Cheap Trips: Art, Golf, Wheels and Stooges

Looking to save money? Try one of these four trips you can enjoy on just one tank of gas.

Main Line Art Center

Address: 746 Panmure Rd, Haverford
How Far From Norristown? 12 miles or 20 minutes.
Admission:

• Free entry
• Memberships available to support the center.

Hours:

• Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
• Office Hours: Friday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Gallery Hours: Friday - Sunday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Summary: Founded in 1937, the Main Line Art Center is a nonprofit community art center located on Panmure Road in Haverford. Throughout the year, the Main Line Art Center offers art classes and workshops and even exhibitions of regional artists and educational lectures to art lovers everywhere.

Links:

• Art Center Website 

Waltz Golf Farm

Address: 303 W Ridge Pike, Limerick
How Far From Norristown? 15 minutes or 25 miles.
Admission Fee:

• Farm Golf: $5 Weekdays, $6 Evenings, Weekends and Holidays
• Castle Golf: $6 and $7
• Par 3: $7.50 and $8.50
• Driving Range: $750 Medium Bucket and $8.50 Large Bucket
• Batting Cages: $5 for 3 Tokens, $10 for 6 Tokens

Hours:

• Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Summary: Fun for the entire family has been the motto at Waltz Golf Farm since 1964. The facilities include a batting cage, two miniature golf courses, a driving range and both 18- and nine-hole golf courses. And when you are finished with the activities, there’s a dining area that serves fast food and dessert, which includes 26 flavors of soft ice cream.

Links:

• Patch Place Listing
• Golf Farm Website

The Stoogeum

Address: 904 Sheble Lane, Ambler
How far from Norristown? 20 minutes or 10 miles.
Admission: Free.
Hours: Irregular; check website.
Summary: It's been almost four decades since Moe Howard, the last surviving original member of the Three Stooges, passed into history, but fond memories of the twentieth century's most famous slapstick act live on. Fans in our area enjoy free access to a big chunk of their material legacy through Ambler's "Stoogeum," a treasure trove of almost 100,000 pieces of Three Stooges memorabilia operated by Gary Lassin, whose wife is part of original Stooge, Larry Fine's, family. The museum has won plaudits from the New York Times, Philadelphia Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Links:

• Stoogeum Website

America on Wheels Museum

Address: 5 North Front, Street, Allentown
How Far From Norristown? 1 hour or 50 miles.
Admission:

• General Admission: $7
• Seniors (62+): $5
• Children 6-12: $3.50
• Children young than 6: Free

Hours:

• Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Sunday noon-5 p.m.  
• Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day

Summary: America on Wheels showcases everything on wheels from tricycles to racing lawn mowers, sports cars to race cars, antique cars to Mack trucks. The main floor features the museum's permanent exhibit. The second floor gallery hosts an exhibit that changes every six months. The museum includes an orientation theater, interactive displays and a gift shop. All exhibits are wheelchair and stroller accessible. Free parking lot.

Link:  

• Museum Website