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  • March 2024

  • Fri 29

    Fierce: Women of West Chester Walking Tour

    March 29, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Fierce: Women of West Chester Walking Tour – Copy

    Learn about the talented and courageous women that called West Chester home during this 1.5 hour walking tour!

  • May 2024

  • Sun 5

    Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    May 5, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

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

  • Sat 11

    Fierce: Women of West Chester Walking Tour

    May 11, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Fierce: Women of West Chester Walking Tour – Copy

    Learn about the talented and courageous women that called West Chester home during this 1.5 hour walking tour!

  • Sun 12

    Fierce: Women of West Chester Walking Tour

    May 12, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Fierce: Women of West Chester Walking Tour – Copy

    Learn about the talented and courageous women that called West Chester home during this 1.5 hour walking tour!

  • August 2024

  • Tue 6

    American Urbanist: Chester County’s William H. Whyte, Pioneer of Urban Design and Open Space Preservation (Virtual)

    August 6, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Chester County Speakers Series welcomes author Richard Rein to discuss his book American Urbanist about William Whyte, native of West Chester and authority in the fields of urban design, open space preservation, and organizational management.

  • September 2024

  • Tue 10

    Spit Spreads Death: The Spanish Flu Pandemic in Chester County, 1918-1922 (Virtual)

    September 10, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Jim Higgins, historian of medicine, will present the compelling topic of the Spanish Flu from a researcher's perspective, focusing on the pandemic of 1918-1922 and the experience in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with a focus on the community of West Chester.

  • November 2024

  • Sun 10

    Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    November 10, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

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

  • Tue 12

    West Chester: 225 Years of History (Virtual)

    November 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Join local historian Tom Walsh as we explore the history of Chester County and how West Chester evolved from the tiny village of Turk's Head into a bustling county seat, eventually gaining borough status in 1799.

  • Sun 17

    Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    November 17, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

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

  • Sat 23

    Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

    November 23, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Historic Oaklands Cemetery Walking Tour

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

  • December 2024

  • Tue 3

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

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

    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

    Season of Lights

    Featured December 11, 2024 @ 10:00 am - January 4, 2025 @ 4:00 pm 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.

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