Chester County History Center
225 North High Street, West Chester, PA, United States
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 […]
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 […]
Andy Gordon will share how, to build a hospital, it takes a village (and a few wars, famine, railroads, and philanthropists.) “We think it is the duty of Chester County […]
Chester County History Center
225 North High Street, West Chester, PA, United States
Celebrate Black History Month at CCHC with a guided tour featuring the African Americans who helped make Chester County what it is today. This unique, one hour, guided tour will […]
Chester County History Center
225 North High Street, West Chester, PA, United States
Celebrate Black History Month at CCHC with a guided tour featuring the African Americans who helped make Chester County what it is today. This unique, one hour, guided tour will […]
Chester County History Center
225 North High Street, West Chester, PA, United States
Celebrate Black History Month at CCHC with a guided tour featuring the African Americans who helped make Chester County what it is today. This unique, one hour, guided tour will […]
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a courageous and outspoken 19th-century African American who used the press and public speaking to fight slavery and oppression in the United States and Canada. […]