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Historical Society Museum:
Dunce caps, dollhouses and diplomas: The lives of York County children
The 2011 Junior Curator exhibit explores the lives of 19-20th century children, offering the opportunity to compare and contrast one's own childhood with the experiences of children long ago. This new exhibit can be seen at the Agricultural & Industrial Museum, 217 W. Princess St. in Downtown York.
NEW EXHIBIT - Front Porch to Front Lines: York County Goes To War.
The men and women of York County who served their nation during wartime never considered themselves heroes. However, that does not mean their service and sacrifice was not heroic. The York County Heritage Trust's exhibit, Front Porch to Front Lines: York County Goes to War, takes you inside the lives of those who answered the call, at home and abroad, bearing witness to their courage and camaraderie. It will change you as surely as war changed those who experienced it.
Northeastern High School Honor Bus Program for World War II Veterans
Northeastern High School students are honoring World War II Veterans by providing a trip to the WWII Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Veterans will be transported by coach bus and treated to breakfast, lunch, and a dinner banquet. Please visit the Honor Bus Program website for registration materials and more information.
Agricultural and Industrial Museum: Marvelous Milk: From the Farm to the Table
Marvelous Milk: From the Farm to the Table, an interactive exhibit, allows children of all ages to milk a life-sized model of a dairy cow while learning how milk gets from the farm to the kitchen table. The exhibit features a milk bottle dating activity; weighing interactive; reading area; video about the history of Rutter's Dairy; and quotes and tidbits about York County's dairy farming traditions. Come learn and enjoy the fun at the Agricultural and Industrial Museum's newest exhibit. Do not forget to try your hand at milking the cow. Marvelous Milk was sponsored by Rutter's Dairy.
Bonham House
Through the exhibits at the Bonham House, visitors are able to learn what life was like for the Bonham family, as well as other upper-middle class families from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Home to the Bonham Family from 1875 - C 1965, this three-story Victorian home showcases a great deal of Horace Bonham's paintings, which include portraits, landscapes and genre scenes, as well as actual furniture and other belongings common to the time period.
Colonial Complex
The York County Heritage Trust's Colonial Complex consists of three historic buildings and one reproduction building that teach visitors about York's history from 1741- 1830. The Golden Plough Tavern, built in 1741, presents the significant role taverns played in the community as a hotel, restaurant and source of news. The Golden Plough Tavern highlights life for a working class family during the founding of the City of York. The General Gates House (c.1751), standing adjacent to the Tavern, reflects the year 1778 when General Horatio Gates occupied the house while the Continental Congress met in York. The rooms within the General Gates House are used to contrast the life of a working class family with that of an upper class general. The Barnett Bobb Log House (c.1812), which was moved to the site, exhibits family life in the1800s for a lower class weaving family. Across the street, stands the reconstruction of the Colonial Court House, which highlights the stay of the Continental Congress and the important decisions that were made in York.
Fire Museum
Stationed in the historic Royal Fire House, the Fire Museum exhibits more than 200 years of fire-fighting history in York County. Visitors step back in time as they move throughout the fire house apparatus room, harness room, lounge, pool room, meeting room and dorm to view a horse drawn fire carriage, an array of vintage fire trucks, firefighter uniforms, photographs and much more within the three-floor historic building.
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