Greater Reading Visitors Guide 2008-2009

cov ered bridg es Dreibelbis Station Bridge E6 Over Maidencreek, Near Rt. 143, 7 miles east of Hamburg. Open to vehicles. Griesemer’s Mill Bridge H7 Over Manatawny Creek, 1 mile south of Pleasantville Bridge. Rt. 662, near Yellow House. Open to vehicles. Daniel Boone Homestead I7 400 Daniel Boone Road, Birdsboro, PA 19508, 610-582-4900, www.danielboonehomestead.org ;, b, D, MV, j, x, i Ephrata Cloister K3 632 W. Main St., Ephrata, PA 17522, 717-733-6600, www.ephratacloister.org AX, MV Friends of the Robesonia Furnace I3 P.O. Box 162, Robesonia, PA 19551, 610-693-6090, j Kutztown Area Historical Society E4 Normal Ave. & Whiteoak St., Kutztown, PA 19530, 610-683-7697, www.kutztownhistory.org j, x, PC Mid Atlantic Air Museum H5 11 Museum Dr., Reading, PA 19605, 610-372-7333, www.maam.org ;, AX, b, D, MV, j PC, x Old Belleman’s Church G5 3540 Belleman’s Church Rd., Mohrsville, PA 19541, 610-488-1400, E-mail: bjrausch@juno.com ;, b READING PUBLIC MUSEUM D4 Kutz’s Mill Bridge F6 Over Saucony Creek, Near Rt. 737, North of Kutztown. Golden Age Air Museum G2 Open to vehicles. 371 Airport Rd., Bethel, PA 19507, 717-933-9566, www.goldenageair.org ;, b, MV, PC Pleasantville Bridge H7 Over Manatawny Creek At Pleasantville, 8 miles west Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. I9 of Boyertown, South of Rt. 73. Open to vehicles. Box 476, Red Men’s Hall, Green Ln., PA 18054, 215-234-8953, www.goschenhoppen.org Wertz’s Mill Bridge (Red Bridge) A2 Over the Tulpehocken Creek along Tulpehocken Rd., Historic Joanna Furnace K6 between Bern & Spring Twps., 4 miles northwest of 1250 Furnace Rd., (Rt. 10, 3 miles north of Reading, 610-372-8939 or 610-374-8839, Morgantown), Geigertown, PA 19523, 610-286-0388, www.countyofberks.com/parks www.haycreek.org historic sites/libraries/museums American Museum of Veterinary Medicine I6 5003A Main St., Birdsboro, PA 19508, 610-898-0659, www.amvm.org ;, b, MV, j, PC, x, j Berks County Genealogical Society C5 201 Washington St., Suite 413, Reading, PA 19601, 610-921-4970, www.berksgenes.org j Berks County Heritage Center, A2 Gruber Wagon Works & C. Howard Hiester Canal Center 1102 Red Bridge Rd., Reading, PA 19601, 610-374-8839, www.countyofberks.com/parks ;, b w/reservations, !, j, x, i Berks County Museum Council Take a ride to 36 museums and historic sites of Berks County, 800-443-6610, www.berksmuseums.org See our ad at right. Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles H8 Pennsylvania’s Transportation History Museum, 85 S. Walnut St., Boyertown, PA 19512, 610-367-2090, www.boyertownmuseum.org ;, b, MV, j Central PA African-American Museum C6 119 N. 10th St., Reading, PA 19601, 610-371-8713, www.cpafricanamericanmuseum.org b, j Centre Park Historic District B5 707 N. 5th St., Reading, PA 19601, 610-375-7860, www.centrepark.org b, j Conrad Weiser Homestead H3 28 Weiser Lane., Womelsdorf, PA 19567, 610-589-2934, www.conradweiserhomestead.org ;, MV, j Historical Society of Berks County & Museum B5 940 Centre Ave., Reading, PA 19601, 610-375-4375, 500 Museum Rd., Reading, PA 19611-11425, 610-371-5850, www.berkshistory.org ;, j www.readingpublicmuseum.org. Feed your imagination! Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site J7 2 Mark Bird Ln., Elverson, PA 19520, 610-582-8773, www.nps.gov/hofu b, !, D, MV, j, PC, =, i Journey from art to science, culture to culture, this world to outer space in one unique location. ;, b, !, MV, j, x, i Explore the Museums of Berks County BerksMuseums.org Albany Township Historical Society • American Museum of Veterinary Medicine • Amity Heritage Society • Andulhea Heritage Society Bahr's Mill Preservation Society • Berks County Genealogical Society • Berks County Heritage Center • Berks County Women’s History Museum • Boyertown Museum of Historical Vehicles • Central PA African-American Museum • Centre Park Historic District • Conrad Weiser Homestead • Daniel Boone Homestead • Fleetwood Area Historical Society • Friends of the Robesonia Furnace • Hamburg Area Historical Society • Hay Creek Valley Historical Assn. • Heidelberg Heritage Society • Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County • Historical Society of Berks County • Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site • Italian American Cultural Center of PA • Kutztown Area Historical Society • Kutztown Folk Festival • Leesport Lock House Foundation • Mid-Atlantic Air Museum • Nicholas Stoltzfus House Preservation Society • Old Dry Road Farm Pagoda Skyline Inc. • PA German Cultural Heritage Center • Reading Area Firefighters Museum • Reading Public Museum • Reading Railroad Heritage Museum • Sinking Spring Area Historical Society • Tri-County Heritage Society • Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A BROCHURE ON BERKS COUNTY MUSEUMS, CALL 800-443-6610 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A BROCHURE ON BERKS COUNTY MUSEUMS, CALL 800-443-6610 BERKS COUNTY MUSEUM COUNCIL MEMBERS 6 1 0 .3 7 5 .4 0 8 5 | 8 0 0 .4 4 3 .6 6 1 0 | w w w.read in g b erks p a.co m heritage 7 http://www.danielboonehomestead.org http://www.kutztownhistory.org http://www.ephratacloister.org http://www.maam.org http://www.goldenageair.org http://www.goschenhoppen.org http://www.countyofberks.com/parks http://www.haycreek.org http://www.berkshistory.org http://www.readingpublicmuseum.org http://www.amvm.org http://www.nps.gov/hofu http://www.berksgenes.org http://www.countyofberks.com/parks http://www.berksmuseums.org http://www.boyertownmuseum.org http://www.berksmuseums.org http://www.cpafricanamericanmuseum.org http://www.centrepark.org http://www.conradweiserhomestead.org http://www.readingberkspa.com

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