Looking for a unique experience for your child this summer? The Pennsylvania Lumber Museum is excited to present its hands-on History Camp. Children ages 10-18 will spend two full-days immersing themselves in the rough and tumble lifestyle of a 19-century woodhick. On day one, campers will try activities like using a crosscut saw, rolling a…
Our biggest event of the year! Lively special programs, contests, and demonstrations all celebrating woodhick skills. Unique food and craft vendors, live music, games at the kid’s corner, operation of our sawmill and birch still, blacksmithing, camp cooking, chainsaw carving, and door prizes. Visitors are encouraged to compete in the greased pole, log rolling, crosscut…
A critically acclaimed national recording group will be performing a free public concert indoors at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum at 7 pm on Saturday, June 22. Potter County Creative Council (PC3), the new countywide arts and culture organization, presents the California Guitar Trio for a program from multiple genres – from classical to rock, from…
Join local basket artist Cathy Snyder of Creations by Catherine for a small berry basket making class hosted at the PA Lumber Museum. Learn how to make your own handmade original basket. Choose from a variety of hand-dyed reeds to create a custom look. A great class for beginners whether you are an adult or…
The community of Galeton’s 15th annual World Wide Knitting in Public Day will be held at the museum this year. Celebrate all things fiber with knitters, spinners, weavers, shepherds, and others from the greater area. Learn how to do some of these fiber arts or bring a project to work on and join in the…
Join author Matthew Carl, Executive Director of the Bradford County Historical Society, for a talk about his new book. Based on 31 years of research by the author, this comprehensive new book shares new information and images of Laquin that bring this ghost town alive. Copies of the book will be available for sale in…
Learning stations across the museum provide students with the opportunity to watch demonstrations, try hands-on activities and talk with knowledgeable staff to discover what it was like to work in Pennsylvania’s forests.
High School students from across Potter County gather at the PA Lumber Museum to test their knowledge about the natural world. Hands-on activities in forest management, aquatics, wildlife, and soils are led and graded by industry professionals. The winning team is eligible to compete in the state-wide Envirothon later in May.
Join us for a family fun event where vendors will be on hand selling a variety of items like furniture, glassware, coins, books, clothing, and collectibles. A selection of historic trades, including the museum's birch still, will be demonstrated. A cooking demonstration and tasting featuring wild leeks will be in the museum's Mess Hall from…
Although overshadowed, women have always been part of lumber history. Join Museum Educator Jennifer Haines as she shines a light on the women who worked in remote logging camps, operated presses in factories, and held political posts who played important active roles in the state’s courageous and reckless lumbering past. The program will be held…
Join us for an educational presentation at the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum on March 14th at 1:00 PM for the talk - Women “Man” Fire Towers. For more than a century, women have played active roles in the protection of Pennsylvania’s forests from fire. Learn about the contributions of these integral workers as Museum Educator Jennifer…
Happy Birthday Pennsylvania! Celebrate King Charles II granting William Penn the charter to found the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with Free Admission to the museum! Apple fritter making demonstration in museum’s Mess Hall from 11:30am until supplies are gone.