Reviews of Pennsylvania Lumber Museum (Museum)

Gerald Fields

This was a very interesting place too see.

Andrew Perkins

Great place for a family outing

Iryna Suprun

Small but very interesting museum. Nice, clean and new. There are inside and outside expositions, both are very informative.

Joseph DeCarlo

What a beautiful place. Great history within. I love it here!

Teresa Wilson

Very neat place!

Tami W

Great history on logging during pioneer days... makes you appreciate today's advances in technology... you gotta visit the "shay"

Larry Walker

Very informative about the history of the timber industry in PA. The woodwork inside the museum is beautiful. Exhibits are informative and very well done. A lot of thought went into the planning. I recommend visiting.

Cascade

Many awesome exhibits for people who love wood and the history of lumber in general,it smells awesome in the shop/museum area also

Sharon Drach

A hidden PA gem!

John Leete

A great hands on history of the heydey of lumbering in Pa. circa 1900. Child friendly. Lots of exhibits, steam equipment, etc.

Bob Sutton

Great lumber history

Christine Fieseler

Such a cool family event to attend! We had 4 generations with us on our visit and everyone had a great time and found something special to them! Definitely recommend it during a special event!

Alyssa Smith

The museum is very well maintained and laid out. The exhibits can keep all ages entertained - even toddlers. I was just disappointed with how costly it was/can be, especially for families: •Adult (12-64 years of age) $8.00 •Reduced (65 + years of age) $7.00 •Youth (3-11 years of age) $5.00

Chris Bigham

I was here for a railroad conference in August. A beautiful facility. Friendly, helpful employees!

Travis Fuguet

Nice museum that gives you a history lesson about the lumber industry in Pennsylvania. Watched a short orientation video then saw some inside exhibits about the history of the lumber industry and state forests in Pennsylvania before checking out the outside exhibits. Outside exhibits were cool and included an engine house with locomotives and tracks, a lumber camp, a saw mill, a pond, and CCC cabins.

Gary Beach

This is a historical. Museum is for everyone to see go.

Jim Moore

Very interesting. Have a lot of information about the logging activities in the area over the years. Very well worth the trip.

Robert Anderson

Very interesting place to visit and wonderful place to work. Great new building and hands on displays, very fine staff.

Carrie Shovestull

Stopped by the Lumberjack festival. Fun day!

Brenda Kline

I was there years ago with my children now they have comerchialized it. Requires you to pay for visit. I feel it should be a donation

Landa

Great museum in middle nowhere. This should be at popular highway, but I assume they build this where they had stuff for museum to show. Kids can enjoy, I should say Elementary + ages.

Mark Clements

Beautiful museum. Beautiful property. Extremely nice and very personable staff. The Museum Director Josh is very knowledgeable about Pennsylvania's lumber history and obviously loves his job. The tour was fantastic! A must see for all students who want to learn about PA's early history! A family friendly place with lots of areas to picnic.

Paul Craig

Lots of history from forgotten time

Nelson Miller

The recent renovation has proved to be an exceptional change. The museum is great! It is laid out well, it is interactive (children will like it), and of course very informative. It is modern and education. I recommend stopping here!

Lucinda Forbes

Reasonably priced. Interesting Friendly staff.

jeff hollman

Very cool place with some interesting info and displays.

Terri Wilson

Very interesting and peaceful

Bill Miller

Very interesting can’t wait to take the kiddos there when there is demonstrations

Darrell Buchheit

Very nice place well worth the trip

Justin G.

I've drove by for years and never stopped till today. This museum is truly amazing!

TJ Lewis

There is a lot to see for the cost of admission. Their exhibits are very educational if you take the time to read them. If you just want to look at things quickly you can get through in a couple hours or less, but if you take the time to read everything you can easily be there for four hours or more. Also, they have nice picnic areas that if we had known about them ahead of time we would have brought lunch with us. They do sell snacks and souvenirs, but not anything to constitute a meal.

D Hausman

Worth the visit especially if you're interested in lumbering, steam engines and/or history.

William Dudley

Worth a couple of hours, at least Surprisingly good. Interesting artefacts.

Shelly Damiano

Went to their lumberjack festival, but got there late so did not get to see all they have to offer. They do charge for the museum, but does allow dogs on premises with dog waste stations.

Robert Pickup Sr

Grate place to visit allow about 4 HR to see it all

thomas wolf

Nice museum to tell about the lumber trade. The bark peelers convention could have done better. Been up in the past and it was better.

Steve Martin

Interesting

Jay Evans

Very interesting exhibits. I enjoyed it.

Nicholas Hundstad

Interesting history of lumber

Paul Reslink

Very cool lots to see

Regina Russell

Lovely place, friendly and helpful staff. Always something to learn about and look at when there. Great for families and those who love history.

Patricia Zaranek

Beautiful campus with wonderful history of forestry.

barry shirey

Lots to learn from here

ThePUMPKIN2113

I was pleasantly surprised with this place. It has a ten minute movie that was very informative. The museum is hands on for the kids or goofy adults like myself. I was kind of sad that the sawmill and the blacksmith shop wasn't open. ps I believe the log cabin is haunted.

