Thank you Deborah! We love that you see the worth across the ages! We encourage life-long learners here at The Museum and hope to peak the interest of young Museum goers on our school tours and through summer camp and KEEP their interest as they grow and bring the next wave of Museum enthusiasts! Hope to have you back again soon!
Set in park, in West Reading, behind hospital area. Park around well maintained, diverse, w/ quiet stream.
The museum it self was some what limitied in its collection compaired to previous visits. Lots of missing and empty space, where normal standard collection had been. The abroretum is always lovely place to go for a walk. I enjoy seeing it during differnt seasons.
So glad that you could make it for the opening of Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. We hope that you will be able to stop by and enjoy it quietly while the exhibition runs through May 3rd. Thank you for your support and hope you will continue to support The Museum for may years to come!
This is an incredible museum with a huge collection of different items in a beautiful building on beautiful grounds. Ok, not the Philly Art Museum, but very good, worthy of cities many times the size. Very impressive gem in a city that has seen better days.
We went for the "Clifford the Big Red Dog" exhibit with our young granddaughter and ended with all of our grandchildren joining us for various exhibits. The older two also stayed for the planerium show. We purchased the grandparent package which allows us unlimited visits for a year with upto four grandchildren.Our son and daughter-in-law purchased the package that allows complementary visits not only to the Reading Museum but to others throughout the country.
We visited recently as a family and then again later in the week with a girl scout trip. Both visits were fun and educational. For a smaller museum there are lots of interesting things to see. There are plenty of things to keep kids engaged, from ages 4 to 9. Older children would probably get more out of a visit than the younger ones. The Egyptian jewelry and jelly bean exhibit were our favorites.
"...one of Reading's best cultural icons"--What a compliment!! Thank you for your praise, Paul! We hope you will utilize the Arboretum often once this weather breaks! Until stop by and stay warm inside the galleries!
Thank you for taking the time to visit over the holidays! The holidays are always a busy time and it can be tough to make time for visits, so THANK YOU for stopping by and enjoying what RPM has to offer. We hope you will be able to make it back soon, as our exhibitions change regularly. Our spring exhibition lineup has great historical value, which discusses a more somber time with Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and a more exciting time with the development of Rock & Roll through photographs from Baron Wolman and his early works in Rolling Stone Magazine (Backstage Pass: Baron Wolman and the Early Years of Rolling Stone). And of course we have an exhibition every preschooler will love--Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog!!Hope to see you back in the near future! Thank you for your continued support in The Museum!
We are so glad to hear that you enjoyed attending a wedding at The Neag Planetarium. The Reading Public Museum does offer other venues for wedding receptions including inside The Museum galleries and our outdoor Stone Terrace tent. We also offer spaces in our gardens for outdoor ceremonies. If you would like more information on weddings, please contact Margaret Morgan, Wedding Coordinator, at m.morgan@readingpublicmuseum.org or 610-371-5850 x235.