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Tours of the Historic Keith House at Graeme Park
Join us Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays beginning April 30 to tour the historic Keith House at Graeme Park. A knowledgeable tour guide will lead you through the summer kitchen and three story preserved structure, engaging you with the history of the former residents of Graeme Park. Due to Covid restrictions, groups will be limited in size (generally one family at a time or we may combine singles and couples if everyone in the group is OK with doing so) and…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: The Life & Loves of Elizabeth Graeme
Wendy Long Stanley, author of the new historical fiction book based on the life of Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, will lead us through the life, loves, and losses of Graeme Park’s Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson. Left heartsick and lost after a broken engagement to William Franklin, Elizabeth turned to writing, travel, and a glittering social life for solace, before eventually entering into a secret marriage to Loyalist Henry Hugh Fergusson that would change the course of her life forever. Her book will be…
Find out more »Haunted Halloween Tours & Mini-Paranormal Investigation
Ask any Horsham resident about Graeme Park and they'll tell you it's haunted! Over it's 300-year-old history, the Keith House at Graeme Park has seen sorrow and tragedy, death and infidelity, and not all of the former residents rest easy. Your Lantern Tour guide will take you through the shadowy rooms and halls and relate to you spooky personal experiences, tales of the hauntings that have been passed down to us, and the findings from our paranormal investigations. Lantern Tours…
Find out more »POSTPONED Until 11/12 – Haunted Halloween Tours & Mini-Paranormal Investigation
Ask any Horsham resident about Graeme Park and they'll tell you it's haunted! Over it's nearly 300-year-old history, the Keith House at Graeme Park has seen sorrow and tragedy, death and infidelity, and not all of the former residents rest easy. Your lantern tour guide will take you through the shadowy rooms and halls and relate to you the spooky experiences, tales of the hauntings that have been passed down to us, and the findings from our paranormal investigations. Tours…
Find out more »The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
We may have had enough of the Covid-19 pandemic, but endemic and pandemic diseases were not unknown to our Colonial ancestors either. While they often had to cope with much less scientific knowledge than we have today, and even had their own quack cures, some basics, like social distancing and masking, were practiced then too. This special Living History Theater tour will take you through the house where costumed actors will present scenes related to the Yellow Fever epidemic that raged through…
Find out more »Christmas in the Colonies
Christmas in the colonies was celebrated differently, and sometimes not at all, by each ethnic group who settled here, bringing traditions from their homeland. Graeme Park was home to the Scottish Keith and Graeme families, Irish and German servants, enslaved workers, and later the Quaker Penroses. As you tour the rooms of the Keith House, costumed actors will present these different traditions to you - some you will recognize in our modern day celebrations or maybe you'll discover something new…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn: Forgotten Heroes – Women and the Fight for the Right to Vote
Forgotten Heroes takes the audience on the long 72-year fight for women’s suffrage, beginning at the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York and culminating with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The program will highlight some of the determined and skillful women who courageously fought to change not only the laws, but cultural and social norms. Pennsylvania’s suffrage campaign to amend the state constitution, named the “Pittsburgh Plan” will also be covered. The program was developed as…
Find out more »Mother’s Day Breakfast and Tour
Treat Mom to a special Mother's Day Breakfast at Graeme Park! After your meal, enjoy a tour of the Keith House and the kids can make a special gift for Mom! All ladies will be automatically entered to win one of several door prizes. $30/adults & teens (13 and older), $25/Members (check our recent emails for your coupon code - discount applies only to Member (Individual) or those living in the Household (Household)), $10/kids (6-12), children 5 and under are…
Find out more »300th Birthday Party
Join us as we celebrate the 300th birthday of the Keith House at Graeme Park with a family-friendly day full of food trucks, living history demonstrations, musical entertainment, dancers, birthday cake, and tours of the Keith House. $10/car. Entertainment Poor Man's Gambit Bill McEvoy - Bagpiper Timoney School of Irish Dance Tapestry Historic Dance Ensemble Food &…
Find out more »Christmas in the Colonies
Christmas in the colonies was celebrated differently, and sometimes not at all, by each ethnic group who settled here, bringing traditions from their homeland. Graeme Park was home to the Scottish Keith and Graeme families, Irish and German servants, enslaved workers, and later the Quaker Penroses. As you tour the rooms of the Keith House, costumed actors will present these different traditions to you – some you will recognize in our modern day celebrations or maybe you’ll discover something new…
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