The Bergdoll Boys: America’s Most Notorious Millionaire Draft Dodgers (Virtual)
Learn about the glittering, daredevil world of the Bergdoll family, their brewing empire, and their escape from the media spotlight to the Chester County countryside in the 1940’s.
Holiday History Stroll (walking tour)
Join costumed guides in a stroll through the festive, historic West Chester, PA while learning about holiday traditions of yore!
Oral History Digitally Preserved
Black women share life experiences in West Chester, PA
Plagues and Pestilence: A Walking Tour
Learn the astonishing, little-known history about the diseases that transformed the lives (and deaths) of the people of West Chester.
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.
Dark Fairy Tales – 5th Annual Halloween Ball
Chester County History Center’s Annual Halloween Ball. The most awaited event of the fall!
West Chester Music Impresario
Samuel Barber
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 […]
That’s Entertainment! Walking Tour
Visitors will learn about the actors, musicians, artists, writers, and entertainers that called West Chester home.