- Last Updated on Saturday, 30 March 2019 17:28
The Greater Monessen Historical Society announces Spring events.
Heritage Museum Spring Exhibit
The Greater Monessen Historical Society announces that the Spring Exhibit in the Heritage Museum will focus on Monessen professional athletes and the strong history of sports in the city. Anyone who has photos or memorabilia they are willing to loan or donate are asked to contact the museum at 724-684-8460.
Celebrate Easter With Some History
For Easter, the Monessen Heritage Museum has a stock of old fashioned printed Easter Basket covers. There are also two books by Lawrence Kozlowski, “Celebrate Easter – Slovak Style” and “Celebrate Easter – Polish Style”. The books cover Eastertide practices and traditions from the cities and countrysides of Poland and Slovakia. Author Lawrence G. Kozlowski takes the readers through the six weeks that make up Fat Tuesday, Lent, and the culmination of Easter Sunday. Included are numerous recipes, a list of the Saints’ Days, how to dye Easter eggs with onion skins, and various crafts. Other chapters include “Holy Week”, “Holy Thursday”, “Holy Saturday”, “Easter Sunday”, “Dousing Monday”, and “Ascension of Our Lord”. The Museum also has postcard images of many old Monessen churches that can be sent with Easter greetings. To order, contact the museum.
The Monessen Heritage Museum will be closed on Good Friday, April 19, 2019.
Museum Shoppe and Ethnic Cookbooks
The Heritage Museum is also home to the Museum Shoppe, which is filled with the area’s largest collection of ethnic cookbooks. They make great gifts. There are also many books and items dealing with local history that are for sale.
2019 Membership Dues
Please send in your membership dues for 2019. Individual memberships are $15 a calendar year with family memberships being $20. Business memberships are $50. Membership is based on the calendar year of January through December and include four issues of the newsletter, “Valley Historian”.
Visit Our Social Media Pages to Keep Informed
The Greater Monessen Historical Society has a Twitter account. Follow us at @MonessenHistory. We are also on Facebook and have over 3000 followers worldwide! We can be located on Facebook under “Greater Monessen Historical Society”. See our latest events, news and photos of previous events. Google us and find our webpage filled with all the necessary information to visit, donate, join or learn about us!
The museum is located at 505 Donner Avenue, Monessen, PA, and is open Wednesday through Friday from 10 AM until 3 PM. Admission is always free. For more information call 724-684-8460.
