Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Arboretum at the Reading Public Museum
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020
1. The Arboretum at the Reading Public Museum Marker
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The Arboretum at the Reading Public Museum. . When the Reading Public Museum opened to the public at this location in 1928, John Nolen, a prominent landscape architect from Harvard University, transformed the grounds into a beautiful 25-acre park and arboretum. For decades the Arboretum has been a focal point for strolls, Easter promenades, family gatherings, reunions and picnics. The collection of indigenous and exotic trees and shrubs provides a living laboratory of botanical specimens that has attracted horticulturalists and other visitors from a wide area of Pennsylvania and beyond. The trees highlighted here are only a small sample of those you will see while you visit the Arboretum.
When the Reading Public Museum opened to the public at this location in 1928, John Nolen, a prominent landscape architect from Harvard University, transformed the grounds into a beautiful 25-acre park and arboretum. For decades the Arboretum has been a focal point for strolls, Easter promenades, family gatherings, reunions and picnics. The collection of indigenous and exotic trees and shrubs provides a living laboratory of botanical specimens that has attracted horticulturalists and other visitors from a wide area of Pennsylvania and beyond. The trees highlighted here are only a small sample of those you will see while you visit the Arboretum.
Location. 40° 19.677′ N, 75° 57.144′ W. Marker is in Reading, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. Marker can be reached from Parkside Drive South, 0.2 miles west of Museum Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1201 Parkside Dr S, Reading PA 19611, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020
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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 28, 2020
3. The Arboretum at the Reading Public Museum Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 29, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
