Spring Antique Show & Sawmill Run

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Saturday April 20 and Sunday April 21, 2024

9 AM to 4 PM, both days

$8.00/Adult, $5.00/Youth (ages 4 to 11)

Join us this April for our annual Spring Antique & Collectible Show. Vendors will be on hand selling a variety of items like furniture, glassware, coins, books, clothing, and collectibles. A selection of historic trades, including the museum’s birch still, will be demonstrated. PALMA members Jan and John Halter will present a cooking demonstration and tasting featuring wild leeks from 11am-1pm both Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday (April 20) only, visitors will be able to watch the museum’s re-created 19th century steam-powered circular sawmill in operation.

Access to all museum exhibits and attractions is included in the price of admission to the show. Food and drink will be available on-site for purchase. No ATM on site so plan your visit accordingly. Antique vendors interested in participating can call (814)435-2652 to reserve a space for the event. Come for the fun and, perhaps, leave with a new treasured heirloom and a better understanding of the lumber and forest history of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Lumber Museum | 5660 US Route 6, Ulysses PA 16948 | 814-435-2652 | palumbermuseum@gmail.com

Fall Antique Show & Sawmill Run

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Log Holding Pond: Logs were easier to manipulate when floating in water. Keeping the logs saturated also helped to prevent cracking and splitting of timber waiting to be sawn.

Saturday October 12 & Sunday October 13, 2024

Rain or Shine, 9 AM to 5 PM

$8.00/ Adult, $5.00/ Youth (ages 4 to 11)

This year’s Fall Antique Show & Sawmill Run will be held on Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th. Northern Pennsylvania typically reaches peak fall foliage conditions around this time so the forests surrounding the museum will (hopefully) be decked in rich and beautiful colors.

The Antique Show features multiple antique vendors that will be selling their wares in the museum program room. Our vendors have a little bit of everything, including antique tools, vintage clothing, collectible coins, glassware, books, and furniture. Vendors open 9am-5pm Saturday and 9am-3pm Sunday.

Food and beverages will be available for purchase. There is no ATM on site so plan your visit accordingly.

Outside, the museum grounds will come alive with historic trade demonstrations. Saturday 10/12 of our steam-powered circular sawmill will be running from 10 AM to 3 PM. Other demonstrations will be happening over both days of the event at the birch still, lumber camp kitchen, and the Eastern Loggers model railroad display.

Author Joyce Kieffer will give presentations during the weekend on her historic fiction trilogy “The Trees Remember.”  Drawing on the author’s career in women’s health and inspired by the forests she calls home in Juniata County; the series follows a young woman as she trains to become a nurse set against the backdrop of Pennsylvania’s booming lumber industry in the late 1800s.  Besides scheduled talks at 11 AM & 2 PM on Saturday and 10:30 AM Sunday, Joyce will be on hand to chat with visitors about her books and what motivated the 84-year-old to become a novelist.

For more information about Joyce Kieffer and her novels

Antique vendors interested in participating can call (814)435-2652 to reserve a space for the event. 

It’s a great time to visit the museum. Hope to see you there!

 

Pennsylvania Lumber Museum | 5660 US Route 6, Ulysses PA 16948 | 814-435-2652 | palumbermuseum@gmail.com

Events

All events listed below are subject to change. Please check the museum website and Facebook page for the latest event information.

October 12-13–Fall Antique Show & Sawmill Run: The perfect time to visit the museum with leaves changing colors, antique dealers selling their wares, our sawmill running on Saturday, and historic demonstrations taking place all weekend long.


October 19, 10am-2pm–Handy Tote Basket Making Class: Class is sold out!

Join local basket artist Cathy Snyder of Creations by Catherine for a handy tote basket making class hosted at the PA Lumber Museum.  Learn how to make your own handmade original basket.  Choose from a variety of hand-dyed reeds to create a custom look. Class size is limited, and reservations are required.  Bring a snack, a drink, and a friend for this enjoyable day of handcrafting fun!


October 26, 5:30pm-8:30pm–Spooky Lantern Tours: Join us for a walk through the site by lantern light. Listen to ghost stories and trick-or-treat along the way. Take a wagon ride and see if you can spot fearsome creatures like Sasquatch and Squonk. Decorate pumpkins, make pinecone birdfeeders, and have some refreshments in the museum program room. Costumes encouraged. Lantern tours are on-going. Ghoulish fun for the whole family. Free for museum members/$5 per person for non-museum members.


November 2, 1pm–William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania: With the stroke of a pen, King Charles the second made William Penn the largest land holder in England.  With that new colony came the complexity of previous settlers, native peoples, and boundless resources.  Join Doug Miller, Site Director of Pennsbury Manor, to learn about Penn and his desire to build a better place in his colony. Following the talk a brief annual business meeting for members of our friend’s group, the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum Association will take place.


December 14, 12pm-3pm–Santa in the Shay: Santa will be in the cab of our Shay locomotive to listen to all your holiday requests. Take an instant pic with St. Nick and make a special ornament for your tree. Cookies and hot coco will be serve in the museum program room.

Membership

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The Pennsylvania Lumber Museum Association (PALMA) is a volunteer based, not-for-profit organization. Becoming a member of PALMA helps to support the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum’s mission by providing funding for publicity, staff, and special projects.

Benefits of membership include:

  • Free admission to the museum and PALMA-sponsored events for twelve months.
  • Reduced admissions to educational workshops, seminars, camps, and evening programs
  • 10% discount on purchases made in the museum store
  • Subscription to the quarterly Woodchips newsletter
  • Invitation to annual fall PALMA membership meeting

Memberships can be purchased on this page through the PayPal Buy Now button or by printing and returning this form along with a check payable PALMA to PO Box 239, Galeton, PA 16922.

PALMA membership is open to the public. Membership dues support museum programming and activities and are paid yearly. The twelve-month membership term expires on the last day of the month in the month prior to which membership dues are paid, in the following year (i.e., a membership taken or renewed in July will expire on June 30th the following year).

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As an added benefit, Pennsylvania Lumber Museum Associates are eligible for a discounted membership to the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation. To claim that benefit today, purchase your PALMA membership through the PayPal Buy now button below.

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As the Lumber Museum’s fundraising arm, the associates have supported a  wide range of projects, including:

  • Construction of two log cars for the camp
  • Restoration of the Barnhart Log Loader
  • Implementation and financing of numerous sawmill demonstrations
  • Educational programming
  • Relocation and preservation of the 1936 CCC chestnut cabin
  • Acquisition and restoration of the 1945 Brookville Switch Engine
  • Purchase of a 1917 Ford Model T Runabout
  • Operation and management of the Gift Shop
  • Construction of the Birch Still
  • A supporting gift of $50,000 for the 2015 Visitor’s Center expansion/renovation project
  • Restoration of the 1917 Ford Model T for inclusion in the Challenges & Choices exhibition
  • Repair/stabilization of the Shay Locomotive

The PALMA Board is…

Board of Directors: Roger Hetrick – President, Michael Callahan – Vice President, John Halter – Treasurer, Patricia Berberich – Secretary

Duane Herr, Curt Weinhold, Steve Perrine, Ken Wingo, Cliff Wood, Holly Komonczi, Paul Lilja, Janifer Halter, Edward Szymanik, Lisa Weimer

Associate Staff: Lynn Thornley – Bookkeeper, Barbara Peters – Customer Service/ Gift Shop, Jonathon Gulyas – Visitor Services Assistant

Associate Committees: Events – Janifer Halter; Antique & Collectible Shows – Lisa Weimer; Museum Shop – Barb Peters; Personnel – Roger Hetrick; Finance – John Halter/ Lynn Thornley; Woodchips – Newsletter Barb Peters;

PALMA is a Federally-recognized 501-c(3) non-profit organization, and is registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations (Cert.# 2317). A copy of PALMA’s most recent Federal non-profit tax filing return (Form 990 EZ) is available here: