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  • December 2024
  • Tue 3
    December 3, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture – Pieces and Patterns: Quilt History and Chester County

    Join the History Center's curator, Ellen Endslow, in this illustrated lecture exploring materials, construction and styles of Chester County quilts and their place in the history of quilted handiwork.

  • Wed 11
    Featured December 11, 2024 @ 10:00 am - January 4, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Season of Lights

    Season of Lights

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

    Stroll through 300 years of Chester County History and enjoy the festive displays and decorated Christmas trees throughout the museum galleries.

  • February 2025
  • Tue 4
    February 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture – Emma’s Postcard Album: Black Lives in the Early Twentieth Century

    Virtual Event

    Join author Faith Mitchell as she tells the story of her grandmother, Emma Crawford and her life from 1906-1910 as a Black woman in southern Chester County.

  • April 2025
  • Tue 1
    April 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Community and Memory: The Dr. Mian Jan Fellowship (virtual)

    Join Charisse Octavio and Gianna Leonen, two recipients of CCHC’s Dr. Mian Jan Fellowship, as they explore the meaning of community, family, and connection. They were responsible for outreach to the […]

  • Wed 16
    April 16 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm True Crime on Trial – Victory Brewing

    True Crime on Trial – Victory Brewing

    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!

  • Tue 22
    April 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture – Father of the Forest: The Life and Legacy of Joseph Trimble Rothrock

    Virtual Event

    On this very special Earth Day, CCHC honors Chester County's conservation and forestry pioneer Joseph Trimble Rothrock.

  • May 2025
  • Tue 6
    May 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture – When the Negro Leagues Came to Chester County

    Virtual Event

    Travel back in time to the 1920 semi-pro baseball season in Chester County! Michael Peich's research focuses on baseball in Chester County and the Negro Leagues.

  • Tue 13
    May 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture – Main Line Country Squires

    Virtual Event

    Immerse yourself in the country life of the wealthy Philadelphia industrialists and financiers of the 19th and 20th century in this captivating presentation by Jeff Groff, former Estate Historian of Winterthur.

  • Sun 18
    May 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    Oaklands Cemetery 1042 Pottstown Pike, West Chester, United States

    This walking tour will explore the origins of Historic Oaklands Cemetery and the famous (and infamous) people buried there.

    22$
  • Tue 20
    May 20 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm True Crime on Trial – Victory Brewing

    True Crime on Trial – Victory Brewing

    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!

  • Sun 25
    May 25 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    Oaklands Cemetery 1042 Pottstown Pike, West Chester, United States

    This walking tour will explore the origins of Historic Oaklands Cemetery and the famous (and infamous) people buried there.

    22$
  • Tue 27
    May 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Virtual Lecture: Bayard Taylor: Chester County’s Premier Poet & Author

    Virtual Event

    Join award-winning author Bruce Mowday as he discusses the life and works of Kennett Square's Bayard Taylor, 19th century travel writer, poet, literary critic, translator, diplomat, and the namesake of the original Kennett Library.

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