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.
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.
An in-person program celebrating the life, work, and legacy of Bayard Rustin and how his work and the Civil Rights Movement impacted African American History.The evening will feature the performance of Illuminating Bayard, by People's Light Theater; will have video commentaries by awarded actor Colman Domingo, who plays Bayard in the upcoming Netflix film Rustin, […]
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.
Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.
Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.
A conversation about history, activism, and resilience in the LGBTQIA community.Walter, who is the surviving partner of late American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, is the Executive Director of the Bayard Rustin Fund, which commemorates Rustin's life, values, and legacy. He is also board member emeritus at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, an […]
A celebration to commemorate Reminder Day, one of the earliest organized gay rights demonstrations in the United States, held in Philadelphia in 1965 -and subsequently until 1969. Reminder Day sought to bring awareness and remind the public that basic rights of citizenship were being denied to homosexual individuals. Also to commemorate Tea Dances, events organized […]
Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.
Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.
Last day for special exhibition featuring portraits of 17 men who served as part of the USCT during the Civil War.
Bart Fried, founder of the Antique Telescope Society, will talk about astronomy in Philadelphia from the 17th to 20th centuries.
The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to enslaved men, women and children on their journeys to freedom. This small-group walking tour will visit eight locations around downtown West Chester that served as a backdrop for the people involved in this clandestine operation. The tour covers approximately 1.25 miles, lasts […]
225 N. High Street, West Chester, PA 19380 | 610-692-4800
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