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 Updated: 6/23/2011 
Tuscarora Academy Museum
Academia, Pennsylvania
Description

County museum containing artifacts of Juniata County life is located in the only remaining building of the Tuscarora Academy, the first secondary school in Juniata County. The Academy was a Presbyterian school which educaated young men for business and church vocations. Two rooms in the museum are arranged as dormortory rooms of the time period of the Academy. Other exhibits show artifacts of rural Pennsylvania life of 100+ years ago.

Artifact Collections

clothing, uniforms, arrowheads, farm equipment and implements, furniture, paintings by local artists, dishes, sewing machines, spinning wheels, fire equipment, a county doctor's office of the early 20th century

Governance

Juniata County Historical Society

Street Address
472 Academy Rd.
Academia, PA 17082
Mailing Address
498 Jefferson Street
Mifflintown, PA 17059
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Hours of Operation

Sundays, June, July, August, 1:30-4PM, other hours by appointment

Museum Type(s)
History
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