To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first successful oil well, and the birth of the American Oil Industry in 1859, the Museum presents this exhibit of vintage photographs of filling and service stations from the 1920s through the 1960s. Many of the images are drawn from the Milton Rutherford Photograph Collection, housed in the Museum’s Spruance Library. Photos are supplemented by artifacts from the Mercer and local private collections. Included with museum admission.

Silhouette artist, Blanche Turner demonstrates the art of silhouette cutting.  To have a custom silhouette created, call the Mercer Museum Shop at ext. 130.  $20 per silhouette. This is a program that was rescheduled from an earlier date.  Appointment openings are available in the afternoon.

View nearly one hundred works of fine and folk art across three centuries in this rare glimpse at the Mercer Museum’s extraordinary painting collection, housed in the Museum’s elegant Elkins Gallery. Included are works by such noted artists as Charles Willson Peale, Edward Hicks, Thomas Hicks, Martin Johnson Heade, William Trego, Thomas Otter, R. Sloan Bredin, and Daniel Garber. Selections from the Museum’s collection of oil on canvas paintings are supplemented by seldom-seen miniatures and works on paper, including some recently acquired works never before exhibited. Show runs through March 7. Included with museum admission.

What intriguing stories from Bucks County’s past lurk just outside the artist’s frame of vision? Join the Museum’s V.P. of Collections Cory Amsler for an exploration of people and stories inspired by selected works in the Museum’s exhibit, “Three Centuries of Bucks County Art and Artists.” Amsler’s half-hour talk will focus on historical events and individuals waiting to be discovered by looking just beyond the tranquil scenery portrayed by the artist – inside a building, next door, across the road, or over a nearby hill. Included with museum admission.