Book Discussion – White Fragility (hybrid)
Join the discussion! The bi-monthly CCHC book group has selected this New York Times best-selling book that explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are […]
Spy Day (Children’s Event)
Explore the secret world of historical spies with this family-friendly event!
The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours
Join CCHC historians as they guide you through the Borough of West Chester, PA exploring the stories of the brave men and women who helped freedom seekers on their perilous journeys northward to a better life.
Let’s Talk! A Hands-On History of Communication for Kids
Kids will explore past methods of communication in this interactive family-friendly event.
That’s Entertainment! Walking Tour
Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home on this 90-minute walk through beautiful downtown West Chester.
Cecilia Beaux: A Modern Painter in the Gilded Age (Virtual Lecture)
Alice A. Carter, writer, artist, and professor, helps CCHC in celebrate Women’s History Month with the story of Philadelphia painter Cecelia Beaux.
Book Discussion – Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic (hybrid)
Join the discussion! The bi-monthly CCHC Book Group selection for May is Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic by Matthew Stewart. “Where did the ideas come from that […]
Book Discussion – An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (hybrid)
Join the discussion! The bi-monthly CCHC Book Group selection for March is An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the U.S. by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. “Today in the U.S. there are more than five […]
Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys of Pennsylvania (VIRTUAL)
Historian Robert J. Kodosky, Ph.D. will share the history of the Nile Swim Club which opened in 1959 in Yeadon, PA in defiance of local segregation practices.
The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History (Virtual)
Historian Robert J. Kodosky, Ph.D. will share the history of the Nile Swim Club which opened in 1959 in Yeadon, PA in defiance of local segregation practices.