Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Winter 1983 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

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeannette

  • Dec. 4, 1982: “From The Skin Side Out” (View of colonial life through period clothing) – 2 P.M.
  • Dec. 18, 1982: Christmas Bird Count – 8 A.M.
  • Dec. 19, 1982: Christmas at Bushy Run – Noon to 5 P.M.
  • Jan. 1.5, 1983: Nature Program: “Footprints in the Snow – 10 A.M. to 2 P.M.
  • Feb. 26-27, 1983: Maple Sugar Festival – 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.

Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf

  • Dec. 19, 1982: Pennsylvania German Christmas – 1 to 4 P.M.

Nathan Denison House, Forty Fort

  • Dec. 4-5, 1982: Candlelight Tour – 6 to 9 P.M.

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata

  • Dec. 14-15, 1982: “Christmas at the Cloister” – 6:30, 7:45 & 9 P.M.
  • Dec. 27-28, 1982: Christmas Candlelight Tours – 6:30 to 9 P.M.

Hope Lodge, Fort Washington

  • Dec. 7-19, 1982: Christmas at Hope Lodge – Daily, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sunday, Noon to 5 P.M.
  • Dec. 10-11, 1982: Christmas Candlelight Tour – 7 to 9 P.M.

Old Chester Courthouse, Chester

  • Jan. 22, 1983: 65th Proclamation of the Independence of Ukrainian Congress – 9:30 A.M.

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Dec. 17-18, 1982: Old Fashioned Christmas – 5 to 9 P.M.

Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville

  • Dec. 16, 1982: Holly Night – 7 to 10 P.M.
  • Mar. 14, 1983: Charter Day Dinner

Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster

  • Dec. 21, 1982: Christmas at Landis Valley – 7 P.M.

Pottsgrove Mansion, Pottstown

  • Dec. 5, 1982: Christmas Tea

Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland

  • Dec. 12, 1982: Sound of Jubilation – 2:30 to 3:30 P.M.

Scranton Anthracite Museum, Scranton

  • Sundays in Jan 1983: Film Series: “Adding Fuel to the Fire”
  • Sundays in Feb 1983: Lecture Series: “Adding Fuel to the Fire”

Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing

  • Dec. 5, 1982: Annual Christmas Concert: Neshaminy – Langhorne Choir – 2 P.M.
  • Dec. 25, 1982: Annual Christmas Crossing Reenactment – 1 P.M.
  • Feb. 19-21, 1982: Gingerbread Days
  • Feb. 22, 1982: Washington’s Birthday Party – 4:30 to 7 P.M.

William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg

  • Dec. 1982: Changing Exhibits
    • Magic World, Opens Dec. 5
    • Christmas: An Ethnic Experience, Opens Dec. 5
    • Wood Carvings of Larkin Scull, Opens Dec. 11
    • Giving Baby the Air, Closes Dec. 5
    • Salute to Frankenfield, Closes Dec. 5
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • The Lure and Lore of Fishing
  • Jan. 1983: Changing Exhibits
    • Women in the Arts
    • Magic World
    • Christmas: An Ethnic Experience, Closes Jan. 9
    • Wood Carvings of Larkin Scull
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • The Lure and Lore of Fishing
  • Feb. 1983: Changing Exhibits
    • Scholastic Awards, Opens Feb. 19
    • Magic World
    • Wood Carvings of Larkin Scull
    • The U.S.S. Pennsylvania and Her Silver
    • Chair, Chest and Table
    • The Lure and Lore of Fishing

 

Other Associations

Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford

  • Thru Jan. 9, 1983: A Brandywine Christmas for Children of All Ages

Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh

  • Thru Jan. 2, 1983: Exhibit: W. Eugene Smith – Photographs of Pittsburgh