Beaver County Industrial Museum

09/02/2026

THAT’S A WRAP!

Thank you to everyone who celebrated America’s 250th anniversary with the Beaver County Industrial Museum at our “Forging a Nation” event on Saturday!

Enjoy these photos from the event. We had gorgeous weather and such a nice turnout!

We are grateful for everyone’s time and interest. To those of you who made a monetary donation and/or purchased books: thank you for your additional support!

Thanks again to our event sponsor, The DAY Group | Baird Private Wealth Management, and to those who donated our unique door prizes as well!

(Door prize winners were drawn at the end of the event and announced Monday. Check your email for a message to see if you won!)

And the event would not have been a success without the time and effort of all of the volunteers who helped with planning and getting the word out, set-up and clean-up, giving tours, taking pictures, selling books, managing registration, and providing refreshments. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Missed the event? Your last chance to see the museum this season is this Sunday, September 6th from 1:00pm until 4:30pm. Stop by!

08/29/2026

Couldn’t have asked for a better day for an event! ☀️ 🎉

Come on out and see us until 2pm today! (8/29)

08/29/2026

It's just about that time!

If you enjoy history and happen to be available tomorrow (8/29), we would love to see you at the Beaver County Industrial Museum in Darlington!

Stop by any time between 10am & 2pm. Get a tour, grab a treat, maybe win a door prize!

Can't wait to see you! 😀

08/26/2026

We'll post about Saturday's event later. For now, we're just going to reflect on history-makers Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. RIP

08/25/2026

BUCKLE UP

Saturday's event is coming up quickly! We hope to see you there!

Some of the prizes we'll be giving away come from J&L Aliquippa:

**Commemorative belt buckle from 1980

**Commemorative coin bank, celebrating 80 years in Aliquippa

**Rail spikes used by J&L for its own A&S Railroad -- hand-painted by a retired Aliquippa steelworker

So come on out on Saturday and join the fun. In addition to prizes like these, we'll have light refreshments, museum highlight tours, and a book sale!

Arrive at any time between 10am & 2pm on Aug. 29th and stay for as short or as long a time as you like!

If you get your tickets by Aug. 28th, you'll get more chances to win these prizes and more!

**Get tickets via our Forging a Nation event page at https://givebutter.com/FAN2026, or by reaching out to us with your name, phone, and # of people attending.

Hope to see you there!

08/17/2026

Cooper shop Fry Glass Rochester PA.

A cooper shop (also historically called a cooperage) is a traditional workshop where a cooper makes and repairs wooden, staved vessels such as casks, barrels, buckets, kegs, and tubs.

Glass and pottery in the late 1800's till the 30's were shipped in barrels packed in straw .

08/17/2026

A special thank you to The DAY Group | Baird Private Wealth Management for their Silver Level sponsorship of our upcoming Forging a Nation event, August 29th!

We are grateful for their help to make this event free for you to attend!

Check them out 👉 https://daygroup.bairdwealth.com/

Check out the event 👉 https://givebutter.com/FAN2026

08/16/2026

Love this photo! We’ll be featuring glassware from this company at our 8/29 event 😊

Undated photo workers Cooperative Flint Glass Company Beaver Falls I have never seen a photo of the actual buildings only interior photos and a drawing on a bill head .

The Co-operative Flint Glass Company was a major American glassware manufacturer based in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1879 until 1937, the factory produced pressed and blown tableware, lamps, novelties, and soda fountain ware before closing due to the Great Depression.

It was located at 15th street and 1st ave.

08/14/2026

Decorating ceiling light covers Phoenix Glass Monaca .

07/29/2026

1920 extruding clay at Mayer china works Beaver Falls PA