I’m on a short hiatus from my day job right now, and while I have been using the time to catch up on some things here and do some writing, there’s also some time for some fun. On Tuesday Ron and I decided to take a little trip to a museum not too far away. The Mercer Museum is located in Doylestown, PA and has such a cool look that we had to check it out.
Here’s a Christmas-themed view of the outside of the museum:
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The museum specializes in early American tools and is chock full of stuff to see. Here’s a view of the main area of the museum:
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There was even stuff located on the top of the big, high ceiling, and as long time readers might know, I do NOT do high ceilings. But other than that I really enjoyed touring the museum.
Early tools included day to day tools used by various tradesmen as well as forms of transportation like this early fire engine:
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As well as a Conestoga wagon and a stagecoach. Check out the craftsmanship on the stagecoach wheel:
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There were even some tools of the trade for writers:
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Though I think I’ll stick to my Macbook.
By the way if you’re a writer on the hunt for inspiration, whether you’re writing historical fiction or something set in the present day, you never know what you mind find wandering around a museum.
Doesn’t this guy look like something that stepped right out of a creepy horror novel?
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Ron and I took this picture of ourselves against what we thought was a festive tile backdrop:
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It was only later when I looked at this picture a little closer that I saw the violent scene depicted behind us. Fans of the TV show Parks and Recreation will know why I felt like I was standing in front of a Pawnee, Indiana mural.
Here’s a view of more of those tiles:
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The museum itself is seven stories, thus the crazy high ceiling, but if you climb up to the upper stories you get some pretty cool views:
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We spent a couple of cool hours walking around the Mercer Museum, and I mean cool in both senses of the word. If you plan on exploring this museum on a chilly day better dress warm, because the concrete museum building is not heated!
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