Anna Bemis Palmer Museum

10/18/2026

We're open today 10AM-1PM!

10/17/2026

The newest scavenger hunt is up and running! With three levels of difficulty you can compete with family and friends. Complete it and get a prize! Visit us during open hours Tuesday-Friday 10AM-4PM or Saturdays/Sundays 10AM-1PM.

10/16/2026

Today's the day for item of the week!

Each Friday we will feature a photo of a different item from our collection, currently on display in our "School Daze" exhibit. This exhibit includes items from schools past and present all over York County.

This Thayer High School cheerleading uniform belonged to Sandy Brumbaugh. She wore it in 1960, shortly before the school was closed in 1962. Thayer merged with Waco due to lack of students.

To see this and more visit us in person. School Daze runs October 6th, 2026 -February 28th, 2027. Hours for this exhibit are Tuesday-Friday from 10AM-4PM plus Saturdays and Sundays from 10AM-1PM. You can find us at 520 North Grant Avenue in York!

10/15/2026

Check out this awesome donation that just came in! We were told it was hung on the pole outside the Chamber office around the 1960's. Does anyone happen to know what year these went up around downtown York?

10/15/2026

NEXT THURSDAY EVENING!

Join us Thursday, October 22nd, at 5:30PM at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum for meeting number five of the PALM Readers book club. We'll be discussing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

Read it in the format of your choosing.

New faces are welcome!

10/14/2026

Our friend Teddy Roosevelt was shot at close range with a .32-caliber bullet on this day in 1912.

He survived thanks in part to a glasses case in his pocket and a bunched-up group of papers containing the speech he was about to give. The papers slowed the bullet down enough to help save his life.

Being shot didn't stop him from giving his speech. He spoke for another hour, stained pages and all, before finally going to the hospital.

So, the next time someone tells you your speech is too long, remind them it might just save your life.

Although, for everyone's sake, maybe don't test the theory.

Here's a photo of Teddy with Orlando Palmer.

10/13/2026

Thanks Melanie!

YORK – York High School, York Middle School, York Elementary School, York University, schools in Benedict, Henderson, Bradshaw, Waco, Gresham, Thayer, all the parochial institutions in York County . . . their histories are represented during a very special display at the Palmer Museum. The display...

10/13/2026

Can you beat Parker and Gene at York County School Trivia? Check out School Daze: Lessons from the Past at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum to see the items mentioned. We're open Tuesday-Friday 10AM-4PM plus Saturdays and Sundays 10AM-1PM.

10/13/2026

Join us on Saturday, November 7th at 2PM for "A Dime & A Dream: Larsen, Levitt, & York's College" - a presentation by Dr. Jared Pack from York University.

In 1954, tragedy struck the city of York as the Evangelical United Brethren announced the closing of York College, an educational institution that the city of York had boasted of since its founding in 1890. Despite the setback, by 1956, the college had reopened, now under different leadership. This presentation will focus on the story of how Dale Larsen and a group of ministers worked with Lige Levitt and the leaders of York to ensure that York's college would not stay closed forever.

Dr. Jared Pack serves as Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at York University. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he completed his MA and PhD in History. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Pack is involved in the York community, serving on the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum Advisory Board, the York County Historical Association Board of Directors, the Leadership York Steering Committee, and the York Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.

This is a free presentation hosted at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum. Our hours that day will be 10AM-1PM but will keep the doors open for the program to start promptly at 2PM.