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HISTORY
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.
Pearl S. Buck House
Ongoing: Discover the Legacy Tours
December 11: Holiday 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. 215-295-1706; www.historicsummerseat.com.
Morven Museum & Garden
Through March 29: Hail Specimen of Female Art! New Jersey Schoolgirl Needlework, 1726-1860
November 26-January 4: Festival of Trees
55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ. 609-924-8144; www.morven.org.
National Constitution Center
Through January 4: Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello
525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. 215-409-6600; www.constitutioncenter.org.
Historic Fallsington
Through December 23: Special Guided Christmas Tours
December 14: Christmas in Fallsington
Admission. 4 Yardley Avenue, Fallsington, PA. 215-295-6567; www.historicfallsington.org.
Mercer Museum
Through January 3: Under the Tree: A Century of Holiday Trees and Toys
Admission. 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA. 215-345-0210; www.mercermuseum.org.
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
January 28: Book Discussion: The Signature of All Things
February 25: Book Discussion: Americanah
March 25: Book Discussion: Orphan Train
680 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA. 215-788-7891; www.grundylibrary.org.
Fonthill Castle
December 13, 20, 27; January 3: Holiday Decoration Tours
December 13: Fonthill Holiday Lights Meander
December 27: Candlelight Holiday Tours
East Court Street and Route 313, Doylestown, PA. 215-348-9461; www.fonthillmuseum.org.
Historic Bethlehem
December 27: Dolly & Me: Dollhouse Christmas at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts
Bethlehem, PA. 610-882-0450; www.historicbethlehem.org.
Mennonite Heritage Center
December 9-31: Folk Art Sale
565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, PA. 215-256-3020; www.mhep.org.
New Hope Historical Society
December 13-14: Victorian Christmas Celebration
45 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. 215-862-5652; www.newhopehs.org.
The Highlands Mansion & Gardens
February 1; March 29: Tea & Symphony
Admission. 7001 Sheaff Lane, Fort Washington, PA. 215-641-2687; www.highlandshistorical.org.
Washington Crossing Historic Park
December 25: Christmas Day Crossing Reenactment
Washington Crossing, PA. 215-493-4076; www.washingtoncrossingpark.org.
Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation
January 25: Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band
February 8: Annual Tea
March 22: Julia Says Bon Appetit
321 Cedar Street, Bristol, PA. www.bristolhistory.org
HISTORY
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.
Pearl S. Buck House
Ongoing: Discover the Legacy Tours
December 11: Holiday 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. 215-295-1706; www.historicsummerseat.com.
Morven Museum & Garden
Through March 29: Hail Specimen of Female Art! New Jersey Schoolgirl Needlework, 1726-1860
November 26-January 4: Festival of Trees
55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ. 609-924-8144; www.morven.org.
National Constitution Center
Through January 4: Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello
525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. 215-409-6600; www.constitutioncenter.org.
Historic Fallsington
Through December 23: Special Guided Christmas Tours
December 14: Christmas in Fallsington
Admission. 4 Yardley Avenue, Fallsington, PA. 215-295-6567; www.historicfallsington.org.
Mercer Museum
Through January 3: Under the Tree: A Century of Holiday Trees and Toys
Admission. 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA. 215-345-0210; www.mercermuseum.org.
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
January 28: Book Discussion: The Signature of All Things
February 25: Book Discussion: Americanah
March 25: Book Discussion: Orphan Train
680 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA. 215-788-7891; www.grundylibrary.org.
Fonthill Castle
December 13, 20, 27; January 3: Holiday Decoration Tours
December 13: Fonthill Holiday Lights Meander
December 27: Candlelight Holiday Tours
East Court Street and Route 313, Doylestown, PA. 215-348-9461; www.fonthillmuseum.org.
Historic Bethlehem
December 27: Dolly & Me: Dollhouse Christmas at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts
Bethlehem, PA. 610-882-0450; www.historicbethlehem.org.
Mennonite Heritage Center
December 9-31: Folk Art Sale
565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, PA. 215-256-3020; www.mhep.org.
New Hope Historical Society
December 13-14: Victorian Christmas Celebration
45 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. 215-862-5652; www.newhopehs.org.
The Highlands Mansion & Gardens
February 1; March 29: Tea & Symphony
Admission. 7001 Sheaff Lane, Fort Washington, PA. 215-641-2687; www.highlandshistorical.org.
Washington Crossing Historic Park
December 25: Christmas Day Crossing Reenactment
Washington Crossing, PA. 215-493-4076; www.washingtoncrossingpark.org.
Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation
January 25: Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band
February 8: Annual Tea
March 22: Julia Says Bon Appetit
321 Cedar Street, Bristol, PA. www.bristolhistory.org