The Mushroom Man Who Changed The World, G. Raymond Rettew

Chester County History Center 225 North High Street, West Chester, PA, United States

This Documentary Launch and Fundraising Gala is sold out, but the film will be shown as part of the West Chester Film Festival on Saturday, April 29 at 2:00PM at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center, across the street from the History Center.  Tickets may be purchased online or at the door ($13 or $10 […]

Paintings Preserved: Conserving Chester County’s Art History (virtual)

To highlight Conservation Week 2023, Mark Bockrath, paintings conservator, will discuss examples from the CCHC museum collection that he's worked on, and the challenges and rewards involved with art conservation. Ellen Endslow, CCHC's Curator, will join him to share the thought process behind how CCHC chooses which paintings to conserve first, and the detailed work […]

Hybrid Book Discussion – Ida Tarbell: Portrait of a Muckraker

Ida Tarbell, a native Pennsylvanian, lived during the era in which she was known as a “muckraker.” In our time she would have been known as an investigative reporter, with the celebrity of Woodward and Bernstein. Tarbell was one of the most powerful women of her time in the U.S.: admired, feared, hated. When her […]

JUNETEENTH TOURS

Celebrate Juneteenth with tours of downtown West Chester starting at the History Center June 15 through the 18th. Special guides will be available in the museum Friday June 16th and Saturday June 17th.