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 […]
Shop Local. Support History & Heritage. We have books, puzzles, small old fashioned toys, stocking stuffers, and easy parking and no mall crowds. Open Fridays and Saturdays 10 am – 4 pm & Sundays noon – 4 pm. Free DIY gift wrap station for purchases made in our museum store on Small Business Saturday (11/30) […]
Governor William Keith, the first owner of Graeme Park, helped to rid the port of Philadelphia from the scourge of Blackbeard the Pirate. Learn about piracy in the colonies and beyond. Children and visitors are invited to dress in their best Pirate costume and partake in a hunt for hidden treasure.
December 5, 1921. Two trains. One track. 27 dead. 70 injured. The crash in Bryn Athyn of two opposing trains of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway was one of the most catastrophic of its time, yet largely unknown today. Many factors contributed to the disaster that unfolded between Woodmont and Paper Mill Stations in Upper […]
Enjoy a Day of Fun and Learning at this 18th Century Plantation. The Keith House at Graeme Park is a National Historic Landmark built c. 1722 as the summer home of Sir William Keith, then Governor of Pennsylvania. The Georgian style mansion was later owned and updated by Dr. Thomas Graeme and, during the Revolution, […]
Children will have the opportunity to attend colonial school, write with quill pens, and play colonial games. The Living History demonstrations are free and house tours are $5/12+, and $3/3-11. Please note that this is a $1 discount on our regular $6 house tour for 12-64 year-olds. Tours will run at approximately 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 pm.
Join us for a Living History event featuring costumed interpreters dressed in a variety of colonial garb appropriate for their role. The Living History demonstrations are free, house tours are $5/12+, and $3/3-11. Please note that this is a $1 discount on our regular $6 house tour for 12-64 year-olds.
Learn about the traditions, games, crafts, and foodways of the Lenni Lenape. The Living History demonstrations are free, house tours are $5/12+, and $3/3-11. Please note that this is a $1 discount on our regular $6 house tour for 12-64 year-olds.
Bring Dad out to Graeme Park for a tour and Living History event featuring costumed interpreters playing various tavern games. We’ll be selling hot dogs, soft pretzels, beer and soda, or bring a picnic lunch. The Living History demonstrations are free, house tours are free for Dads, $5/12+, and $3/3-11. Please note that this is […]
Keeping house in colonial times involved many activities we take for granted in today’s world. Lacking modern conveniences, our foremothers did all the washing, sewing, and spinning by hand. Meals were prepared at an open hearth from food grown or raised on the property, and beer and candles had to be produced in large quantities for even […]