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==Arts and culture== [[Reading Public Museum]] in Reading is an art, science, and history museum. The [[Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps]] are an all-age [[Drum and bugle corps (modern)|drum corps]] based in Berks County. Founded in 1957, the corps is a charter member [[Drum Corps Associates]] and an 11-time DCA World Champion. Reading is home to Berks Opera Company, founded in 2007 as Berks Opera Workshop. There are two [[List of Pennsylvania state parks|Pennsylvania state parks]] and one natural area in Berks County. * [[French Creek State Park]], a former [[Recreational Demonstration Area]], straddles the Berks and Chester County line. * [[Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center]] is south of [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] on land once owned by [[Jacob Nolde]], a Reading businessman and Pennsylvania environmentalist. * Ruth Zimmerman Natural Area, part of the William Penn Forest District in Oley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=public documents |url=http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_20031119.pdf |website=www.dcnr.state.pa.us}}{{dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref> There are two [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|Pennsylvania Historic Sites]] in Berks County. * [[Conrad Weiser Homestead]] near [[Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania|Womelsdorf]] * [[Daniel Boone Homestead]] near [[Birdsboro, Pennsylvania|Birdsboro]] The Old Morlatton Village in Douglassville is maintained by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County. The village is composed of four historic structures: White Horse Inn, George Douglass Mansion, Bridge keeper's House, and the Mouns Jones House, constructed in 1716, which is the oldest recorded building in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://historicpreservationtrust.org/|title=Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County β Dedicated to Preserving Berks County Properties|website=historicpreservationtrust.org}}</ref> West Reading in home to the annual Art on the Avenue, which reached its 25th year in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://berksluxury.com/art-on-the-avenue-2018/|title=Art on the Avenue 2018 Photos|date=June 16, 2018|website=BerksLuxury.com|language=en-US|access-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>
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