History
Reading Firefighters Museum Tours
Reading Area Firefighters Museum 5th & Laurel Street, ReadingThe Reading Area Firefighters Museum is committed to the preservation of the Liberty Fire Co. No 5 building. The 1876 built structure at South Fifth & Laurel Streets, Reading, PA. This includes the building contents consisting of firefighting memorabilia, antique furnishings, and the John Wanamaker designed “best room”. Read all about the Reading Area Firefighters ... Read more
Goschenhoppen Folk Festival
Henry Antes Plantation 318 Colonial Road, PerkiomenvilleFor over 50 years the Goschenhoppen Folk Festival has showcased daily life of the Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Over 500 volunteers, dressed in period clothing, use authentic tools to recreate traditional home skills, trades, pastimes, foods, and folk music. You will find yourself surrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of ... Read more
Open House at Pottsgrove Manor
Pottsgrove Manor 100 West King St, PottstownOpen House Days: Historic Cooking and Collections Curiosities Every Saturday in August has something new to discover at Pottsgrove Manor! The public can see select 18th-century items from the Pottsgrove Manor collection up close and ask questions to the curator. Visitors can also find historic summer delights being created in the reproduction kitchen from period ... Read more