Book Discussion – Lenape Country by Jean Soderlund (hybrid)
All are welcome to join the discussion! Lenape Country is a sweeping narrative history of the multiethnic society of the Delaware Valley in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After Swanendael, […]
Charley: The Youngest Soldier to Die in the American Civil War (virtual)
Author Brendan J. Lyons shares his research into Charley King’s life and military service.
West Chester Music Impresario
Samuel Barber
Diaries Preserved
A manuscript processing project revealed.
Outbreak! Coatesville, Typhoid, and the New Public Health (Virtual)
In 1912, the city of Coatesville became the hot zone of the state’s last community-wide typhoid epidemic.
The Underground Railroad in West Chester Walking Tours
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 […]
The Inconvenient Dead: Exploring Chester County’s Potter’s Fields (Virtual)
Historian Jonathan Hoppe will share his research into the area’s potter’s fields, where the county’s unclaimed found their eternal rest.
Spy Day (Children’s Event)
Explore the secret world of historical spies with this family-friendly event!
An Early History of Astronomy in Philadelphia (virtual)
Bart Fried, founder of the Antique Telescope Society, will talk about astronomy in Philadelphia from the 17th to 20th centuries.
That’s Entertainment! Walking Tour
Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.