Pennsbury Manor

Sheepshearing - CANCELED
2020-05-10 | PA

Living History Theater Mother’s Day Tea and Quaker Meeting - CANCELED
2020-05-10

Historic Trades - POSTPONED
2020-05-03 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-04-05 13:00, 2020-03-14 00:00 (America/New_York)

Beer Brewing & Garden Highlights - POSTPONED
2020-04-26 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-29 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Members Only! Meet the Curator - POSTPONED
2020-04-25

Open Hearth Cooking - POSTPONED
2020-04-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Spring Fling/Living History Theater - CANCELED
2020-04-19

Home School Day - CANCELED
2020-04-15 12:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
$9 per person age 4+ one adult free per family

Site Closed – Easter
2020-04-12

Exhibits Tours - CANCELED
2020-03-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-15 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Charter Day
2020-03-08 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Free Event

Exhibits Tours
2020-03-01 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Conversations in History “Clothing in the 17 th Century”
2020-02-21 10:00 (America/New_York)
10:00
$9/adult
$7/senior
$5/child
3-11
Free for Members
category: workshop

Museum Open, No Tours
2019-12-31 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
Museum Visitor Center is OPEN but no tours.

Museum Open
2019-12-29 12:00 - 17:00 UTC
Museum is Open for regular tours. Tours times are 12:30pm and 2:30pm. Admission charged.

Museum Open
2019-12-26 09:00 - 2019-12-28 17:00, 2019-12-17 09:00 - 2019-12-21 17:00, 2019-12-10 09:00 - 2019-12-14 17:00 UTC
Museum is open for regular tours. Tour times are 11:30am and 1:30pm. Admission charged.

Museum CLOSED
2019-12-25 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
Museum and Grounds are CLOSED for the Christmas Holiday.

Museum Open
2019-12-22 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-12-08 12:00 - 17:00 UTC
Museum is open for regular tours. Tour times are 12:30pm and 2:30pm. Admission charged.

Musuem Open
2019-12-15 12:00 - 17:00 UTC

Monthly Book Club: "Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment" - By: Nancy K. Lone
2019-12-07 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Each month Pennsbury Manor hosts an open book club and invite all to participate in lively and educational discussions. The group meets the first Saturday of each month at 10am in the Visitor Center. Light refreshments are served. For details contact our Book Club coordinator Rachel at 215-946-0400. This month’s book:
Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment – By: Nancy K. Lone
Friday, December 19, 1777, dawned cold and windy. Fourteen thousand Continental Army soldiers tramped from dawn to dusk along the rutted Pennsylvania roads from Gulph Mills to Valley Forge, the site of their winter encampment. After the soldiers came the army’s wagons, then hundreds of camp women. Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777–78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge. While the camp women of Washington’s army were poor, dirty creatures who clung to the very edge of survival, many worked as the army’s washerwomen, nurses, cooks, or seamstresses. Other women at camp were of higher status: they traveled with Washington’s entourage when the army headquarters shifted from place to place and served the general as valued cooks, laundresses, or housekeepers. There were also ladies at camp, part of the “numerous and splendid” audience who enjoyed the camp theater and had their portraits painted by Charles Willson Peale. No evidence suggests that Martha Washington visited informally among the troops at any camp, including Valley Forge. In Following the Drum, readers will learn of the 1777–78 encampment’s devastating effect on the area’s farm families, meet the women and ladies who accompanied and aided the soldiers, and discover a Valley Forge that many never knew existed.

Museum Open
2019-12-07 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
Pennsbury Manor is Open for tours. Admission charged. Tour times are 11:30pm and last tour 1:30pm.

Holly Night
2019-12-06 18:00 - 21:00 UTC
Experience the enchantment of Pennsbury by candlelight. This joyous feast for the senses offers crackling fires, hot-mulled cider, dancing shadows, and the merry sound of carolers strolling the grounds. Step back into the glow of candles and lanterns…the bustle of colonial craftspeople…and the good cheer of noels and wassailing songs. So, gather friends and family. Come toss a green sprig on our Yule Log bonfire and make your wish for the new year.
Tickets available only at the door starting at 6:00pm.

Grounds ONLY Open
2019-12-06 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
In preparation of our annual Holly Nights program, Pennsbury Manor will be selling Grounds Pass tickets ONLY this day. Please call ahead for details at 215-946-0400.
