All events listed below are subject to change. Please check the museum website and Facebook page for the latest event information.
October 4–A Walk in Penn’s Woods Bark Shanty CCC Camp, 10am-11:30am: Spend a beautiful fall morning walking among fall foliage in the Susquehannock State Forest! Join DCNR Natural Resource Professionals on a group walk exploring the Bark Shanty C.C.C Camp. The trail highlights several foundations and other structural remains of the former camp. The trail is less than a mile in length with relatively easy walking conditions with some elevation changes, rough stone steps, roots and holes to avoid.
For more information and to make reservations: Walk in Penn’s Woods- Susquehannock State Forest – DCNR Calendar of Events If you have any questions, you can contact Chelsea Beck at chebeck@pa.gov or 570-948-4147.
October 10-11–Fall Show: The museum grounds will come alive with historic trade demonstrations and live music. On Saturday 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, shingle mill, and the Eastern Loggers model railroad display. Food and craft vendors set-up outside.
October 24–Spooky Lantern Tours, 5:30pm-8:30pm: 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.
December 12–Santa in the Shay, 12pm-3pm: Santa will be in the cab of the museum’s Shay locomotive to listen to your holiday requests. Take an instant pic with St. Nick and make a special ornament for your tree. See the Eastern Loggers model railroad in operation. Cookies and hot cocoa will be served in the museum program room.
