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The Legend of the Jack O’ Lantern (Virtual Storytelling)
Join us for a virtual storytelling experience for all ages as a Graeme Park volunteer relates the traditional legend of the Jack O' Lantern. FREE. https://youtu.be/NmeBIPvan4E As always, DONATIONS are welcome and every dollar will help preserve the beautiful history, here at Graeme Park.
Find out more »Haunted History (Virtual Tour)
We are happy to announce our online Halloween programming for 2020! While we can't have you in the house, you can still see the spirits for yourself. For those who like things a little bit spooky: Enjoy a FREE 12 minute mini-tour of the Haunted history of Graeme Park: https://youtu.be/CEevPLGcTgc As always, DONATIONS are welcome and every dollar will help preserve the beautiful history, here at Graeme Park.
Find out more »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 »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 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 »Share Your Memories
As part of our 300-Year Celebration we'd like to collect your memories of and stories about Graeme Park. Did you tour the house or visit with Mrs. Strawbridge? Sneak over to hunt for ghosts when it was still an old abandoned house? Work or volunteer here? Please share your memories with us and we'll share some on our social media and collect them all to preserve for future generations. Please use THIS LINK to share photos and memories.
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