Summer History 2019
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;
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)
Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton, NJ. 609-921-6748 ; www.princetonhistory.org.
Lambertville Historical Society
April-November: Guided Walking Tours of Lambertville
Marshall House Museum, 60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. 609-397-0770;
www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.
Historical Society of Hilltown Township
June 13: Mike Jesberger presentation on Life of a Civil War Soldier and Life at Home
407 Keystone Dr. & Bethlehem Pk., Sellersville, Pa. 18960 267-614-9174
The Friends of Howell Living History Farm
May 29: Haying
70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville, NJ. 609-737-3299; www.howellfarm.org.
Washington Crossing Historic Park
June 21: Book Club Meeting Virtually: Rebels Rising
Washington Crossing, PA. 215-493-4076; www.washingtoncrossingpark.org.
Pearl S Buck
June 17: Volunteer Orientation
20 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA. 215-249-0100; www.psbi.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.
Mercer Museum
May 21-September 6: Measurement Rules Exhibit
This summer at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA, explore a new family-friendly exhibit created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh called "Measurement Rules”. Guests of all ages delight in discovering different measurements of length, time, volume and weight in a variety of engaging ways, including giant tape measures, treadmill odometers, bead tables, balance scales and more. www.mercermuseum.org.
Pennypacker Mills
Through January 2022: Greetings from Schwenksville
May 22: Americana Music Performed by Tom Jolin
June 26: Alice Paul, Suffragette Portrayed by Alisa Dupuy
5 Haldeman Road, Schwenksville, PA. 610-287-9349; https://www.montcopa.org/pennypackermills