Reading Public Museum
US
museum in West Reading, Pennsylvania
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. It also has a planetarium and a 25-acre (100,000 m2) arboretum.
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_-_2014.21.1_-_Reading_Public_Museum.jpg/500px-Maximilien_Luce_-_La_boucle_de_la_Seine_pres_d'Herblay_(The_Loop_of_the_Seine_near_Herblay)_-_2014.21.1_-_Reading_Public_Museum.jpg)
_-_1935.207.1_-_Reading_Public_Museum.jpg/500px-Mosè_di_Giosuè_Bianchi_-_Eve_of_the_Feast_(A_Lesson_in_Choir_Singing)_-_1935.207.1_-_Reading_Public_Museum.jpg)
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