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101 South Main St 75 Queen St Muncy, PA 17756 Northumberland PA 17857 Mon Packwood House Museum Slifer House Museum 15 North Water Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837 80 Magnolia Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837 570-524-0323; PackwoodHouseMuseum.com 570-524-2245; SliferHouse.org Packwood House Museum, the former home of John and Edith Built in 1861, the Tuscan mansion was once home of Eli Slifer, Fetherston, is on the National Register of Historic Places and Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, and is now showcases a collection of 18th-20th century Americana, including furnished with period decorative arts for guided tours and a variety furniture, quilts, ceramics, glass, metals, and paintings. of public programs. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am - 5pm; Tours: Thurs.-Sat. at 2pm or by Hours: Thurs. – Sat. 1pm-4pm, mid-April through mid-December appointment. Adult tickets: $7; Seniors 60+: $6; College Students: $5; Children: Free Adult tickets: $10, AAA: $9, Seniors: $7; Children 12 and under: Free World of Little League® Museum and Official Store Post Office Artwork and Sculpture from the New Deal [1933- 525 US 15, South Williamsport, PA 17702 1943] 570-326-3607; Facebook.com/LittleLeagueMuseum In 1933, the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt Rated #1 Family Attraction in Pennsylvania! Interactive fun and announced an ambitious program to place murals and sculptures unusual artifacts educate and entertain all ages who visit the World in public buildings across the country. Artists were encouraged to of Little League® Museum. Speed from home to first, test your paint "the American scene," emphasizing depictions of everyday reaction time as shortstop or play virtual catch with Major Leaguer life. To make them accessible, most artworks were installed in post Mike Mussina. office lobbies. Between 1934 and 1943, Pennsylvania received 94 Hours: Mon. – Sun. 9am-5pm commissions, a number second only to New York. These artworks Adult tickets: $5; Seniors 62 & older: $3; Children 12 and under with offer a common canvas of a Pennsylvania that has faded from the passport: Free landscape, but not from memory. Stop by our post offices to view magnificent works of art and sculpture. Present your passport to the clerk, who will stamp it and provide you with a description of the artwork for your self-guided tour. There are no organized tours or presentations at the Post Offices. Regardless of the number of post offices one visits, post office visits count as only one (1) historic site. Post offices include: Lewisburg Post Office Milton Post Office 301 Market St, Suite 1 29 N Front St Lewisburg PA 17837 Milton PA 17847 Mon. - Fri. 8:30am-4:30pm Mon. – Fri. 8:30am-4:30pm Sat. 9am-12pm Sat. 9am-12pm Mifflinburg Post Office Selinsgrove Post Office 10 N 4Th St 100 S Market St Mifflinburg PA 17844 Selinsgrove PA 17870 ® Mon. - Fri. 9am-5:00pm Mon. - Fri. 8am-4:30pm Sat. 9am-12pm Sat. 8:30am-11:30pm Muncy Post Office Northumberland Post Office WWW.VisitCentralPA.org 101 South Main St 75 Queen St Muncy, PA 17756 Northumberland PA 17857 Mon. – Fri. 7am – 5pm Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9am- The 2016 Passport Program is brought to you by the Susque- Sat. 8:00am – 1:30pm 4:30pm hanna River Valley Heritage Alliance, which is made up of his- Wed. 9am-1pm torical societies and heritage sites in Snyder, Northumberland, Sat. 9am-12pm Lycoming and Union counties. Joseph Priestley House Museum 472 Priestley Ave., Northumberland, PA. 17857 570-473-9474; JosephPriestleyHouse.org The Joseph Priestley House Museum in Northumberland, 1. Passports are available at all participating sites and the Susquehanna Dale/Engle/Walker "1793" House Pennsylvania is the American home of the English minister who River Valley Visitors Bureau. 1471 Strawbridge Road, outside of Lewisburg discovered oxygen. Joseph Priestley House is a National Historic 2. Participants must visit 5 heritage sites to complete the passport 570-524-8666; UnionCountyHistoricalSociety.org Landmark, a National Historic Chemical Landmark and a component program. [Regardless of the number of post offices one visits, post office The 137-acre site is named for the families associated with it. The of the Pennsylvania Trails of History. visits count as only (1) site]. Union County Historical Society holds Sunday afternoon house tours Hours: Sat. & Sun. tours at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. 