Discovery in the Dark: A Children’s Event

Ever wonder about what life was like at night before electricity? Bring your flashlight to the Chester County History Center to explore the museum in the dark while completing a scavenger hunt. Other fun stations throughout the building will provide more illuminating fun for all!

Book Discussion – All That She Carried OR Wake (hybrid)

Join the discussion!  The bi-monthly CCHC book group selected two books. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles "In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis: the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag for her […]

Book Discussion – Silent Spring OR The Serviceberry OR Braiding Sweetgrass(hybrid)

Join the discussion!  The bi-monthly CCHC book group selected three books. Silent Spring Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring altered the course of history. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s passionate concern for the future of […]