The digital museum
Enter the exhibits
Handle a photograph, turn a newspaper page, move through time, or trace an invention. Every exhibit is built from material already preserved in the collection.
Eight ways to explore
Choose an exhibit
Explore each exhibit directly in your browser—no account, download, or location access required.
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Compare the view
Then-and-now explorer
Move between paired archival views while the collection gathers authenticated present-day matches.
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Choose a year
Shamokin time machine
See dated places and events appear across the city without assigning dates the sources do not provide.
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Read the city block by block
1913 Sanborn map room
Explore all 35 public-domain fire-insurance map sheets from the Library of Congress.
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Turn to the archive
Newspaper desk
Read local clippings and documents with page controls, zoom, captions, and available transcripts.
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Ideas made tangible
Patent workshop
Browse 206 Shamokin-connected patents by inventor, decade, and technical subject.
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What do you recognize?
Mystery photo lab
Help date archival views through private suggestions reviewed by the museum editor.
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Recollections in place
Community memory map
A separate map layer for approved personal memories, clearly distinguished from documentary history.
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Plan, print, then open the app
Build your own itinerary
Arrange public sites and estimate a route without duplicating the mobile app’s GPS, stamps, or proximity features.
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