Current Projects
Museum Renovation and Move to Pennypack Community Center: The Millbrook Society is currently in the process of moving the Amy B. Yerkes Museum of Hatboro history into a newer, bigger, and more community-oriented location at the Pennypack Community Center (the former Pennypack Elementary School at 130 Spring Avenue behind Amy's Family Pizzeria), tripling the available space. This long-awaited move will allow the Society to display more artifacts, tell more stories, and accommodate more visitors than ever before, and we cannot wait to show it off to you later this spring. It’s the best way we can imagine to celebrate our 40th anniversary with you. If you have questions or are interested in volunteering as a docent, please contact us at millbrooksociety@gmail.com or 215-957-1877.
Crooked Billet History Fair 2024: The Millbrook Society team is organizing a history fair promoting our local historical societies, historical organizations, museums, and others - local history is alive under one roof! The event will be held Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Pennypack Community Center (the former Pennypack Elementary School at 130 Spring Avenue in Hatboro. The purpose of the event is to help these organizations promote education, preservation, protection, and awareness of local history. Artifacts, historical books, photos, maps, artifacts, and other memorabilia showcasing local history will be on display. For more information, click here. or email us at crookedbillethistoryfair@gmail.com.
Museum/Collection Assets Project: The project involves various components and phases and including reorganizing and documenting assets in storage; updating and labeling current displays; and cataloging and digitizing manuscripts, paper files, maps, photographs, slides, and film. Volunteers are welcome whether or not you have experience with this type of work! Contact us at millbrooksociety@gmail.com if you would like to help out.
Real Estate Records Project: Millbrook is the custodian of a number of real estate records formerly with Miller Cornell. Staff members and volunteers are reviewing the deeds, wills, maps, and other documents in the property package, and then entering data from these records for relevant categories such as family names, name changes, property location and acreage, and other interesting information. Millbrook is undertaking this project to make this information more easily accessible for those researching properties or genealogical information. The project team can use volunteers to help with entering data and maintaining these files. Contact us at millbrooksociety@gmail.com if you would like to help out.
Past Projects
There are many more projects led by Millbrook since its founding. Projects often are based on the strengths that each of the members can bring to it. Some departments and projects were shelved until someone comes around with the skills to continue them...or to start something new. This is what makes Millbrook so unique! No matter what interests or skills a person has, Millbrook offers something for everyone.