We will be open this Saturday, April 7th, from 10am-3pm. Admission is $5 per person. The Museum is very pleased to announce that we will have 13 Civil War rifles on display for the first time this weekend! We are grateful to a local VFW chapter which generously donated them to us recently. We hope to see you this weekend. A Peaceful Passover and Easter to all!
WHEN: Saturday, March 17th 10am-3:30pm
(lecture on history of Hazleton’s Irish South Side at 1pm and dramatic monologue of mining childrens’ lives at 11:30am and 2pm.)
Admission is $5 per person
WHAT:
~Displays highlighting the local role and impact of the Irish and Irish Catholic (Saint Gabriel’s Highschool memoribilia, Molly Maguire artifacts from the 1870’s and from the 1960’s movie, etc.)
~ A special lecture/Q&A on the history of Hazleton’s Irish South Side by local historian and T.V. personality L.A. Tarone.
~Dramatic monologues about the life of mining children by local actor Bobby Maso.
**Also, a very limited amount of the last Knotty Pines menus (both full and dessert) will be available for purchase!**
Happy New Year to all! We are happy to announce our upcoming Open House. Stop by between 10am-3pm on Saturday, February 4th. admission is $5 per person. Rare footage of old Hazle Park will be rolling throughout the day! We are also glad to have obtained some items from the former Rossi’s Restaurant in Hazle Township, and hope to have these on display by Feb. 4th! See you there!
We would like to invite you to view our great Museum on Saturday, November 26th from 10am-3pm. Admission is $5 per person. Great place to take relatives that are visiting for the holiday! Visit three stories of a very diverse and well kept collection. There is something for everyone, even vintage quarter-operated Pacman machines for the kids or young at heart! See you there! Have a great Thanksgiving!
Fall is almost upon us! Time to mark your calendars for our annual Fall Open House, Saturday, October 1st, from 10am-3pm. Come walk around the Museum, look at old obituaries, see our Knotty Pines display, wander down to our terrific War Room in the basement, or come see authentic Molly Maguire artifacts from the 1870’s. These items and many others, including coal mining, daily life, musical instruments, a great movie poster collection of our homegrown actor Jack Palance and fashion displays, etc. will be available to view in our expansive three story collection! Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children.
P.S. We also have two great vintage Pacman machines that take quarters-these are ALWAYS a big hit with the kids (and the kids at heart!)
Any questions? Call the Museum and leave a message at (570) 455-8576 or email alvinatieri@yahoo.com with the subject line MUSEUM INFO.
Thanks to the generous First Federal Foundation grant earlier this year, and other kind contributions from local private donations, the Museum was able to recently have a new roof and chimney installed! This was a much needed improvement to the building and we are grateful to have it completed before the colder seasons are upon us! We are also having security cameras installed that will have a direct feed into Hazleton PD. We hope that this will serve us and the community we are in, to ensure safety for us and the community. Come down to the Museum for a visit and see what we have, you will be pleasantly surprised by the size and variety of our 3 story collection!
Get out your calendars! We just had a successful “Y” Walks on Wednesdays walk of the houses of worship in Hazleton! Next up is the Vine Street Cemetary Loop walk led by Mr. John Probert, a local expert on much of our local history, he is also the cemetary groundskeeper. Should be highly interesting (dare we say spooky?)! August 3rd! Meet at the YMCA at 5:50pm, walk starts at 6. Better yet, this event is FREE!
After a very long winter, (you were wrong this year Punxutawney Phil!) spring is here and that means it is time for more great events to be announced at the Museum!
- Memoribilia Day- Saturday April 23, 2011 from 10am-3pm at the Museum. This will be a day especially for those interested in seeing some new additions to the former Knotty Pines Restaurant collection at the museum. Original local theater tickets will be available for purchase. Tours will also be available upon request during the hours listed.
-Y walks on Wednesdays- Houses of Faith Walking Tour- Wednesday, June 8, 2010 at 6pm. We are excited to announce a new program in partnership with the YMCA and Keystone Active Zones (KAZ). This tour will be one of two this summer in downtown Hazleton that will get its residents out walking and staying fit, and be interesting and educational at the same time. More information forthcoming- please stay posted!
This past Saturday, February 12, the Museum displayed old photos and information/sales table at the Laurel Mall off of Route 93. Often, when pictures have been donated over the years, many family members do not know all the people in a picture, or accquired the photo from a friend, garage sale, etc. Thankfully, some people were able to identify places and people we were unsure of! Thanks to all that came out and stopped by!
In the news: http://standardspeaker.com/news/history-mystery-history-mystery-day-set-for-saturday-at-laurel-mall-1.1101306
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