From staff reports
Historians Cecelia “Cece” Otto and Jennifer Sopko will talk about how amusement parks became vital to community life in the 19th and 20th centuries during a program at 7 p.m. Friday at the Venango Museum.
Otto and Sopko will explain how these parks became a vital part of communities by hosting speakers and rallies plus offering attractions and entertainment that gave people a recreational escape.
Guests will also explore culturally what it was like to visit a turn-of-the-century amusement park in western Pennsylvania, and Otto will sing songs that were performed more than a century ago.
Reservation are required and can be made by visiting www.venangomuseum.org/amusement-parks-in-the-gilded-age-program or by calling the museum at (814) 676-2007.
