Reading Public Museum
The Reading Public Museum is a museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, located in the 18th Ward, along the Wyomissing Creek. The museum's permanent collection mainly focuses on art, science, and civilization and contains over 280,000 objects.Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
- Opening hours: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in West Reading, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “readingpublicmuseum.org” and “The Planetarium at the Reading Public Museum”
- Address: 500 Museum Road, Reading, 19611
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Reading Hospital and Medical Center and Berks Catholic High School.
Reading Hospital and Medical Center
Hospital
Reading Hospital is a 697-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in West Reading, Pennsylvania. The hospital was established in 1867 and is the anchor institution of Tower Health. Reading Hospital and Medical Center is situated 1,200 feet north of Reading Public Museum.
Berks Catholic High School
School
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Berks Catholic High School is a four-year comprehensive coeducational Roman Catholic preparatory secondary school located in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Berks Catholic High School is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Reading Public Museum.
Liberty Fire Company No. 5
Museum
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The Liberty Fire Company No. 5 is an historic, American fire station that is located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Liberty Fire Company No. 5 is situated 1¼ miles east of Reading Public Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wyomissing and Reading.
Wyomissing
Town
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Wyomissing is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to Reading. The borough was incorporated on July 2, 1906. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,114, compared to 10,461 at the 2010 census.
Reading
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Reading is a historic city of about 95,000 in Pennsylvania, about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia, 35 miles southwest of Allentown and 55 miles east of Harrisburg.
Shillington
Town
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Shillington is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 5,475 at the time of the 2020 census the borough is nestled amongst other suburbs outside Reading. Shillington is situated 1½ miles southwest of Reading Public Museum.
Reading Public Museum
- Categories: arboretum, art museum, planetarium, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.32735° or 40° 19′ 39″ northLongitude
-75.95135° or 75° 57′ 5″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
87G682GX+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 239133425OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7221964Wikidata ID
Q7300542
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Reading Public Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Públic de Reading”
- Chinese: “雷丁公共博物馆”
- Esperanto: “Publika Muzeo de Reading”
- French: “Reading Public Museum”
- German: “Reading Public Museum”
- Japanese: “レディング・パブリック・ミュージアム”
- Japanese: “レディング公共博物館”
- Slovenian: “Javni muzej Reading”
- Slovenian: “Reading Public Museum”
- Slovenian: “readingpublicmuseum.org”
- Ukrainian: “Редінзький громадський музей”
- “RPM”
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