- Last Updated on Saturday, 31 May 2025 20:17
Peters Creek Historical society welcomes Mr. Robert Stakely, director of the Heinz History Museum as their guest speaker, 7:30 pm, Monday June 23 at Wright United Methodist Church, 788 Venetia Road, Venetia.
Stakely’s program will focus on the newest exhibition at the museum, "Pittsburgh Hidden Treasures". The exhibit is a trip into the attic of the history center featuring numerous artifacts that have been stored away over the years. The exhibition is a thematic journey thru artifacts, photographs and documents that connect to the area's regional history. Some of the oldest objects in the collection date from a 1700 key to Fort Duquesne to an unfinished flint tool unearthed at Meadowcroft Rockshelter that dates back 14,000 years. The exhibition is on view until October 5, 2025. The program is open to the public.
Tours of the Enoch Wright House and Museum of Westward Expansion
Society docents will open the doors of the Enoch Wright House, Museum of Westward Expansion, 815 Venetia Road, Venetia for tours of the house on Saturday, June 7, 1pm-4pm; Tuesday, June 24, 6pm-8pm and Sunday, June 29, 1pm-4pm. The log cabin will be open on the Tuesday tour. Enjoy a stroll through a living history museum of artifacts in the 1815 Enoch Wright House, a state and national historical site.
For more information on the society, the Wright House and log cabin, go to peterscreekhistoricalsociety.org