Samuel Huff

Awesome place with a lot of history you didn't know about.

Stefanie Anszis

Great facility on beautiful grounds with more to see than I originally thought there would be! Kids loved the trains. The rangers and staff were extremely helpful and friendly. Look forward to visiting again.

Vicki Scheller

Very well done, nice!!

Lilian Shaffer

Great place. Lots of history and adventure. Part of Pennsylvania that is really a pleasure to drive to.

Matt Mapes

Very interesting!

Michael Forsburg

I spent more time with my coffee in the snack shop than any where else. I bought a nice Franklin half dollar there.The cabins were fun and the engine was cool.

Nathan Miller

Amazing history of the area, from the old growth forests to today. Beautiful new facility and lots of exhibits.

Tadd Ostroski

A great museum for the whole family.

Daisy Sustello

Neat place to visit. Interesting

Zachary Lipscomb

Very nice museum. Great for the kids and adults alike.

Gavin Yingling

My 13 and 7 year old enjoyed it! The exhibits are informative and interesting. There is so much to do and a wonderful gift shop.

Jeff Burd

The museum has awesome displays and the staff are very helpful.

Gary Chesla

A very interesting and educational stop when passing through the area.

Alan Morean

Very good museum featuring the lumbering heritage of PA. Activities during Bark Peelers festival are excellent.

Daniel Dominguez

Hidden gem for an afternoon visit. An incredible artifact exhibit with thorough care and research. You can pretend to saw a tree too!

Christy Bailey

A great museum for kids with plenty of hands on items - especially the train!

Coryn Neff

Loved the museum! The staff was wonderful and very polite. Everything was laid out fantastically. But this is another example of a place where higher up has an extreme prejudice against veterans. Only active military receive a discount but veterans any permitted anything. You'd think a museum, a place rich in history, would appreciate what veterans have done for this country. But no. Once you serve, just like so many others, they don't care about you anymore. Veterans are why we have the freedoms we have today. Be they veterans from the time of our fore Father's. Or today's veterans, we would not have out freedoms if someone didn't stand up, fight, and defend our great country. Please, give veranda the same courtesy and respect you give active military.

Rahn Monreal

Completely surprising not sure what I expected but it was definitely not that was not that crowded people were unusually friendly and polite we went through and no time and was out of there it was exceptionally nice to see and just browse and enjoy the time we had I would recommend this place in yes they are service dog friendly

Kathy Miller

Informative. Easy to follow self guided tour. Enough hands on displays to entertain. Beautifully maintained. I just wish they sold the train air horn in the gift shop

Lance Peters

Very interesting Museum. Lot of displays need at least 2 hours to look at all over

Jonathan Bucher

The Bark Peeler Festival (Lumber Jack festival) was a great 2 day event for adults and kids! Well worth an over night stay.

Robin Sterner

This is an amazing experience, so much to learn about from back in the day!!! A MUST experience, they even have a trail to walk back in the woods, never went to the end, or even if it has an end, but we will be back to check it out!!

Nikita Robinson

Very nice place to visit!

Ace of Spades

The new renovations look great

Michelle Fernandes

Family tradition

Heidi Martin

Cool history

Cindy White

Great fun. Spent a couple hours wandering around here on our way home.

Martha Wyant Clark

Informative and fun to see Pa history

Richard Pierce

Waited a whole year to visit but missed the event I wanted to see, it was the following day. Think its called burling, 2 people on one log, spinning, last one standing wins. Still got educated on Saturday with how to use a team of horses in the woods, axe throwing contest, many demos with handling axes and uses. Greased log competitions was fun. Food for hungry folks, tour the entire site, old log mill still works, demo cutting with steam power. Just exciting! Musical entertainment, wood saw demos, kids can try. Booths for souvenirs or presents. We had excellent weather too. Highly recommended.

Josh Hatcher

This is one of my favorite places to go, especially since the renovation. I grew up visiting the Lumber Museum, and as a young man, I worked on an old 1800's saw mill and shingle mill.... because of that Pennsylvania's Lumber Heritage is special to me. We visited with our family this year, and really enjoyed the displays!

Kean Anspach

This place is fantastic if you like pennsylvania history.

Tim Mullen

Very nice place

John Mitch

This is a place everyone should visit. So much history and the staff is very friendly and knowledgeable.

Karyl Claroni

Excellent presentation of PA Lumber heritage history. Gorgeous new building. Spent 3 hours browsing the museum but one could easily spend an entire day seeing both the inside and outside exhibits Purchased a beautiful handmade cutting board and bowl in the gift shop.

Kathlee Carroll

Interesting and very informative. I will return. People very nice and helpful.

David Yeany

Very nice exhibits. Friendly staff.

Garth Hoover

Very interesting!!! Gives you a good idea of the history of forestry as well as exploring a superbly restored mining camp......

Michael & Colleen Doherty

Very cool. Stopped by on the motorcycles.

Mary Hannigan

Very fascinating place. Love - really interact with equipment, while experiencing the life of the lumberman.