Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Spring 1983 issue Topics in this article:
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Anthracite Museum, Ashland

  • May 30, 1983: Sculpture Unveiling Commemorating Mine Disaster – 2 P.M.

Black History Conference, Harrisburg

  • May 5-7, 1983: Sixth Annual Conference

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeannette

  • Mar. 13, 1983: Charter Day – 12 to 5 P.M.
  • Mar. 19, 1983: State Bird Day Nature Hike – 10 A.M.
  • Apr. 16, May 14, 1983: Nature Hike – 10 A.M.
  • Apr. 24, 1983: Military Day Programs – 12 to 5 P.M.
  • May 14-15, 1983: Quilt & Needlework Displays – 12 to 5 P.M.
  • May 30, 1983: Memorial Day Service – 9:30 A.M.; Band Concert – 2 P .M.
  • June 10-12, 1983: Second Annual Bushy Run Assembly

Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf

  • May 21, 1983: Children’s Day (Period Games & Crafts) – 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
  • June 4-5, 1983: French & Indian War Encampment – All day

Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall

  • Mar. 15, 1983: Special Evening Tours – 7 to 9 P.M.

Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro

  • June 10-12, 1983: Patriot Days Encampment (Boy & Girl Scouts)

Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly

  • Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 1983: Spring Lecture Series
  • May 15, 1983: Miner’s Mini Marathon Race – 1 P.M.

Historic Preservation Conference, Pittsburgh

  • Apr. 7-9, 1983: Fifth Annual Conference

History Day, Harrisburg

  • May 13, 1983: Fourth Annual Statewide Competition

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Mar. 14-May 20, 1983: Craft Classes
  • Mar. 18-19, 1983: Antiques Seminar
  • June 4-5, 1983: Kunstfest

Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster

  • June 4-5, 1983: Craft Days – 12 to 5 P.M.

Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, Harrisburg

  • Apr. 29-30, 1983: Seventy-Sixth Annual Meeting

Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg

  • May 15, 1983: Memorial DayCeremony – 12 to 5 P.M.

Pottsgrove Mansion, Pottstown

  • Mar. 6, 13, 1983: Charter Day – 12 to 5 P.M.

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

  • May 1, 1983: Sheep Shearing Day
  • May 15, 1983: Annual Tree Planting Ceremony – 2 P.M.

William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg

  • Mar. 1983: Changing Exhibits
    • The Magic World
    • The Wood Carvings of Larkin Scull
    • Scholastic Awards: Art, Photography and Writing, Closes Mar. 6
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • The Lure and Lore of Fishing, Closes Mar. 28
    • Masterpiece of American Architecture (Penn­sylvania Academy of Fine Arts), Opens Mar. 26
  • Apr. 1983: Changing Exhibits
    • The Magic World, Closes Apr. 24
    • The Wood Carvings of Larkin Scull
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • Masterpiece of American Architecture (Penn­sylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
  • May 1983: Changing Exhibits
    • The Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Opens May 26
    • The Wood Carvings of Larkin Scull, Closes May 15
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylva­nia: A 50th Anniversary Tribute, Opens May 17

 

Other Associations

Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia

  • Thru Mar. 31, 1983: Exhibition: “A Touch of Archaeology” – 9:30 A.M. to 5 P.M.

Pennsylva­nia Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

  • Mar. 1-8, 1983: Exhibitions: Women’s History Week

Pennsylvania Folklore Society, Pottsville

  • Mar. 12, 1983: Annual Meeting

Pennsylvania Historical Association, Harrisburg

  • Apr. 29-30, 1983: Spring Conference