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  • January 2026

  • Wed 28

    True Crime on Trial – Bistro on Bridge

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

    Stomping Grounds: Tracing your Chester County Ancestral Lands

    January 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Virtual Event

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

  • Sat 31

    Looking Back, Stepping Forward – The Pathway to Freedom

    January 31 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Chester County History Center 225 North High Street, West Chester, PA, United States

    Join us for a fun, interactive afternoon, celebrating America250 and Black History Month. Enjoy the museum at your own pace from 1:00-2:00, then join members of the Kennett Underground Railroad Center and West Chester Dance Works for a lively hour of story-telling through voice narration and movement. Children are encouraged to join in!

  • February 2026

  • Tue 10

    Virtual Lecture – The Abolition of Slavery in Revolutionary Pennsylvania

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

    True Crime on Trial (Downingtown, PA)

    February 17 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    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!

  • Tue 24

    Virtual Lecture – A Real and Rare Genius: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

    February 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    Join historian Jennifer Green for this in-depth look at the life and works of West Chester artist Horace Pippin. Find out why art critic Alain Locke called Pippin "a real and rare genius."

  • March 2026

  • Thu 26

    National History Day – CCHC closed to the public

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

    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

    A Silk Memory Restitched (workshop)

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

    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 – […]

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