History Spring 2024
Battleship New Jersey
Ongoing: The Battleship New Jersey is open for guided and audio tours. Visitors can select from a variety of tours. Admission. Camden Waterfront, Camden, NJ. 856-966-1652;www.battleshipnewjersey.org.
Historic Craven Hall & The John Fitch Steamboat Museum
Ongoing: House and John Fitch Steamboat Museum Tours
Street and Newtown Roads, Warminster, PA. 215-675-4698; www.craven-hall.org.
Historic Summerseat
Ongoing: First Saturday of every month: The stately Georgian mansion of Summerseat is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free tours also available by appointment. Historic Morrisville Society, Hillcrest & Legion Avenues, Morrisville, PA. www.historicsummerseat.com.
Historical Society of Princeton
Ongoing: Historic Princeton Walking Tours (Sundays)
April 13: Princeton University Eating Clubs Tour
Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton, NJ. 609-921-6748 ; www.princetonhistory.org.
New Hope Historical Society
Ongoing: Walking Tours of Downtown New Hope
45 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. 215-862-5652; www.newhopehistorical.org
Lambertville Historical Society
April-November: Guided Walking Tours of Lambertville
March 26: On this Day in 1872
Marshall House Museum, 60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-0770;www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.
Prallsville Mills
Ongoing: Tours of the Mill
33 Risler Street, Stockton, NJ. 609-397-3586; www.prallsvillemills.org.
The Friends of Howell Living History Farm
March 23: Sawmilling & Orchard Care
March 30: Henhouse Visits
April 6: New Faces Day
April 13: Spring Beekeeping & Tree Planting
April 20: Potato Planting
April 27: Spring Plowing & Field Work
May 4: Hog Slopping & Weighing
May 11: Sheep Shearing & Herding
May 18: Corn Planting & Gardening
May 25: Haying & Wagon Rides
June 1: Dairying
June 8: Old Time Baseball Game
June 15: Pleasant Valley Hayride & House Tours
70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville, NJ. 609-737-3299; www.howellfarm.org.
Pennsbury Manor
Ongoing: Walking Tours
400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, PA. 215-946-0400;
Washington Crossing Historic Park
April 14: Lecture: The Revolution’s Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs
April 15: Book Club: Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary Pennsylvania
May 20: Book Club: Misinformation Nation: Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary Pennsylvania
Washington Crossing, PA. 215-493-4076; www.washingtoncrossingpark.org.
Pearl S Buck
March 14: Members' Preview Night for Hidden Gems: Fashioning A Legacy fashion exhibit, Pearl S. Buck International Conference Center
March 15: Opening of Hidden Gems: Fashioning A Legacy fashion exhibit, Pearl S. Buck International Conference Center
May 16:60th Anniversary Gala, Pearl S. Buck International Estate Pavilion
June 26: Living the Legacy Breakfast: 60 Years, Pearl S. Buck Historic Estate
March 15: Hidden Gems: Fashioning A Legacy
20 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA. 215-249-0100; www.pearlsbuck.org
Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum
May-October: Visit this Hunterdon County Museum that has preserved the region’s agricultural history from the 18th through 20th centuries. The site features regular events for the public. Admission. 1605 Route 29, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-2752; www.holcombe-jimison.org.
Historic Fallsington
Mid-May through Mid-October: Guided Tours
Admission. 4 Yardley Avenue, Fallsington, PA. 215-295-6567; www.historicfallsington.org.
Newtown Historic Association
March 24: Graveyard Tour of the Old Newtown Presbyterian Church.
April 15: Annual Business Meeting followed by “Treasures in the Attic”, Half-moon Inn
April 27: Annual Spring Clean Up at the Half-moon In
May 18: Garden Walk in Newtown Borough starting at the Half Moon Inn
May 27: Memorial Day, Tribute to Local Veterans at the Callahan Research Center
June 01: Spring Garden Cocktail Gala at the Half Moon Inn
June 6:5th Grade Student Walking Tour, Half-moon Inn
Newtown, PA. 215-968-4004; www.newtownhistoric.org.
Mercer Museum
May 3-December 2026: Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution Exhibition
May-October: Movies at the Mercer Museum
Fonthill Castle
March 22-23, April 19-20: Fonthill Castle Evening Tourswww.fonthillmuseum.org.
McConkey’s Market
June 15: This unique outdoor market in Washington Crossing Historic Park features vintage items, handmade jewelry, artisan crafts, and salvaged architectural items. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. River Road and Route 532, Washington Crossing, PA. www.mcconkeysmarket.com.
Erwin Stover House
Ongoing Weekends: Historic House open for tours
April 27: Erwinna Spring Festival
May 18: 1920s Jazz Age Dance
June 6: Assassination of Arthur Erwin
Tinicum Park, Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania; 267-421-1921