The City Reliquary Museum in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located at 370 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It moved to its present location in January of 2006. According to its website, “through permanent display of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to both the past and present of New York.”
An antique cash register greets visitors in the foyer of the Museum. According to its label, this National Cash Register was produced in Dayton, Ohio on October 14, 1914 and was donated to the museum by Frank E. Silverman.
Among the displays is a collection of seltzer bottles from New York manufacturers. According to Wikipedia, such bottles were popular in the 1920s and 1930s for dispensing soda water.
The museum features an exhibit of vintage beer cans and bottles. According to Wikipedia, Piels Beer was brewed in the East New York section of Brooklyn, NY from the establishment of the original Piels Brothers Brewery in 1883 until its closing on September 20, 1973.
Nik Sokol, the resident geologist to the museum has amassed a collection of rock and mineral samples characteristic of New York City and its surrounding region. According to Sokol, these materials were extensively used in early New York architecture and can still be seen in older buildings.
No comments:
Post a Comment