Williams Township veterans will be honored at a service on Wednesday, November 11, 11 am, at the Veterans Memorial on the Williams Township Municipal campus, 655 Cider Press Rd., Easton. The public is welcome. Jeff Carstens, Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church and St. Luke’s (Old Williams) Lutheran Church and a veteran, will offer thoughts [...]
Sigal Museum 342 Northampton St., Easton, PA Museum hours: Wed – Sat. 10 am – 4 pm, Sun 12 – 4 pm Now through March 1, 2016 “Here Come the Brides,” an exhibit of stunning bridal attire (including tuxes) dating from the mid-1840s to the 1960s, features 26 items, all from Northampton County residents. Included with museum admission. [...]
The Sigal Museum will open an extraordinary exhibit of wedding attire, covering more than a century of bridal gowns and suits and tuxedos for grooms. The earliest gown in the exhibit is a lovely 1840 satin and lace gown. An ivory print silk gown from 1855 has an unexpected connection to the family of President [...]
Dixie Cup Delivery Truck 1921-29The Williams Twp. Historical Society welcomes the public to “Rare Canal and Railroad Documents: A Community Resource,” on Sunday, October 18, 3 pm, Social Room, St. John’s Church of Morgan Hill, 2720 Morgan Hill Rd., Easton. Ilhan Citak, Archives Curator and Special Collections Librarian at Lehigh University, will discuss the industries [...]
Celebrating the Education of 18th Century Agriculture Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites on Sunday, October 11 and Sunday, October 18 for Open Gate Farm Tours at Burnside Plantation. Penn State Extension has organized the Open Gate Farm Tours of Lehigh and Northampton counties for over four decades, with a primary goal of educating the [...]
Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, 1810 Goundie House and 1750 Smithy Join Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! Free Admission on September 26, 2015, with a Downloadable Ticket (Link Below) The Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, 1810 Goundie House, and 1750 Smithy will open their doors free of [...]
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Offering Tours at SteelStacks Starting September 24 Photo by Angel Gable A unique, bird’s-eye view of the towering blast furnaces, Gas Blowing Engine House and other iconic Bethlehem Steel structures, coupled with the inside story of the steelmaking process told by certified guides who worked and/or had family [...]
SIGAL Museum Joins Smithsonian Magazine’s Free Admission on September 26, 2015, with a Downloadable Museum Day Live! Ticket The SIGAL Museum of the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society will open its doors free of charge on Saturday September 26, 2015, as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s eleventh annual Museum Day Live! On this day only, [...]
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites to present Annual Jeanette Barres Zug Lecture Credit: Swarthmore College/Dept. of Interior Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites on Saturday, October 17 at 3 p.m. inside the Gemeinhaus, for the annual Jeanette Barres Zug Lecture. This year’s speaker is the Honorable Wilma A. Lewis, Chief Judge for the [...]
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites presents the 2nd Annual Apple Days Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites announces the second annual Apple Days at Burnside Plantation on Saturday, September 12, from 10-4 p.m. Join the fall family fun activities including an apple bobbing contest, cider press demonstrations, apple stamping, hard apple cider tastings, colonial cooking demonstrations [...]
