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The “Dead” of Winter – An Historical Séance
It's the dead of winter, 1919, and you're invited to join us for a theatrical, historically-based séance in the spooky, candlelit parlor of the Keith House at Graeme Park. The experience will be conducted in the style of an early 20th century séance when “mediums” and “psychics” took advantage of those for whom death was a very near experience, perhaps having recently lost loved ones in the 1918 flu pandemic or the first World War, by using trickery and magic…
Find out more »Tea with Louisa May Alcott
You know Louisa May Alcott as the author of the beloved young adult novel, Little Women. Although she immortalized her family's life in Massachusetts in her writing, she was born in Pennsylvania, just miles from Graeme Park. Join her in 1868 as she visits her birth state on an author's speaking tour, on the heels of the surprise success of part one of her most successful work to date, Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. The program will…
Find out more »Living History Sunday: School Days
Join us for a Living History Sunday on Colonial Schooling. Hands on activities for kids as they learn about how and what children in the 18th century learned in school, play colonial games, and write with a quill pen. Living History is free, tours of the Keith House are optional and are $8 for 19-59 year-olds and $6 for 6-18 year-olds and 60+.
Find out more »The “Dead” of Summer
It’s the dead of summer, 1919, and you’re invited to join us for a theatrical, historically-based séance in the spooky, candlelit parlor of the Keith House at Graeme Park. The experience will be conducted in the style of an early 20th century séance when “mediums” and “psychics” took advantage of those for whom death was a very near experience, perhaps having recently lost loved ones in the 1918 flu pandemic or the first World War, by using trickery and magic…
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