History
HISTORY
Andalusia
Ongoing: Home for generations to the Biddle family, Andalusia is a National Historic Landmark and one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in America. Tours are available by reservation. Visitors can choose from three tour packages—a guided garden tour; a guided house tour and self-guided garden tour; or a guided house and garden tour. Andalusia, PA. 215-245-5479; www.andalusiapa.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.
Mütter Museum
Ongoing: This medical history museum has an interesting collection of models, antique medical equipment, specimens, and medical oddities. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA. 215-563-3737; www.collegeofphysicians.org.
New Hope Historical Society
Ongoing: Walking Tours of Downtown New Hope
Through November: Parry Mansion Tours
Admission. 45 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. 215-862-5652; www.newhopehs.org.
Pearl S. Buck House
Ongoing: Discover the Legacy Tours
June 26-28: Pearl S. Buck Birthday Festival
July 29-August 2: Chinese Culture Camp
August 5-9: Korean Culture Camp
Admission. 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA. 215-249-0100; www.psbi.org.
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. 215-295-1706; www.historicsummerseat.com.
Battleship New Jersey
Through December: The Artist Goes to War Exhibit
Through September: Daily Battleship Tours
June 22: Garden State Craft Brewers Guild Beer Festival
62 Battleship Place, Camden, NJ. 866-877-6262; www.battleshipnewjersey.org.
Historic Bethlehem Partnership
Through December: Hunt for History Club
Through October: Back to Your Roots at Burnside Plantation
June 15, 22: Introduction to Blacksmithing 101
July 20-21: Blueberry Festival 2013
August 10, 17, 24: Blacksmithing 201
Bethlehem, PA. 800-360-TOUR; www.historicbethlehem.org.
Lambertville Historical Society
Through November: James Wilson Marshall House open on weekends 1 to 4 p.m.
Through October: Guided Walking Tours of Town on first Sunday each month or by appointment.
60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-0770; www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.
Historical Society of Princeton
Through October: Wednesday Walks for Strollers and Seniors
June 15: A Concert Under the Stars at Updike Farmstead
Admission. Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ. 609-921-6748, ext. 102; www.princetonhistory.org.
Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum
Through October: Open Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 4 p.m.
June 30: Annual Meeting and Farmers’ Roll Call
July 21; August 18: Blacksmithing
Admission. 1605 Daniel Bray Highway, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-2752;
Historic Fallsington
Through Mid-October: Guided Tours
June 27: Family Entertainment Night
July 2: Tales of the American Revolution
September 12: Lecture by Kim Hanley
Admission. 4 Yardley Avenue, Fallsington, PA. 215-295-6567; www.historicfallsington.org.
Historic Prallsville Mills
Through Mid-September: Docent Tours of the Mill Complex
Through Mid-September: Historic House Tours and Fine Crafts Gallery at the John Prall Jr. House
June 17-30: DRSB Juried Exhibition: Paintings of the Byway from Frenchtown to Trenton
July 3-31: Artist Gabor Simon and Friends Art Exhibit
July 22-26: Time Travel Day Camp
August 5-29: Images of the Mill Juried Exhibition
September 1-30: Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission Exhibit in the Saw Mill
September 8: Artsbridge Annual Clothes Line Art Sale
September 8: DRMS Family Fun Day Picnic
Route 29, Stockton, NJ. 609-397-3586; www.drms-stockton.org.
Mercer Museum
Through August 25: Turning Points: Civil War: 1863-1864
June 18; July 16, 30; August 13, 27: Stories Under the Trees with Darcy Fair
July 2: Summer Camp Welcome Day: A Civil War Soldier’s Life
July 28: Genealogy Workshop: Researching Your Civil War Ancestor
August 6: Summer Camp Welcome Day: Early American Trades
August 23: Civil War Doylestown Walking Tour
Admission. 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA. 215-345-0210; www.mercermuseum.org.
National Constitution Center
Through June 19: Emancipation and Its Legacies
June 14-September 2: The 1968 Exhibit
October 11-December 31: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Admission. 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. 215-409-6600; www.constitutioncenter.org.
