Our mission is to establish, preserve and maintain a collection of objects, artifacts, arts, papers, books, photographs, etc. that document and describe the history and culture of African Americans in the new World, with an emphasis on our local and regional...

The Society's 20,000 artifacts tell many stories behind the development of the county. Three levels of museum exhibits interpret our colorful history from the Conestoga Wagon to the 1902 Duryea to toys, crafts, fine arts, all related to our social history. Here you...

The Reading Public Museum was founded in 1904 to provide a cultural center for fine arts and sciences. The Museum and Arboretum have and continue to be an educational and recreational focal point for the public and local schools. The facility, grounds and collections...

The Reading Public Museum, in Reading, Pennsylvania, has displays featuring science and civilizations, a planetarium and a 25-acre (100,000 m2) arboretum. It also offers educational programs for families, adults and children, and a yearly cultural festival. Galleries...

The Gallery was named after Albright trustee and alumna, Doris Chanin Freedman. On October 31, 1976, the Freedman Gallery was built in a facility forming part of the Campus Center. Perspective was the inaugural exhibit and included works by Jim Dine, Sam Fransic,...

The Mid Atlantic Air Museum was organized to ensure the professional stewardship of a collection that reflects the history of aviation and to enhance the public's appreciation and understanding of that history. The Museum's collection emphasizes the Mid-Atlantic...

Since its inception in 1990, the American Museum of Veterinary Medicine (AMVM) has accumulated an impressive collection of instruments, equipment, medicine, textbooks, and literature from over 150 years of veterinary history. This fascinating collection is of...

The Berks County Heritage Center is a historical interpretive complex commemorating important eras of our cultural history. The Gruber Wagon Works, a National Historic Landmark, the C. Howard Hiester Canal Center, Wertz's Covered Bridge, Melcher's Grist Mill, Deppen...

The Daniel Boone Homestead, the birthplace of American frontiersman Daniel Boone, is a museum that is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is located on nearly 600 acres...

More than 4,000 artifacts have been received, cataloged and displayed or stored in our museum. Cataloging allows us to search the computer to locate a named person, group, event or article, to learn whether or not we have anything about the item for which we searched.