Death & Dying Cemetery Walking Tour Visit Bethlehem’s “First Cemetery” dating back to 1742 by Bethlehem’s Founder Presented by Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites The days are shorter, the afternoons are darker, and everything seems just a little quieter. Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites invites you to experience the eeriness of the fall season on [...]
Mead Tasting & Demonstration at Burnside Featuring the Colony Meadery Enjoy the beautiful fall scenery and changing colors in the colonial garden while tasting traditional meads. Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites at Burnside Plantation on Sunday, September 28 and October 18 at 2pm and 3pm for a mead tasting, demonstration and information event featuring [...]
Painter Todd Stone Kicks Off ‘Artists Among Us’ Residency Program at SteelStacks Bucks County Painter to Showcase Works Documenting Rebirth of the World Trade Center After 9/11 Internationally renowned painter Todd Stone will present “Downtown Rising - Studies in Resilience,” his series of works documenting the 9/11 tragedy in New York City and the ensuing [...]
Colors, Portraits, and Main Street Views: Three Perspectives, One Story It is an exciting time to visit Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites. Right now with the Pass Into History admission ticket, guests have the opportunity to experience three unique facets of Bethlehem’s past. The first four site exhibition, Colors, is now open through October 26 [...]
Honoring Seniors with Free History Museum Admission The first Sunday after Labor Day is nationally recognized as Grandparents Day. Since 1978, the United States has honored grandparents in recognition of the vast contributions made by seniors through history. So what better way to salute those historic figures and their contributions than to celebrate in a [...]
August 21 Opening of exhibit, “Photographic Census of Barns of Williams Township, 1998-2002,” by Liesel Dreisbach-Williams. Through September 21. She will present a talk on September 13. September 7 12 – 4 pm Grandparents’ Day – free admission for grandparents! September 13 10 am – 12 pm Pa-German Barn Sign workshop for kids, with Larry [...]
By Erin D'Amelio Realizations sometimes sneak up on you in the oddest of ways. I think that’s the case for most of them, really, but the worst kind of realization is one that you’ve latently believed for the longest of times yet never attached words to that understanding. Such a realization occurred to me just [...]
Summer Kids Club at Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites July-September Activities at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts Join the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts for an exciting summer with our Kids Club family programs: Dolly & Me and Hunt for History. Admission to both programs is free for children when adults purchase the $12 [...]
The Sweetest Festival of the Summer! 2014 Blueberry Festival Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites July 18, 19 and 20 for a weekend of live music, history, crafts, and delicious blueberry savories at the annual Blueberry Festival at Burnside Plantation, the 6.5 acre Farm in the City! They don’t call it the sweetest festival of the [...]
By Erin D'Amelio “A dragon and a dinosaur are fighting in my stomach.” So says a fellow teacher while explaining his hunger pains. And you know what? His description is pretty darn accurate. June 28th marked the first day of Ramadan, a holy month for Muslims during which practitioners abstain from, among other things, eating [...]
