What does St. Peter have to do with weather vanes? A lot according to historical records. Check out the history of this iconic symbol.

Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race ...

Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum’s newest exhibit “Weathervanes” b brings together weather vanes from the 1600s through the 1900s.

ABOVE: A copper fox weather vane. BELOW: the Archangel Gabriel weather vane. Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government for hundreds of years, weather vanes have taken ...

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel ...

A weather vane is also called a wind vane. It is a tool for measuring wind direction. It spins on a rod and points in the direction from which the wind comes. The weather vane is one of the oldest ...

Weather vanes of all ages are very popular with collectors. Early folk-art examples bring thousands of dollars each, and more modern trademark examples sell for $500 to $800.

Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race … ...

Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race … ...