Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Winter 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.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Anthracite Museum at Scranton, Scranton

  • Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, 1982: Lecture Series in conjunction with Special Exhibit: “Adding Fuel to the Fire: Energy in the Anthracite Region” – 3 P.M.

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeannette

  • Dec. 5, 1981: 18th Century Fashion Show – 2 P.M.
  • Jan. 30., 1982: Spinning Demonstrations and Workshop

Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro

  • Jan. 30, 1982: Hell or Highwater Flintlock Shoot
  • Feb. 5-6, 1982: Keeping Warm at Daniel Boone Homestead: Cold Weather Survival Demonstration – 12:30 to 3:30 P.M.

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata

  • Dec. 14-15, 1981: Christmas at the Cloister – 6:30, 7:45, 9:00 P.M.
  • Dec. 28-29, 1981: Cloister Candlelight Tour – 6:30 to 9 P.M.
  • Jan.-Feb. 1982: Educational Programs, (Grades 4-8) – Daytime, by reservation

Frank McCoy House, Lewistown

  • Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 1981: “Toys of Yesterday” – 2 to 4 P.M.

Graeme Park, Horsham

  • Dec. 11-13, 1981: Selling Christmas Greens and Crafts

Nathan Denison House, Forty Fort

  • Dec. 19-20, 1981: Candlelight Tour, 1790-1800 Christmas Era – 6 to 9 P.M.

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Dec. 5, 1981: “A Christmas Carol,” Metropolitan Stage Co. – 8 P.M.
  • Dec. 18-19, 1981: 19th Century Christmas – 5 to 9 P.M.

Historic Peace Church, Camp Hill

  • Jan. 6, 1982: Twelfth Night Services – 7 & 8:30 P.M.

Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Landis Valley

  • Dec. 15, 1981: Christmas at Landis Valley – 7 P.M.

Pottsgrove Mansion, Pottstown

  • Dec. 6, 1981: Christmas at Pottsgrove – Evening

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • Dec. 6, 1981: Annual Christmas Concert
  • Dec. 25, 1981: Christmas Crossing Reenactment
  • Feb. 20, 21, 22, 1982: Washington’s 250th Birthday Celebration – 11 A.M. to 3 P.M.

William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg

  • Dec. 1981: Changing Exhibits
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Christmas … an Ethnic Experience, Opens Dec. 6
    • American Folk Art Wood Sculpture by Ralph D. Gardner
    • Birds’ Eggs: The Hal H. Harrison Collec­tion
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • The Lure and Lore of Fishing
  • Jan. 1982: Changing Exhibits
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Christmas … an Ethnic Experience, Closes Jan. 10
    • Celebration for Women in the Arts, Jan. 9-31
    • Birds’ Eggs: The Hal H. Harrison Collec­tion
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • The Lure and Lore of Fishing
  • Feb. 1982: Changing Exhibits
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Scholastic Art A wards Exhibition, Opens Feb. 20
    • American Folk Art Wood Sculpture by Ralph D. Gardner
    • Birds’ Eggs: The Hal H. Harrison Collec­tion
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • The Lure and Lore of Fishing

 

Other Associations

Historic Delaware County, Inc., Wallingford

  • Dec. 12, 1981: .Commemoration: Thomas Leiper’s Birthday

Lebanon County Historical Society, Lebanon

  • Dec. 6, 1981: 5th Annual Pa. Traditional Folk Art Craft Show – 1-5 P.M.

Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia

  • Thru Mar. 31, 1982: Exhibit: “Quarter of a Millennium: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1731-1981”

Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia

  • Dec. 3-6, 1981: 2nd Annual Antiques Show and Sale

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

  • Opens Feb. 13, 1982: Exhibit: ‘Thomas Eakins: Themes and Studies”