Memento Mori Paint and Sip
Nothing says Halloween like skulls and coffins! Join us for a spooky good time as we explore the history of death imagery in art. Memento mori (Latin for 'remember you […]
Nothing says Halloween like skulls and coffins! Join us for a spooky good time as we explore the history of death imagery in art. Memento mori (Latin for 'remember you […]
Chester County History Center's Third Annual Halloween Ball! Join us for a Spooktacular night of fine foods and ghastly ghouls! About this event: The Spirits are Haunting, The Monsters will […]
The stories that abandoned homes tell captivate Robyn and Michael Hodgson. Over the past six years of traveling the northeast and exploring hundreds of abandoned locations, they have learned there […]
Join Chester County History Center's curator Ellen Endslow to discuss thought provoking books and connect with others in the community. David Treuer melds history with reportage and memoir to produce […]
Merry and bright? Goodwill toward men? Not so much. At least that's what research has revealed to author Matt Lake (Weird Pennsylvania, Night of the Krampus, and the forthcoming Christmas […]
Mark your calendars for the Chester County History Center's Holiday Market and Green Sale with local vendors, live greens, crafts and much more! Join us December 4th, 10a-4p, at […]
The decades following the American Civil War burst with invention―they saw the dawn of the telephone, the motor car, electric lights, the airplane―but no innovation was more welcome than the […]
The Big Dig! The Library and Photo Archives will be closed to researchers during the month of January 2022. January is the 6th annual Big Dig in the library and […]
The CCHC Library and Photo Archives were closed to researchers during the month of January to catch up on the ever-growing backlog of projects. The staff has been busy processing […]
Join local historian David Walter for an virtual exploration of a Chester County Civil War POW camp. After the Battle of Gettysburg, almost 2,000 prisoners of war who had been […]
Join Chester County History Center's curator Ellen Endslow to discuss thought-provoking books and connect with others in the community. Since leaving the State Department, Albright has blazed her own trail—and […]
Join Dr. Nancy Mowll Mathews for a look at the Cassatt family while they lived in Chester County, and artist Mary Cassatt's early life. This talk will visit the Cassatt […]
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