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Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Mennonite Heritage Center
565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, PA 19438
215-256-3020
https://www.mhep.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The Mennonite Heritage Center, located in Harleysville, PA, is a museum and library dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of over 300 years of Mennonite faith and life in eastern Pennsylvania. The center houses an exhibit that provides an overview of Mennonite faith and life; a gallery displaying examples of “fraktur;” a research library containing archival, manuscript and artifact collections; and a series of changing exhibitions. A gift shop is on the premises.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
$7.00 suggested admission for exhibits and library (no charge for MHC members and children under 12).
Please check with this site to find out if they required timed tickets to enter.
Printable
Mercer Museum & Fonthill Castle
84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901
215-345-0210
https://www.mercermuseum.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle are two poured-in-place concrete castles designed and built by gentleman anthropologist and tile maker Henry Mercer in the early 20th century. Located in Doylestown, PA, both structures—one built as a museum, the other as his home—now house his collections, each equally interesting as architecture. The museum complex features local and national traveling exhibits; a collection of over 50,000 pre-Industrial tools; a research library focused on the history of Bucks County and the surrounding region; and a gift shop. Fonthill Castle houses the famed decorative Moravian tiles Mercer produced during the American Arts & Crafts Movement.
Categories: Architecture, Crafts, Family, History
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
This pass admits 4 people (6 and up). Children 5 and under are free.
Please check with this site to find out if they required timed tickets to enter. Library passes will be good for daily admission at both Mercer Museum and at Fonthill Castle throughout the holiday season. Daily admission includes Mercer Museum Timed Admission and Fonthill Castle Winter Wonderland Daily Guided Tours.
Two other ways of visiting Fonthill Castle for the holidays are Holiday Evening Tours on weekday nights and Holiday Lights Meander on weekends in December. These are not included in daily admission. Library pass users will receive our discounted member rate for those programs.
Donated by the Souderton-Telford Rotary
Michener Art Museum
138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901
215-340-9800
https://www.michenerartmuseum.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The Michener Art Museum, housed in a former 19th century prison, opened to the public in 1988. The institution has 40,000 square feet of space, which includes a landscaped courtyard, an outdoor sculpture garden and terrace, and the George Nakashima Reading Room. The museum's collection of over 2,700 items focuses on both historic and contemporary American works which exemplify the artistic and cultural heritage of the Bucks County area of Pennsylvania, and includes painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics, and furniture. In addition to changing exhibitions, on permanent display are “Art Outdoors,” “American Impressionism” (highlighting the local, early 20th century Pennsylvania Impressionism school), “The Studio Craft Tradition,” and “Modern and Contemporary Art.” There is a museum shop and café on the premises. Manual wheelchairs are available at the front desk at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
Categories: Art, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass admits 2 adults (ages 19 and up) and dependent children (ages 6 to 18). Children under the age of 6 are free.
Please check with this site to find out if they required timed tickets to enter.
Printable
The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073
215-679-3103
https://www.schwenkfelder.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center allows visitors to explore religious freedom, tolerance, migration, and heritage through the history of the Schwenkfelders. Heavily persecuted in Europe, these Protestants arrived here in the early 1700s seeking religious freedom. The museum's extensive collection consists of three- and two-dimensional artifacts, textiles, and art, including various household furnishings and farm tools from the colonial period through the early 20th century. The library contains many primary and secondary sources on Schwenkfelder and Silesian history, local history, genealogy, and Pennsylvania German history and culture. A Pennsylvania German barn, constructed in 1826, was moved to the grounds in 2020. There is also a gift shop on the premises. A wheelchair is available at no charge. All floors are accessible by elevator; the upper level of the barn is accessible by lift.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass admits all members of your group.
To promote local museums, we included this museum in the museum pass program, even though it offers free admission.
Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum
1155 Easton Road, Horsham, PA 19044
215-672-2277
https://www.wingsoffreedommuseum.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, located in Horsham, PA, is dedicated to preserving the aviation history of the Greater Delaware Valley. A large number of restored historical aircraft are on display, both inside and outdoors. In addition to the aircraft from different eras, exhibits include flight simulators, flight gear, memorabilia, missiles, models, and medals. A special emphasis is on the early development of both winged and rotary flight at current site of the museum (formerly an aircraft factory), the military presence at the former Willow Grove Base, and service men and women who have supported aviation through the years.
Categories: Family, History, Military, Sky
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
This pass admits 8 people (ages 7 and up). Children 6 and under are free.
Please check with this site to find out if they required timed tickets to enter.
Donated by FIFS Aviation