Barn raising was a celebrated tradition on Pennsylvania's farms. Farmers and their families gathered together and helped one another build strong barns and strong communities. Children and adults will work together this Saturday, September 21st at the Burnside Plantation's Historic Hay loft and raise a kid's size barn using period joinery techniques, and cooperation. Stop [...]
Enjoy a special behind the scenes look at the newly expanded and reappointed Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts on Grand re-opening weekend, September 20-22. Guests will enjoy hands on object examination and refreshments from 11am-4pm. The new Collections Resource Center is a 5,000 sq ft addition to the Kemerer Museum that will house the most [...]
The Williams Twp. Historical Society welcomes the public to “A Harvest of Fraktur and Bible Records” on Sunday, October 6, 3 pm, Social Room, St. John’s Church of Morgan Hill, 2720 Morgan Hill Rd., Easton. Corinne and Russell Earnest, long-time fraktur collectors and experts, will talk about the unique Pennsylvania-German birth, baptism, and marriage certificates [...]
On December 24th, 1741, "Bethlehem" was christened by the Moravian Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf. In 1937, Bethlehem was deemed "Christmas City, USA." Historic Bethlehem's tours, sites and programs are a great way to reflect upon your own meaning of the holidays while immersed in Bethlehem's beauty. Tickets On Sale For Historic Bethlehem Museums and [...]
Featuring new exhibits and programming for all ages The Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts reopens to the public on Friday, September 20. The museum was renovated to include a two-story, environmentally-controlled collections resource center that provides open storage for nearly 40% of Historic Bethlehem’s artifacts, including paintings, textiles, toys, furniture, and one of the country’s [...]
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 the Death & Dying cemetery tour. Here's what to expect: Start your walk in the oldest building in town, Bethlehem’s 1741 Gemeinhaus, the place [...]
Sigal Museum “Legacy Exhibit” Reveals Causes and Effects of the Holocaust In partnership with the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society will host “The Legacy Exhibit: The Story of the Holocaust,” from Sunday, September 1 through September 30, 2013, at the Sigal Museum in downtown Easton. A special [...]
The 9/11 Memorial Flag will be raised at the Sigal Museum on Tuesday, August 20, at 2:30 pm. Sigal Museum is located at 342 Northampton St., Easton. This large 22’ by 32’ flag is comprised of nearly 3,000 American flags representing each victim of the tragedy at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and [...]
Williams Township Historical Society (WTHS) will join other township organizations in showing attendees the exciting activities in the township on Williams Township’s Community Day. On Saturday, August 10, starting at 2 pm, WTHS will host the 153rd Volunteer PA Civil War Regiment. These experienced reenactors will demonstrate how the common soldier lived, how the women [...]
Bring your galoshes or rain boots because we’re getting WET at Back to Your Roots, the hands-on children’s program that offers down-on-the-farm, interactive fun! Join Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites on Saturday, August 17 for Stream Science, an interactive event that takes children into a living laboratory—the Monocacy Creek at Burnside Plantation! The Monocacy Creek [...]
