The brand new exhibit catalog, Valley Culture: Constructing Identity Along the Great Wagon Road, is now available for purchase from Historic Trappe. Co-authored by Lisa Minardi, executive director, and Christopher Malone, curator, this is a major contribution to the study of Pennsylvania German folk art. The catalog is available at the museum store in Dewees Tavern, 301 W. Main Street, Trappe, Pa., and online at www.historictrappe.org/shop. The museum store is open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m., or by appointment. The exhibit, Valley Culture: Constructing Identity Along the Great Wagon Road, explores the evolution of Pennsylvania German folk art as settlers moved west. From the Perkiomen Valley of southeastern Pennsylvania to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, locally distinctive forms of material culture emerged. This exhibition will help viewers understand how German settlers transformed artifacts of daily life, including fraktur, painted furniture, boxes, and other artifacts, as they settled along the Great Wagon Road. Drawn from nearly a dozen private collections, the exhibit features exemplary works of American folk art, including the iconic leaping stag cupboard painted by Johannes Spitler of Shenandoah (now Page) County, Va.; exuberantly painted boxes by John Drissell of Bucks County; and fraktur by Durs Rudy, Jacob Gottschall, and Andreas Kolb of Montgomery County. Other highlights include painted boxes from the Brothers Valley of Somerset County, a newly-discovered chest of drawers from the Mahantongo Valley, plus painted furniture and fraktur from the Tulpehocken Valley of Berks and Lebanon counties. The exhibit Valley Culture: Constructing Identity Along the Great Wagon Road reamins on view through August 2025 at the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at the Dewees Tavern, 301 W. Main Street, Trappe, Pa. Lead support for Valley Culture is by Pook & Pook Inc. Auctions and Appraisals. For more information, call 610-489-7560.