Historical Society Hosting Centre County Explorers Day

The Centre County Historical Society is hosting a Centre County Explorers Day for visitors of all ages at the Centre Furnace Mansion from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

To celebrate the newly designed Centre County Explorers Passport, visitors will have the opportunity to pick up a passport for themselves or their family, tour the Centre Furnace Mansion, visit a 19th-century building tool display and demonstration and meet representatives from other Centre County Passport sites.

Other sites participating include Milesburg Museum, Rhoneymeade Arboretum and Sculpture Garden, Matson Museum of Anthropology, Boalsburg Heritage Museum and several others.

The Centre County Explorers Passport program, sponsored by the Centre County Historical Society, is designed to inspire people to explore the vast collection of historic and cultural treasures that exist in Centre County. Every corner of Centre County has its own unique story.

Passports are free to participants and provide simple instructions and a journaling section where explorers can record their own experiences. This passport features more than 40 unique sites in Centre County.

By learning about and visiting historic houses, museums, galleries and parks and exploring the places in Centre County that make it unique, passport users will gain an understanding of the county’s historic, cultural and natural resources. In turn, users will be helping the communities they visit by shopping, staying or enjoying the local cuisine.

For more information on the Centre County Explorers Day or the Centre County Explorers Passport, visit centrehistory.org.

The Centre Furnace Mansion is located at 1001 E. College Ave., State College. Event parking is available on the lower lawn along College Avenue, as well as in the mansion lot off Porter Road. For information, call (814) 234-4779 or visit CentreHistory.org.