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Special Exhibits
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Fill ‘er Up! Vintage Gas Stations of Bucks County
Opens Saturday, October 10, 2009
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. The exhibit is included with museum admission.
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The Imagination Gallery
Pluck, shake, rattle and play instruments featured in our current exhibit, Everyday Rhythms. The Imagination Gallery welcomes families to explore and enjoy hands-on musical activities or to take a break reading a story together. Look at historic music-related toys, listen to one of Henry Chapman Mercer's favortie story-songs, spin the "wheel of sound", play a tune, sing, and dance. Use your imagination and have fun!
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Animals on the Loose- Children's Exhibit
“Animals on the Loose” invites the museum's youngest visitors (ages 3 to 8) and their families to join Henry Mercer's favorite dog, Rollo, on a hands-on, participatory adventure in search of "escaped" animal artifacts from the museum's collection. Along the way, children encounter curious creatures that include an owl-shaped andiron, a rocking horse, a fish weathervane, pottery chickens, a rabbit chocolate mold, an alligator hand puppet, and many more intriguing artifacts. The exhibit offers families a fun and very different way of experiencing the Mercer Museum and its collections.
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The Bucks County Historical Society / Mercer & Fonthill Museums
84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901-4999 | 215 345 0210 / fax 215 230 0823 |
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