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PA North Country Artisan Center & Store

One Washington Street  |  Towanda PA 18848
570-268-5055

Store Hours:
Monday: By Appointment
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10am to 5pm
Friday: 10am to 7pm
Saturday: 10am to 3pm
Closed Sunday

PA North Country Artisan Center & Store features items produced by people who live and work in Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier Counties.

Hardscrabble farmers and lumbermen settled these mountains, carving out enduring communities. Settlers from varied places forged a new cultural identity. They wove customs from the “Old Country” into a new agricultural lifestyle adjusted for short, cool summers and long, harsh winters.

The land provided the raw materials of a good life for miners, farmers, lumbermen, fishermen, and hunters. Hard work shaped logs into boards, but also yielded intricate carvings. Thrift and vision transformed salvaged scraps into utilitarian quilts of extraordinary beauty.

The rhythm of the seasons still sets the pace of life in the Northern Tier. No matter what the calendar says, maple sugaring can’t start until snapping cold nights and warm days prompt sap to run. Long winter nights around a wood stove invite popcorn, corn soup, singing, storytelling, whittling, quilting, weaving. The richness of the landscape and cultural heritage fosters folk art and products pleasing to all the senses.

Proceeds from sales at the PA North Country Artisan Center & Store support the Northern Tier Cultural Alliance’s mission of educating the public about cultural traditions, history and art of the Pennsylvania Northern Tier and to assist tradition bearers and traditional artists in the preservation of their work.

For more information, contact NTCA at 570-265-7455 or info@ntculturalalliance.org.