Abstract

The next Princeton Preservation Group event will be in person at the Mercer Museum Research Library in Doylestown, PA on Wednesday, December 9 at 11am. The Mercer Museum Research Library is hosting a library open house from 11am-12pm. Admission to the entire Mercer Museum is free for those who attend. While the library is closed to researchers, the open house will have a selection of resources available for browsing and staff will share examples of their work such as current processing projects, digitization, and research. This open house will showcase the library's collection of early European and American imprints.

After the Open House, guests are free to explore and enjoy the Mercer Museum, a six-story concrete castle housing an immense collection of pre-Industrial tools and artifacts, or return to the Library after a lunch break (12 p.m. - 1 p.m.) for research.

Information:

Mercer Museum Research Library Open House

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Free (registration not required)

Mercer Museum, 84 S. Pine St., Doylestown, Pa. 18901

https://www.mercermuseum.org/research-library-programs/

About the Mercer Museum Research Library:

The Mercer Museum Research Library is a major research center for local and family history related to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding region. With its roots in the founding of the Bucks County Historical Society in 1880, the Library houses over 20,000 books, periodicals and pamphlets, 2,500 feet of county government archives, over 880 manuscript collections, more than 12,000 images, and maps and other records.

Please see the attached flyer for more information. Registration for the Open House is not required, but if anyone has any questions or concerns please reach out to PPG President, Gary Saretzky at gary@saretzky.com or Mercer Museum Research Library Librarian/Archivist, Alexandra DeAngelis, by responding to this email or at adeangelis@mercermuseum.org

Hope to see you there! 

About PPG

Founded by Rutgers Librarian and educator Susan Swartzburg, PPG has been meeting for more than forty years on topics related to the preservation of cultural materials. In Susan’s honor, lectures by students are designated “Susan Swartzburg Memorial Lecture.”  All the lectures are free to attend but attendees are encouraged to become members to help cover the organization’s expenses and to be informed about upcoming meetings. Dues are $5 per year. See http:/princetonpreservation.org for the dues form and other information about PPG.