 10 and older offer an opportunity for youngsters to learn about the history of Pennsylvania's forests and immerse themselves into the lifestyle of the 19th-century "woodhicks" - the loggers and lumberjacks who worked in the trade. On day one, campers will try activities like using a crosscut saw, rolling…
Experience a meal you’ll never forget at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum! Join lumber camp cooks as they serve an authentic Woodhick Dinner in the museum Mess Hall. Dine like a lumberjack on traditional and historic recipes. Before the meal, work up a sweat trying your hand at using a crosscut saw or practicing your aim…
The 16th Annual Galeton community’s celebration of Worldwide Knitting in Public Day will be held at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum. Celebrate all things fiber with knitters, spinners, weavers, shepherds, and other fiber enthusiasts from the area. Learn the “how to” of some of these fiber arts or bring a project to work on and join…
Join author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum at 1:00 PM on May 24th for a discussion of his new book “Cradle of Conservation,” which provides the first comprehensive study of the Commonwealth’s environmental history. From the origins of Penn’s Woods to today’s practice of fracking, discover how people have shaped life in…
What is a "Woodhick"? A ‘woodhick’ is a colloquial term for someone who worked in the lumber industry during the late 19th and early 20th century. Like the term's ‘lumberjack’, ‘woodcutter’, or ‘logger,’ Woodhick describes expert laborers who used axes, saws, spuds, and a variety of other hand tools in their work harvesting lumber. Student groups…