2009 Pennsbury Manor CalendarDownload the 2009 Spring Calendar of Events Brochure
Feb '09
| March '09
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May '09
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Date & Time |
Event & Comments |
| Monday 2/16 | President’s Day – Site Closed |
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Sunday 3/8 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Charter Day
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APRIL 2009
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Event & Comments |
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Sunday 4/5 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Historic Trades |
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Sunday 4/12 |
Easter - Site Closed |
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Tuesday 4/14 1:30 - 4:00 PM |
Homeschool Afternoon $25/family or $6/person age 4+ Registration required |
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Sunday 4/19 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration Spring in the 17th Century - After a winter of preserved foods, the first greens of the year, spring eggs, and fish from the Delaware were much welcomed foods. Watch the Pennsbury cooks use these foods to prepare dishes for the Penn family. |
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Sunday 4/26 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Garden Highlights Try your hand at preparing garden beds with colonial tools, or just watch, and listen as the gardeners tend the spring crops. |
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Tuesday 4/28 |
Homeschool Afternoon $25/family or $6/person age 4+ Registration required |
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Event & Comments |
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Sunday 5/3 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Sheepshearing &
Historic Trades Watch as our sheep are sheared with hand shears, then help wash, card, and spin the wool. Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their skills. |
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Sunday 5/10 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Living History Theater: Hannah Penn as Wife
and Mother As the wife of the governor, Hannah had many responsibilities. Listen to William Penn and others extol her virtues. |
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Tuesday 5/12 1:30 - 4:00 PM |
Homeschool Afternoon $25/family or $6/person age 4+ Registration required |
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Sunday 5/17 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration The 17th Century Pudding - Watch as the Pennsbury Manor cooks prepare 17th-century pudding. |
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Sunday 5/24 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Garden Highlights Spend some peaceful time in Penn's kitchen garden as you learn about his gardeners and their work. |
| Monday 5/25 |
Memorial Day - Site Open Saturday Tour Schedule |
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Sunday 5/31 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Animals at Pennsbury Meet the horses, oxen, and sheep at William Penn's plantation, and learn about the lives and contributions of their 17th-century predecessors. |
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Dec '09
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Saturday 6/6 10:00-12:00PM |
Fabric Care
Workshop Our curator will be on hand to show you how to preserve your family treasures. Bring your fabric heirloom for a hands-on learning experience. Cost of workshop includes acid free box, tissue paper, and gloves Cost: $55 $50 Society Member Additional kits are available. Cost $50 Registration deadline: May 27 |
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Sunday 6/7 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Historic Trades Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their skills. |
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Tuesday 6/9 1:30 - 4:00 PM |
Homeschool Afternoon $25/family or $6/person age 4+ Registration required |
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Sunday 6/14 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Living History Theater: Friends Talk of Taking
Up Carnal Weapons William Penn and Lord Baltimore disputed over the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. During the spring of 1684, Lord Baltimore took action. How would the dispute be settled? Would Quakers take up arms? |
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Saturday 6/20 10:00-12:00PM |
Document Care Workshop Our curator will be on hand to show you how to preserve your family treasures. Bring your paper heirloom for a hands-on learning experience. Cost of workshop includes an acid free legal document box, spacer, acid free legal folders (10), bond legal paper (10), and gloves. Cost: $55 $50 Society Members Additional kits are available. Cost $50 Registration deadline: June 10 |
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Sunday 6/21 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration Dairying in the 17th Century - Watch the 17th-century preparation of soft and hard cheeses and the use of seasonal milk in various recipes. |
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Sunday 6/28 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Garden Highlights Delight in the sights and smells of the summer garden as the gardeners describe their work. |
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Event & Comments |
| Saturday 7/4 | Independence Day - Site Open |
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Sunday 7/5 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Historic Trades Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their skills. |
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Sunday 7/12 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Living History Theater: Keep all Business from Coming Hither William Penn retreated to Pennsbury for the summer of 1700. He wanted to get away from the many problems he faced in Philadelphia. Be ready to give a sympathetic ear to the governor as he describes the current state of his colony. |
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Monday 7/13 - Friday 7/17 10:00 - 3:00 PM |
Colonial Camp For children who have completed grades 1 - 6 Reservations are required. |
