12 programs. History programs, talks & tours for families across the county.
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Starts Sat, Sep 19, 7:30 AM · $135.00
The Friends of the Conrad Weiser Homestead organize this bus trip to the historic village of Trappe, where four properties open for guided tours. The day is built around Pennsylvania German history…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Sat, Sep 19, 1:00 PM · Free
Step back in time with Benjamin Franklin as he talks about his many scientific discoveries. He shares behind closed doors stories about the signing of the Declaration of Independence and tales of his…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 10:00 AM
Educators from the Reading Public Museum lead a morning of special tours and hands-on projects built around illustrators Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth and the way they told stories in paint.…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Hopewell Furnace was an iron-making operation, but it was also a place where families lived and worked. On Living History Day, staff and volunteers in historical clothing spread out across the…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 10:00 AM
Homeschool families spend a morning at the Reading Public Museum looking at how manufacturing shaped Pennsylvania. Museum educators lead special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 12:00 PM
Living History Sunday brings the 18th century to life on the Weiser House grounds at the Conrad Weiser Homestead in Womelsdorf. Visitors can watch open-hearth cooking in the Springhouse kitchen and…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM
The Conrad Weiser Homestead invites visitors to take a guided walk through Memorial Park in Womelsdorf. David Sonnen, President of the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead, leads the group and talks…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 10:00 AM
Spend a morning at The Museum with Reading Public Museum educators for special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can take part in. This session carries the theme Inventors and…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 10:00 AM
Museum educators lead a morning about medieval Europe, with knights, castles and clues to piece together. The session mixes special tours of the Museum with hands-on projects, and the whole family…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 5, 11:00 AM · Free
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site hosts Hopewell for the Holidays, a special event at the historic iron plantation. The park lists it as a craft and cultural demonstration, living history, and…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
Starts Thu, Dec 10, 10:00 AM · Individual sessions: members $20 (1 adult and 1 child), non-members $30; additional adults or children extra
Museum educators lead a morning of special tours and hands-on projects built around holidays celebrated around the world and the festivals of light and life that mark them. Families take part…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
In progress since May 1, through Sep 30 · Free
A park ranger leads this introductory walking tour of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. The group walks through the historic buildings and the surrounding landscape while the ranger explains…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson