by The Reading Public Museum is a small museum with a diverse collection in Reading, Pennsylvania. We went specifically to see the exhibit American Impressionism: Inside/Out, but of course checked out their other offerings while we were there. We got a surprise bonus in the extensive M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations exhibit. Naturally, both of these get their own post.
I mean it when I say the museum is diverse. It’s got a 25-acre arboretum, a planetarium, and galleries on Fine Arts (European, American, Modern, Contemporary), Arms and Armor, Animal Habitats, North American Indian, Pennsylvania German, Ancient Civilizations, and more!
The museum was founded in 1904 when Reading School District board purchased exhibits from the Saint Louis World’s Fair. These were added to the natural history collections of Dr. Levi W. Mengel, after which the museum began acquiring pieces of art.
The cover photo is a circa 1784 chest made by the Christian Seltzer.
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