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Sunday 7/19 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration Preservation in the 17th Century - The cooks will be processing the bountiful harvest of the late summer garden to prepare the manor for the long winter. |
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Sunday 7/26 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Garden Highlights Experience the glories of our 17th-century summer garden, where fragrance and color will delight your senses. |
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Event & Comments |
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Sunday 8/2 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Historic Trades Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their skills. |
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Sunday 8/9 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Living History Theater: The Yellow Fever and Smallpox Epidemic of 1702 Shortly after William Penn returned to England, an outbreak of smallpox and yellow fever struck colonists in Philadelphia and Bucks County. Hear how some colonists are faring and how to guard yourself against the disease. |
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Sunday 8/16 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking |
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Sunday 8/23 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Garden Highlights Spend some peaceful time in Penn's garden as you learn about his gardeners and their work. |
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Sunday 8/30 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Animals at Pennsbury Meet the horses, oxen, and sheep at William Penn's plantation, and learn about the lives and contributions of their 17th-century predecessors. |
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Event & Comments |
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Sunday 9/6 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Historic Trades Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their skills. |
| Monday 9/7 | Labor Day - Site Open - Saturday Tour Schedule |
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Sunday 9/13 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Living History Theater: A Promise of Peace: William Penn and the Lenape William Penn established a good relationship with the Lenape but not every Quaker respected or trusted the Native Americans. Compare and contrast views as Quakers voice their opinions about their native neighbors. |
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Sunday 9/20 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking The Hearth at Work |
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Sunday 9/27 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Garden Highlights Take a walk over, view the fall garden, and listen as the gardeners describe their work. |
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Event & Comments |
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Sunday 10/4 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Historic Trades Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their skills. |
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Tuesday 10/6 1:30 - 4:00 PM |
Homeschool Afternoon $25/family or $6/person age 4+ Registration required |
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Sunday 10/11 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Living History Theater: The Sotcher Wedding Your presence is requested at the marriage of John Sotcher, the steward at Pennsbury Manor, to the Penn's head housekeeper, Mary Lofty. Observe late 17th-century Quaker wedding customs, sign the marriage certificate, and chat with William and Hannah Penn and the other wedding guests. |
| Monday 10/12 | Columbus Day - Site Closed |
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Sunday 10/18 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking: The Cook's Choice With the bounty of the fall harvest, cooks will select 17th-century receipts (recipes) to prepare at the hearth that reflect this seasonal garden offering. |
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Sunday 10/25 1:00 - 4:00 PM
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Cider Making & Smoking Meats On crisp fall days, colonial households would put up apple cider to ferment. See how Penn's servants pressed cider and sample the unfermented product. At the same time, our smokehouse will be in use to cure meat for the coming winter. |
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Saturday 10/31 1:00 - 4:00 |
Halloween Event Family friendly trick or treating and fall activities. |
NOVEMBER 2009
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Date & Time |
Event & Comments |
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Sunday 11/8 1:00 - 3:00 PM |
Annual Meeting The Pennsbury Society |
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Tuesday 11/10 1:30 - 4:00 PM |
Homeschool Afternoon $25/family or $6/person age 4+ Registration required |
| Wednesday 11/11 | Veteran's Day - Site Closed |
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Sunday 11/15 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
Open Hearth Cooking: The Bake Oven |
| Thursday & Friday 11/26 & 11/27 | Thanksgiving - Site Closed |
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Event & Comments |
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Thursday 12/3 & Friday 12/4 5:30 – 9:00 PM |
Holly Nights |
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Saturday 12/12 10:00 – 12:00 |
Wreaths & Greens Workshop Spend the morning making a fragrant evergreen wreath to take home. Our horticulturist will also share tips about how to prune and care for a variety of evergreen trees and shrubs in the home landscape. Bring Clippers. Pre-registration required. |
| 12/25 & 1/1 |
Site Closed |
Feb '09
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May '09 | June '09
July '09| August '09 |Sep
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Dec '09
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the American Association of Museums.
Pennsbury Manor is Administered by the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
In association with
The Pennsbury Society
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