Valentown Museum

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This is the Valentown Museum, which houses The Peddlers Corner gift shop. It features an interesting blend of old, reproduction and new merchandise plus work of area artists, including my Sticky Notes. Diane is the proprietor and you may recall she approached me at the May Victor show because she thought my pieces looked "quilty", something I hear from time to time. She's done a nice job of putting this gift shop together, given the limited space and resources. There's a wall display of teacups that look vintage, but they're not. They are displayed in an old cubby-hole type shelf unit, which explains why I was drawn to it.

They are having an Open House next Tuesday, July 31, 6:00-9:00, featuring tours and light refreshments. I told Diane I'd stop by after work. It will be nice to meet some of the other artists. My postcard says, "Bring a friend" - so I'm posting this here as an open invitation.

The museum has been here as long as I can remember, but not always open, I don't think. It's always looked rather abandoned and mysterious to me. But they've fixed it up now and rebuilt the front porch. I learned recently that it was built by Levi Valentine in 1879 as a shopping center and community center. He built it on his own land next to where the railroad was supposed to come through but the railroad ran out of money before reaching Valentown. It remained abandoned until 1940 when it was turned into a Historical Museum.

Stuff I didn't know before.

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