Kerr Museum's 10th Anniversary Family Social

The Kerr Memorial Museum invites you and your family to enjoy the sounds, smells and sights of Victorian Oakmont! To celebrate the Kerr Museum’s 10th Anniversary, a Family Social will be held on the museum’s grounds on Saturday, June 23rd from 10 am to 2 pm. Free informal tours, Victorian period games and children’s crafts and complimentary refreshments are just a few activities included in the celebration.

Those involved in the care and keeping of the Kerr Museum would like to extend their gratitude to those who have helped support the efforts in preserving such an important piece of our local history for the past decade. Without such dedicated sponsors, members and volunteers, the opportunity to share the artifacts and exhibits, as well as the valuable stories of our ancestors, would not exist. We want to celebrate those who have made this possible! The house, built in 1897 for Dr. Thomas R. Kerr, is the epitome of the Queen Anne style and commemorates the lifestyle of a typical middle class family. Guests will journey through each room of the house to learn and experience what life was like in the first decade of the 20th century. 
Music of the time, such as Ragtime favorites and barbershop quartet melodies, will fill the air as families discover old fashioned games consisting of jacks, hoop-rolling and hopscotch. Children will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the culture by creating their own Victorian crafts. The Frick Art & Historical Center will assist with the crafts, as well as set up a “History Mystery” table. Families will have the chance to “guess the gadget”; unusual tools and utensils will be displayed to guess their uses. The activity will surely provide insight into the Victorian’s passion for the latest devices and inventions of the time. 
Activities also boast a Best Homemade Pie Contest where pastry-savvy Oakmonters may enter pies from prized recipes and vie for the prestigious Blue Ribbon (click here for the Pie Contest entry form). Take a step back to a simpler time while enjoying ice cream, cake and lemonade on the timeless porch of the beloved Kerr home and observe the show of classic antique cars and the Dexter Wagon. 
If you have not paid a visit in a while, we invite you to check out our progress and see how far we have come in ten years! Exhibits are constantly changing and we are always finding new, exciting Victorian gadgets and artifacts to add to the collection. If you have not yet experienced the museum, or are a regular visitor, we hope to see you at the 10th Anniversary Social!
For further information, please call at (412) 826-9295.