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940 Centre Avenue
Reading, PA 19601
610-375-4375
New
Museum Hours:
Tuesday
- Friday
10:00am - 3:00pm
Saturday
9:00am - 3:00pm
New Library Hours:
Tuesday -
Closed
Wednesday - Friday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday
8:00am - 4:00pm
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Museum Store
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Nolde Forest Pottery Holiday Collectibles
Now Available!
Published by the PA Folklife Society $19.95
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Henry Janssen Library Book Club
Meeting
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Historical Review of Berks County
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Winter 2015 edition now available in our Museum Store! $10.00
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New BHC Bus Trip!
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Charlie Adams & Historic Princeton
Saturday, June 4, 2016
7:00AM-7:00PM
Charlie Adams once again spends the day with the Berks History Center on this "friendraiser" bus trip, sharing his ghostly tales and historic tidbits as we journey to and from historic Princeton.
Later we will tour Rockingham, the final wartime headquarters of General George Washington, where in 1783 he
received
word that the Treaty of Paris had been signed, officially ending the Revolutionary War. As we turn back to Reading a stop will be made at the recently opened Grounds for Sculpture. This magical place where art and nature play is home to almost 300 sculptures, many of them monumental
by
distinguished
artists such as Clement Meadmore, Anthony Caro, and Beverly Pepper.
Includes Motorcoach transportation by Elite Coach, guide service and guide gratuity.
$90 members/$100 non-members
Registration and payment deadline: May 20, 2016
To register contact Vicky Heffner at 610-375-4375 or education@berkshistory.org
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Tune in to see our monthly program on BCTV!
The show airs LIVE on the FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 7:00pm and is repeated Friday at 10:00pm, Saturday at 6:00pm, and Sunday at 9:00am of the same week.
Our next BCTV Program will air on April 6, 2015 at 7:00pm.
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*Please note! Off-street parking is available in our Henry Janssen Library lot (160 Spring Street) directly behind the Berks History Center (940 Centre Avenue).
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Daniel Boone Homestead
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February 13, 2016
Charter Day Open House
12-4pm
For more information call
610-582-4900
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Leesport Lock House
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Sat. Hours - 10AM-4PM
Sun. Hours - 12PM-4PM
Call 610-926-5770 for more information.
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Click here to check out Pretzel City Productions Facebook page.
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Second Saturday at BHC
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Girl-Centric: Painting the Canvas of Art and Feminism in Berks County
Presented by Valerie Malmberg, gallery director at Greshville Antiques & Fine Art, and nationally recognized expert and appraiser on paintings from Berks County, will talk about her career and women artists of Berks and the overall acceptance (or non-acceptance) of women in the men's world of art.
Sponsored by the Berks County Commission for Women.
For more information call 610-375-4375 or click here.
$5.00 members, $8.00 non-members
Off street parking available at the Henry Janssen Library
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Berks History Center Conference - 2016
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Berks History Conference
April 23, 2015,
8:30AM-4PM
L
unch will be provided. Call 610-375-4375 for reservations by April 2nd, 2016.
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BB&T Donates to Berks History's EITC Program
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BB&T Market President Dave Roland presents BHC Executive Director Sime Bertolet
with a check in the amount of
$2,000,
which BB&T gave to the BHC through the Educational Improvement Tax
Credit (EITC) program. A big thanks to BB&T for supporting Berks History Center's youth education programs through the EITC program.
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BCTV Antique & Collectible Appraisal Show
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Henry Janssen Library
160 Spring Street
Reading, PA 19601 |
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The Henry Janssen Library is a state of the art genealogical and historical research facility at the Berks History Center. HJL is acknowledged to be one of the best and most thoroughly indexed collections of county data in Pennsylvania.
For more information click
here
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About Berks History Center
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The Berks History Center / Historical Society of Berks County is an educational center that serves to engage and excite our community by interpreting its unique past to understand the present and inspire the future.
To preserve, educate, inspire.
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