Howell Living History Farm
June 15: Dairying
June 22: Oldtime Baseball
June 29: Wheat Harvest
July 6: Ice Cream Party
July 13, 20, 27: Evening Hayrides
August 3: Mercer County 4-H Fair
August 10: Honey Harvest
August 31: Plowing Match
September 7: Back to School
101 Hunter Road, Titusville, NJ. 609-737-3299; www.howellfarm.org.
Valley Forge National Historical Park
June 15: Annual March Out of the Continental Army Commemoration
July 4: Community Picnic in the Park
September 28: National Public Lands Day
Admission. 1400 North Outer Line Drive, King of Prussia, PA. www.nps.gov/vafo.
Pennsbury Manor
June 16: Beer Brewing
June 16; July 21; August 18; September 15: Open Hearth Cooking
June 22: Brews and Bites at Pennsbury Manor
June 23; July 28; August 25: Garden Highlights
June 30: Animals at Pennsbury
July 7; August 4; September 1: Historic Trades
July 8-12, 15-19: Colonial Camp
July 14; August 11; September 8: Living History Theater
Admission. 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, PA. 215-946-0400; www.pennsburymanor.org.
Red Mill Museum Village
June 20; August 22: Concerts in the Quarry
June 23: Antique Engine Jamboree
June 29: Family Day
July 11-14: Black Potatoe Music Festival
July 21: Kid’s Day
August 3-4: Revolutionary War Days
August 25: Collector’s Day and Quilt Show
September 15: Blacksmith Hammer-In
Admission. 56 Main Street, Clinton, NJ. 908-735-4101; www.theredmill.org.
Historic Newtown
June 21: This walking tour will begin at the Half-Moon Inn, Court Street and Centre Avenue, Newtown, PA. It will be lead by Jeffrey Marshall of the Heritage Conservancy. The tour will feature historically significant Newtown buildings on Liberty Street and the surrounding areas. 6:30 p.m. Weather permitting. Presented by The Newtown Historic Association. Free admission. 215-968-3914; www.newtownhistoric.org.
Fonthill Castle
June 24: Archeology Camp
July 4: Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration
July 6, August 3; September 7: Tower Tour for Families
July 29: Medieval Camp
August 16: Annual Beer Event: Eat and Drink Local
Admission. East Court Street and Route 313, Doylestown, PA. 215-348-9461; www.fonthillmuseum.org.
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library Book Discussions
June 26: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
July 31: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
August 28: The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
680 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA. 215-788-7891, ext. 5 or 6; www.grundylibrary.org.
Graeme Park
July 20: Celtic Heritage Festival
August 25: Yellow Fever Living History Theater
September 18: Homeschool Day
Admission. 859 County Line Road, Horsham, PA. 215-343-0965; www.graemepark.org.
Heritage Conservancy
July 27: Fifth Annual Farm to Table (Lindsay Farm, Warminster, PA)
Historic Aldie Mansion, 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown, PA. 215-345-7020; www.heritageconservancy.org.
Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation
August 4: Annual Peach Social at BCHF. 3 to 6 p.m.
321 Cedar Street, Bristol, PA. www.bristolhistory.org.
The Highlands Mansion & Gardens
August 5-9: Summer Fun at The Highlands
Admission. 7001 Sheaff Lane, Fort Washington, PA. 215-641-2687; www.highlandshistorical.org.
47th Annual Goschenhoppen Folk Festival
August 9-10: The festival showcases the trades and home skills of the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 18th and 19th centuries. Over 500 costumed volunteers recreate kitchens, parlors, trade shops, and itinerants to bring to life the hands-on skills from the past. Green Lane, PA. 215-234-8953; www.goschenhoppen.org.
7th Annual Barn Tour of Saucon Valley Barns
September 14: The Saucon Valley Conservancy hosts its annual barn tour. This extensive self-guided and self-paced tour of local barns featuring homesteads also includes expert lectures on Pennsylvania barns and a book signing. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain or shine. Admission. Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, PA. 610-216-0566; www.sauconvalleyconservancy.org.