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Living History – Featuring the Tapestry Dancers
Join us for an afternoon of Colonial dancing with the Tapestry Dancers, a demonstration of tea-service etiquette, and other activities a wealthy and socially prominent family such as the Graemes would have enjoyed during their stays at their country home here in Horsham. The Tapestry Dancers will be demonstrating on the lawn and will teach the audience a few moves as well. Outside program is free (but donations are always appreciated); tours of the Keith House are $7 for adults…
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 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 »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 »The “Dead” of Winter: An Historical Séance
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 to convince them they were in contact with their beloved.…
Find out more »Volunteer Recruitment & Information Session
Do you have a passion for history? An interest in getting involved in the community? A desire to meet new people? Maybe you'd like to become a Graeme Park volunteer! Whether you want to give tours, help with event planning and execution, or perform light maintenance and grounds keeping duties, we might be a good fit for you. Come to our Volunteer Recruitment and Information Session at 1 pm to learn what we're all about, meet other volunteers, take a…
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…
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