Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Spring 1991 issue Topics in this article:
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford

  • Annual Christmas Tour, Dec. 7, 1991
  • General Washington’s Birthday Celebration, Feb. 16, 1992

Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall

  • Lecture: “Iron Furnaces of Pennsylvania”, Oct. 8, 1991
  • Lecture: “Lowell, Massachusetts: The City as a Museum”, Nov. 12, 1991

Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly

  • Folklore Day, Oct. 12, 1991

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata

  • Cloister Anniversary Conference, Sept. 27-28, 1991
  • Apple Dumpling Festival, Oct. 12, 1991
  • Christmas Candlelight Tour, Dec. 27-29, 1991

Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh

  • Performance of the 60th Regiment of Foot, Oct. 6, 1991

Graeme Park, Horsham

  • Program: “Ghost Stories”, Oct. 18, 19, 25, 1991
  • Crafts by Candlelight, Nov. 7-8, 1991
  • Holiday Crafts Show, Nov. 8-9, 1991
  • Workshop: “Decorating for a Colonial Christmas”, Dec. 7, 1991
  • Exhibit: “18th Century Holiday Decorations”, Dec. 11-Jan. 5, 1991

Hope Lodge / Mather Mill, Fort Washington

  • Antique Quilt Exhibit and Forum, Sept. 28-29, 1991
  • Haunted Halloween Mill, Oct. 26-27, 1991
  • Military Reenactment and Encampment, Nov. 2-3, 1991
  • Christmas Candlelight Tours, Dec. 14-15, 1991

Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster

  • Harvest Days, Oct. 12-13, 1991
  • Pumpkin Patch Tours, Oct. 26-27, 1991
  • Days of the Belsnickel, Dec. 5-7, 1991
  • Christmas at Landis Valley, Dec. 17, 1991

Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Galeton

  • Heritage Days Antique Show, Oct. 12-13, 1991

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg

  • Exhibit: “Speed, Safety, Comfort: Images of the GG-1”, through March 19, 1992
  • Halloween Lantern Tours, Oct. 26, 1991
  • Program: “Home for the Holidays”, Dec. 7, 1991

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg

  • Exhibit: “Discovering America: The Peopling of Pennsylvania”, Opening October 1991
  • Exhibit: “Sterling Heritage: The U.S.S. Pennsylvania Silver”, Opening Dec. 7, 1991
  • Exhibit: “Keystone Battleship: The U.S.S. Pennsylvania“, Opening Dec. 7, 1991

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • Veterans’ Memorial Service, Sept. 29, 1991
  • Open Hearth Cooking Class, Nov. 2, 1991
  • Tavern Nights at McConkey’s Ferry Inn, Nov. 8-9, 1991
  • Bucks County Handweavers Show and Sale, Nov. 22-24, 1991
  • Candlelight Tours of Taylorsville, Dec. 7, 1991
  • Reenactment of Washington Crossing the Delaware, Dec. 25, 1991
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