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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.
New Hope Historical Society
Ongoing: Walking Tours of Downtown New Hope
Through November: Tours of Parry Mansion
December 4: Holiday Spirited Tea
December 10-11: Victorian Christmas Celebration
45 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. 215-862-5652; www.newhopehs.org.
Newtown Historic Association
Ongoing: Self-Guided Walking Tours
December 3: Newtown Holiday House Tour (Dec. 4 snow date)
Newtown, PA. 215-968-4004; www.newtownhistoric.org.
Pearl S. Buck House
November 8-December 31: Holiday Festival of Trees
December 8: Community Open House
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.
National Constitution Center
Through December 2017: Constituting Liberty: From The Declaration to The Bill of Rights
Through November 13: Headed to the White House Experience
525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. 215-409-6600; www.constitutioncenter.org.
Mercer Museum
November 19-January 2: Under the Tree: A Century of Holiday Trees and Toys
December 13: Holiday Open House
Admission. 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA. 215-345-0210;
Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum
Through October: Museum Tours
Admission. 1605 Daniel Bray Highway, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-2752;
Lambertville Historical Society
Through October: Guided Walking Tours of Lambertville
60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-0770;
www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.
Octagonal Schoolhouse
Through October: Come to the open house of this unique schoolhouse. It is open the third Sunday of each month, May through October. Open house hours are 1-5 p.m. Admission is free. Corner of Swamp Road and Second Street Pike, Wrightstown Township, PA.
Historic Fallsington
November 12: Fall Fling
December 1-22: Special Guided Christmas Tours
December 11: Christmas in Fallsington
Admission. 4 Yardley Avenue, Fallsington, PA. 215-295-6567;
Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society
at the Sigal Museum
November 12: Seeing the War: Stories Behind the Famous Photographs of WW II
December 17: Battle of the Bulge Commemoration
Sigal Museum, 342 Northampton Street, Easton, PA. 610-253-1222; www.sigalmuseum.org.
Historic Bethlehem Partnership
November 26: Turkey Trot 5K Run & Fitness Walk
Bethlehem, PA. 610-882-0450; www.historicbethlehem.org.
Pottsgrove Manor
November 5-6: A Georgian Dining Experience
November 25-January 8: Twelfth Night Tours
December 11: Pottsgrove Manor by Candlelight
100 West King Street, Pottstown, PA. 610-326-4014; www.montcopa.org/pottsgrovemanor.
Hope Lodge
November 5-6: 1777 Whitemarsh Encampment
December 3: Holidays at Hope Lodge
553 South Bethlehem Pike, Fort Washington, PA. 215-646-1595; www.ushistory.org/hope.
Pennsbury Manor
October 30: Tricks & Treats at the Manor and Witch Trial
November 26: Wreaths & Greens Workshop
December 1-2: Holly Nights
400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, PA. 215-946-0400;
Hunterdon County Historical Society
November 3: Using the Collections of the Hunterdon County Historical Society
November 13: History of Fulper & Stangl Art Pottery in Flemington
December 4, 11: Holidays Tours and Open House
114 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. 908-782-1091; www.hunterdonhistory.org.
Valley Forge National Historical Park
November 11: Veterans Day Commemoration
December 19: March In of the Continental Army
1400 North Outer Line Drive, King of Prussia, PA. 610-783-1099; www.valleyforge.org.
Pennypacker Mills
November 22-January 8: Holiday Tours
December 10: Victorian Christmas Open House
5 Haldeman Road, Schwenksville, PA. 610-287-9349;
Mennonite Heritage Center
December 3-4: Christmas Market
565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, PA. 215-256-3020; www.mhep.org.
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
Through October 31: 50 Years of Service: Celebrating the History of the Grundy Library
680 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA. 215-788-7891; www.grundylibrary.org.
Prallsville Mills
October 29: Halloween Spooktacular
November 19: Rare Pair: Wine & Food Tasting
33 Risler Street, Stockton, NJ. 609-397-3586; www.prallsvillemills.org.
Historical Society of Princeton
November 5: House Tour
Princeton, NJ. 609-921-6748; www.princetonhistory.org.
The Friends of Howell Living History Farm
October 29: Corn Harvest
November 26: Thanksgiving Hayrides/Wreath & Sleighbell Sale
December 3: Christmas on the Farm
70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville, NJ. 609-737-3299; www.howellfarm.org.
The Highlands Mansion & Gardens
December 4: A Visit with Santa
7001 Sheaff Lane, Fort Washington, PA. 215-641-2687; www.highlandshistorical.org.
Fonthill Castle
October 29; November 5: Behind the Scenes Tours
December 2-January 1: Winter Wonderland: Holiday Decorations at Fonthill
December 4: Holiday Festivities for the Family (also at Moravian Pottery & Tile Works)
December 10: Holiday Lights Meander
December 30: Candlelight Holiday Tours
East Court Street and Route 313, Doylestown, PA. 215-348-9461;
Peter Wentz Farmstead Society
December 3: Candlelight Tours
2030 Shearer Road, Worcester, PA. 610-584-5104; www.peterwentzfarmsteadsociety.org.