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Lavernia Historical Museum

This community museum is small, but packed with interesting community historical information.  It is operated by the Lavernia Historical Association. We had travelled through Lavernia a few weeks ago and opted to return to this area specifically  to check out the museum.  It was a closely timed visit as they are only open for general visits one day per month.  They have quite a few visitors however, but most arrange a visit with group. Some interesting highlights:  One of the past featured displays was focused on churches in the area and the gist of that display is retained on the west wall.  Churches played a big role in the history of the area, and area settled mostly by immigrants of Poland and Germany origin. Pottery making was a significant industry here in Lavernia in the 1800s and so there is a feature showing the history of the Suttles Pottery and many examples of their pottery.  The pot making area of this pottery was within a stones throw of the museum and now the museum