Exhibits Museum Listings: Battleship New Jersey Chester County Historical Society Fonthill Museum Mercer Museum Spruance Library The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Historical Sites: Bucks County: Pennsbury Manor Stover - Myers Mill Erwin-Stover House For More Local Area Museums, See PhiladelphiaLiving.com

Quick List of Museum Events and Exhibits More events to be added soon!! Start Date End Date Event Museum Today Jan 5, 2005 Animals on the Loose! A Mercer Menagerie Mercer Museum Today Jan 3, 2005 Ducks, Decoys and the Delaware: A Regional Hunting Tradition Mercer Museum May 23, 2004 Open Hearth Cooking: Native American Traditions Mercer Museum May 29, 2004 Early American Craft Demonstration: Decoy Carving Mercer Museum June 5, 2004 Tower Tour for Families Fonthill Museum June 5, 2004 Log House Open House Mercer Museum June 26, 2004 Early American Craft Demonstration: Fish Decoy Carving Mercer Museum June 27, 2004 Mercer Legacy Sweepstakes Mercer Museum July 3, 2004 Tower Tour for Families Fonthill Museum July 3, 2004 Log House Open House Mercer Museum July 4, 2004 Fonthill's Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration Fonthill Museum July 6, 2004 Under the Stars: "The Wizard of Oz" Mercer Museum July 11-25, 2004 Sundays Built by Hand: Early American Pottery Clay Mercer Museum July 12-30, 2004 Mon-Fri Frontier Life Camp Mercer Museum July 12-16, 2004 Mon-Fri Archaeology Camp Fonthill Museum July 13, 2004 Under the Stars: "Signs" Mercer Museum July 19-22, 2004 Christmas in July Mercer Museum July 19-Aug 6, 2004 Mon-Fri Young Artist's Camp Fonthill Museum July 20, 2004 Under the Stars: "Duck Soup" & Disney Cartoon Parade Mercer Museum July 27, 2004 Under the Stars: "An American in Paris" Mercer Museum July 31, 2004 Early American Craft Demonstration: Wildlife Watercolor Art Mercer Museum Aug 2-13, 2004 Mon-Fri Lego Robotics - Beginners Mercer Museum Aug 3, 2004 Under the Stars: "Jailhouse Rock" Mercer Museum Aug 7, 2004 Tower Tour for Families Fonthill Museum Aug 7, 2004 Log House Open House Mercer Museum Aug 8-22, 2004 Sundays Built by Hand: Clay Vessels Mercer Museum Aug 9-13, 2004 Mon-Fri Teen Summer Art Studio Fonthill Museum Aug 10, 2004 Under the Stars: "Toy Story" Mercer Museum Aug 16-20, 2004 Mon-Fri Lego Robotics - Intermediate Mercer Museum Aug 23-27, 2004 Mon-Fri Lego Robotics - Advanced Mercer Museum Aug 28, 2004 Early American Craft Demonstration: Delaware River Decoys Mercer Museum

The Mercer Museum
Phone: (215) 345-0210;
84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901

Admission: Adults - $6.00; Youth - $2.50; Sr. Citizens - $5.50

Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am - 5pm; Tuesday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. ; Sunday 12 Noon - 5pm

Description: The Mercer Museum is a non-profit educational institution administered by The Bucks County Historical Society. The Mercer Museum collects, preserves, and interprets historical artifacts that illuminate the history of pre-industrial America to c. 1850.

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Fonthill Museum
Phone: 215.348.9461;
East Court Street, Doylestown, PA 18901

Admission: Adults- $7.00; Youth (age 6 to 17) - $2.50; Seniors (age 60 and over) - $6.50

Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday noon to 5:00 pm; Last tour is at 4pm

Description: The Mercer Museum is a non-profit educational institution administered by The Bucks County Historical Society.
Henry Mercer (1856-1930) built Fonthill as his home between 1908 and 1912. The concrete castle boasts 44 rooms, 18 fireplaces and more than 200 windows of varying size and shape. The interior walls, floors and ceilings are elaborately adorned with an incredible array of Mercer's original handcrafted tiles. Recently featured on A&E's "America's Castles."

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Spruance Library
Phone: (215) 345-0210;
The Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901

Admission: Adults - $6.00; Youth - $2.50; Sr. Citizens - $5.50

Hours: Tuesday 1 p.m. - 9 p.m; Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 5pm;

Description: The Mercer Museum is a non-profit educational institution administered by The Bucks County Historical Society.
Located on the third level of the Mercer Museum, this special research library contains more than 25,000 books and magazines. It also houses many special collections - manuscripts, photographs, maps, newspapers, diaries, yearbooks, memorabilia, microfilm and more.

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The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
Phone: (215) 345-6722;
130 Swamp Road, Doylestown, PA 18901

Admission: Adults - $3.00; Sr. Citizens - $2.50; Youth - $1.50

Hours: Daily 10:00 AM -4:45 PM (last tour is at 4:00 PM). Closed selected holidays

TILE SHOP: Open daily 10:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Description: In 1898 Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) established the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works to handcraft decorative tiles and mosaics in the manner of the Arts and Crafts Movement. As a major American proponent of the philosophy and practices of the movement, Mercer joined other craftsmen in countering the sterile uniformity so characteristic of mass production processes of the time. By 1903 Mercer had perfected his craft, gained national attention, and been awarded his largest commission - supplying 400 mosaics and 16,000 square feet of paving tile for the Pennsylvania State Capitol floor in Harrisburg.

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Battleship New Jersey, BB-62

The Battleship New Jersey, our Nation's most decorated battleship, is now a floating museum on the Delaware River, along the Camden Waterfront across from Center City Philadelphia.

Description: History comes to life as visitors experience a two-hour guided tour through the Iowa-class ship, one of the largest battleships ever built.

Hours: April 1 - September 30, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; October 1 - March 31, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $12.50 for Adults, $8 for seniors and kids 6-11 years old

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