Skip to content
Facebook-f Twitter Instagram
  • BECOME A MEMBER
  • DONATE
  • MUSEUM SHOP
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Visit Us
    • Staff
    • Trustees
    • Opportunities
    • FAQ
    • Blog
  • Events
    • Event Calendar
    • Rentals
  • Exhibits
    • Core Exhibits
    • Changing Exhibits
    • Digital Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits
  • Collections
    • Library
    • Library Finding Aids
    • Photo Archives
    • Museum
    • Chester County Archives
    • Online Collections
    • Collections FAQs
    • Collections Donations
    • Chester County A-Z
  • Learn
    • Private Tours and lectures
    • School and Youth Programs
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Visit Us
    • Staff
    • Trustees
    • Opportunities
    • FAQ
    • Blog
  • Events
    • Event Calendar
    • Rentals
  • Exhibits
    • Core Exhibits
    • Changing Exhibits
    • Digital Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits
  • Collections
    • Library
    • Library Finding Aids
    • Photo Archives
    • Museum
    • Chester County Archives
    • Online Collections
    • Collections FAQs
    • Collections Donations
    • Chester County A-Z
  • Learn
    • Private Tours and lectures
    • School and Youth Programs
  • Contact Us
Search
VISIT US
8 events found.

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

  • List
  • Month
  • Day
Today
  • January 2026

  • Tue 13
    January 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture – Lock, Stock, & Barrel: Arms & Ammunition of the American Revolution

    Virtual Event

    Let's kick off our 250th with the first virtual lecture of the year! Historian Joe Sullivan will lead us on an exploration of the weapons of the American Revolution, how they influenced training and tactics, and how the British and Continental Armies supplied their troops. This is a pay-as-you-wish event. Can't make that time? No problem! We'll send you a link to the recording the next day!

  • Thu 22
    January 22 @ 10:00 am

    Book Discussion – How IKE Led (hybrid)

    Join the bi-monthly discussion! How IKE Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions by Susan Eisenhower Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to […]

  • Wed 28
    January 28 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    True Crime on Trial – Bistro on Bridge

    Bistro on Bridge, Phoenixville, PA 212 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, United States

    You be the judge! Join historians from the Chester County History Center as they present the evidence from one of the county's most controversial murder trials of the 20th century, then you serve as a juror to determine the verdict!

  • Thu 29
    January 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Stomping Grounds: Tracing your Chester County Ancestral Lands

    Virtual Event

    Join genealogist Kimberly F. B. Bucklaw in this free virtual presentation exploring the use of land records in building your family tree.

  • February 2026

  • Tue 10
    February 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture – The Abolition of Slavery in Revolutionary Pennsylvania

    Virtual Event

    Join us in celebrating America 250 and welcoming Professor Nicholas Wood as he explores the origins, passage, and implementation of the nation’s first abolition law: Pennsylvania’s 1780 Gradual Abolition Act. This is a virtual lecture and a pay-as-you-wish event. Can't make that time? No problem! We'll send you a link to the recording the next day!

  • Tue 17
    February 17 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    True Crime on Trial (Downingtown, PA)

    Victory Brewing 420 Acorn Lane, Downingtown, United States

    You be the judge! Join historians from the Chester County History Center for this interactive presentation of one of Chester County's most controversial murder trials of the early 20th century. You will interact using your smart phone throughout the evening, ultimately delivering the verdict at the end!

  • March 2026

  • Thu 26
    March 26 @ 10:00 am - March 27 @ 4:00 pm

    National History Day – CCHC closed to the public

    CCHC will be closed to the public March 26-27 for the Southeastern PA National History Day competition. Normal hours resume Saturday, March 28th at 10AM.

  • May 2026

  • Wed 13
    May 13 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

    A Silk Memory Restitched (workshop)

    Embroiderers are invited to join internationally noted instructor Amy Mitten to learn how to recreate a reproduction of a Chester County sampler stitched in 1819 by Hannah Wilson (1802 – […]

  • Previous Events
  • Today
  • Google Calendar
  • iCalendar
  • Outlook 365
  • Outlook Live
  • Export .ics file
  • Export Outlook .ics file
VISIT US
BECOME A MEMBER

225 N. High Street, West Chester, PA 19380 | 610-692-4800

Facebook Twitter Instagram

Sign up for our Newsletter

© 2026 Chester County History Center