3. Children must be accompanied by an adult when visiting each site. June-October. Adult tickets: $6; Seniors and AAA: $5.50; Children 12 and under with 4. The passport must be stamped at the participating site at the end of the Celebrate Rural Heritage: July 9th passport: Free visit. Hours: Sun. 1pm and 3:30pm tours, June-October 5. All visits must be completed by August 16. Adult tickets: $5; Student $2; Children 12 and under: Free Mifflinburg Buggy Museum 6. Completed passports are to be returned to any participating historic site 598 Green Street, Mifflinburg PA 17844 listed in the 2016 Passport – excluding participating post offices. Elias Church/Elias Center for the Performing Arts 570-966-1355; buggymuseum.org 7. Completed passports will be eligible for the grand prize drawing. 212-214 South Fifth Street, Mifflinburg, PA 17844 At the Buggy Museum, children can build their own miniature buggy 8. You must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible for the grand prize 570-966-1666; MifflinburgPA.com and explore the hands-on workbench. During guided tours of the drawing. Parent or guardian must submit the passport on behalf of The Elias Church built in 1806 is one of the oldest historic buildings historic buildings, children can participate in a scavenger hunt and those under 18. in Union County. Restored to its original state, the church features a try out a surrey. wine glass pulpit and curved ceilings. Hours: Thurs. – Sat. 10am – 5pm; Sun. 1pm. – 5pm Hours: Tues., Wed., & Thurs. 10am to 3pm Call for reservations. Adult tickets: $10; AAA and AARP discounts available; Children 12 Adult tickets: $2; Children 12 and under: Free and under: Free Fort Augusta and Hunter House Museum Milton Historic Downtown Walking Tour • One Grand Prize to include: 1150 North Front Street, Sunbury, PA 17801 TIME – The Improved Milton Experience • (4) Complimentary Tickets to the Gettysburg Civil War Museum and 570-286-4083; NorthumberlandCountyHistoricalSociety.org 139 South Front Street, Milton, PA 17847 the Cyclorama Visit Historic Fort Augusta, Pennsylvania's stronghold from the days 570-412-1653 • A $500 prepaid credit card for an overnight stay in Gettysburg to of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. There are 16 tour stops on the one-mile loop through the downtown support: Children can dress in period costumes while viewing the museums business district bordered by Front, Walnut, Arch, and Mahoning • (1) overnight stay at the Gettysburg Hotel, valid for up to (4) extensive collection and even visit the "Powder Magazine" which Streets. Tour stops features photo/literature kiosks, which explain people from August 31, 2016 through December 31, 2016. dates from the time of the Fort. the history of Milton: the community’s founding, its industries, • Meals, gas, retail purchases Hours or by appointment: Mon. /Wed. /Fri. 1pm-4pm; Sun. 2-4pm, downtown, churches, firemen, recreation and transportation. May 1 – December 1 Passport is stamped at Fedder’s Jewelers – 65 South Front Street, Admission: Free Milton PA Fedder’s Jewelers Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 9:30am – 5pm; Wed. 9:30am The Hotel Edison – 12pm; 401 Market Street, Sunbury, PA 17801 Fri. 9:30am – 7pm; Sat. 9:30am – 3pm 570-286-5605; TheHotelEdison.com Admission: Free On Independence Day, 1883, Thomas Edison’s electricity made The Name Hotel Edison the first commercial building in the world illuminated (Adult name or child and guardian's name) Muncy Historical Society by three-wire electricity! The City Hotel was renamed for Mr. Edison 40 N. Main Street, Muncy, PA in the mid-1900s. View Edison antiquities in addition to historic hotel 570-546-5917; MuncyHistoricalSociety.org Street Address relics, including a 1917 car-switch operated elevator. Passport Stamps Housed in one of Muncy's earliest dwellings, the museum's collection will be issued at the front desk. includes artifacts from pre-contact, Revolutionary and Civil Wars Town Hours: Mon. – Fri. 10am–7pm; Sat. 4pm-7pm; Sun. 11am-4pm up to present day. Our extensive research library and collections Admission: Free are explained by our volunteers. Visit our website for community outreach programs, dates and times to get your passport stamped. Email Hours: Mon. & Fri. only: 9am – 12pm Phone Adult tickets: $3; Children 12 and under: Free.
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