The .918 Club
Preserving letterpress printing history at the Lancaster Heritage Center Museum Print Shop in Lancaster County, PA
The .918 Club
Preserving letterpress printing history at the Lancaster Heritage Center Museum Print Shop in Lancaster County, PA
July 12-16, 2010, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, Monday – Friday, $175.00 ($165.00 for Heritage Center members, scholarships are available.
Explore the American Revolution in this weeklong day camp! Campers will experience history through interactive activities including the operation of a Common Press and day trips to nationally recognized historic sites. Don’t miss out on this action –packed adventure through the birth of our nation. For more information and a registration form, download the PDF below.
July 19-22, 2010, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Monday – Thursday, $100.00 ($95.00 for Heritage Center members, scholarships are available.
Experience life as a printers apprentice! Learn about printing while working in an early 20th-century print shop. Join us and experience one of the most important communications inventions in history. For more information and a registration form, download the PDF below.
July 26-30, 2010, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, Monday – Friday, $175.00 ($165.00 for Heritage Center members, scholarships are available. Explore the American
Experience the role that Pennsylvania played in the most tumultuous time in American history. History comes alive during this weeklong day camp as participants experience history through interactive activities including the operation of a printing press and day trips to nationally recognized historic sites and battlefields. Grab your haversack and come along. For more information and a registration form, download the PDF below.
We will be holding a our regular monthly club meeting on Wednesday evening, July 28 at 7:00 pm in the Jasper Yeates House. You will need to enter the Yeates House by the side entrance in the alley that runs behind the Pressroom restaurant. Parking is available either next to the Yeates House or in the Vine Street garage. If you park in the Central Parking Garage, save your ticket so it can be stamped to cover the cost of parking. Please come to the meeting with your personal calendar so we can fill the demonstration days for August and beyond.
As a reminder the Club meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
The members of the museum’s .918 Club will be hosting this workshop on one more Wednesday evening this summer. The workshop is free and promises to be fun! During the Summer of 2009, over 50 boys earned this merit badge at the workshops. If you would like to have the newest edition of the Graphic Arts Merit Badge Pamphlet, call the Scout Service Center, 717-394-4063, to reserve your copy.
The workshop will be held August 25, 2010.
