Heritage Highlights
Written by PA Heritage Staff in the Heritage Highlights category and the Summer 1982 issue Topics in this article:Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.
Anthracite Museum of Scranton, Scranton
- Aug. through Oct. 1982: National Park Service Traveling Exhibit: “Yearning to Breathe Free: Immigrants in Search of the American Dream”
Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford
- July 4, 1982: Birthday Extravaganza
Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeannette
- June 11-13, 1982: Symposium: “French and Indian War – Pontiac’s War” – 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
- June 19, July 17, Aug. 21, 1982: Outdoor Nature Programs – 10 A.M.
- July 3-4, 1982: French and Indian War Encampment – 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
- Aug. 7-8, 1982: Anniversary: Battle of Bushy Run – 9 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf
- June 27, July 18, Aug. 15, 1982: Craft Days – 12 to 5 P.M.
- Aug. 21-22, 1982: French and Indian War Encampment- – A.M. to 5 P.M.
Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro
- June 5-6, 1982: B.A.R. Spring Firelock Match – 5th, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.; 6th, 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
- June 11-13, 1982: Patriot Days Encampment (Boy and Girl Scouts)
- July 11, Aug. 8, 1982: 1st Pa. Regiment Team Match – 10 A.M. to 2 P.M.
David Bradford House, Washington
- June 18-20, 1982: Bassettown Festival – 18th & 20th, 12 to 5 P.M.; 19th, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly
- Through Aug. 1982: Music Program
Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata
- July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 1982: Vorspiel: Historical Drama (Musical) – Tours, 6:30 to 8:15 P.M.; Performance, 9 P.M.
Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh
- June 1 – Sept. 1, 1982: Exhibit: Town Planning in Pittsburgh – 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Johnston Tavern, Mercer
- July 4, 1982: Civil War Event – 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Nathan Denison House, Forty Fort
- June 27, 1982: Children’s Day: 18th Century Games – 1 to 5 P.M.
Old Chester Courthouse, Chester
- June 19-20, 1982: Industrial Expo – Artifacts and Pictures of Chester
- June 17-21, 1982: Tall Ships
Old Economy Village, Ambridge
- June 5-6, 1982: Kunstfest (Craft Festival) – 11 A.M. to 5 P.M.
- June 27, July 25, Aug. 22, 1982: Renaissance City Woodwind Quintet Garden Concert
- July 3-Sept. 12, 1982: Exhibit: “The Sampler: Continuity and Change Since the 18th Century”
- July 5-30, 1982: Children’s Craft Program: “Summer at Old Economy” (pre-registration)
Old Mill Village, New Milford
- June 13 – Aug 1982: Special Sunday Events – 12 to 5 P.M.
Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville
- July 13 – Aug. 1, 1982: Americana Festival: “Four Centuries of American Creativity and Ingenuity”
Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster
- June 5-6, 1982: Craft Days – 12 to 5 P.M.
- June 22-25, 1982: Institute of Pa. Rural Life and Culture
Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Galeton
- July 3-4, 1982: Bark Peeler’s Convention – 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg
- June 27, 1982: Antique Automobile Show – 12 to 5 P.M.
- Aug. 7, 1982: Arts and Crafts Show – 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Pottsgrove Mansion, Pottstown
- June 5, 1982: June Fair – 10 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Historic Warrior Run Church, McEwensville
- June 13, 1982: Strawberry Festival – 2 to 7 P.M.
Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing
- June – Aug 1982: Nature Programs, Lectures and Workshops (Contact Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve for dates and times.)
- July 4, 1982: Revolutionary Run – 7 A.M.
William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg
- Jun. 1982: Changing Exhibits
- Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival (Juried Exhibit)
- With the Stroke of a Pen: Tercentenary Documents, 1681-1981
- The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
- Chair, Chest and Table
- The Lure and Lore of Fishing
- Jul. 1982: Changing Exhibits
- Baby Carriages, Opens July 10
- Salute to Frankenfield, Opens July 17
- Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival (Juried Exhibit), Closes July 5
- The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
- With the Stroke of a Pen: Tercentenary Documents, 1681-1981
- Chair, Chest and Table
- The Lure and Lore of Fishing
- Aug. 1982: Changing Exhibits
- Expressions of Excellence, 1982, Opens Aug. 6
- Baby Carriages
- Salute to Frankenfield
- The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
- With the Stroke of a Pen: Tercentenary Documents, 1681-1981
- Chair, Chest and Table
- The Lure and Lore of Fishing