Kids 3-7 years old are invited to have cookies and cocoa with Santa and Mrs. Claus while Mrs. Claus reads them a classic Christmas story. Following the story and snack, kids will complete a small craft project and can visit with Santa and have their picture taken (bring your own camera/phone). 11 am or 1 […]
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, […]
Kids, trick-or-treat through each room of the Keith House while our resident witches, ghosts, pirates and goblins read a progressive story. A treat in every room. Treat bags provided. Costumes encouraged. Appropriate for kids 10 and under. 1 and 2:30 pm. Tickets available on Eventbrite by clicking HERE.
Learn about courtship and marriage in early America and how it differed between the upper and lower classes. Discover what happened to bastards, abandoned babes, and orphans, and what was done at the end of life. Speaker Sue Johnston grew up in Germantown and has a Doctorate of Science in Biology and Secondary Science Education. […]
Join us for the Annual Membership Meeting of the Friends of Graeme Park. Election and voting information to come. Following the Annual Membership Meeting, Members and volunteers and their families are invited to join us for a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Details to come.
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 […]
Join us for a day of colonial activities and fun! Kids can participate in a colonial school, learn proper etiquette, play colonial games, try on colonial clothing, see a hearth cooking demonstration, and learn about spinning, needlework, and carding wool. Tours of the historic Keith House will also be available at 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 […]
Join us as we traverse 1776 through the turn of the 20th century in celebration of freedom and independence. The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was held on July 8, 1776, and our colonial dressed volunteers will follow suit by reenacting this reading. Independence Day became a Federal holiday in 1870 and […]
In a terrible time of war, one woman must fight for what she holds dear… Pennsylvania, 1777: War rages on in the American Colonies. With her husband off in the fight, Clara Fletcher is trying to survive on her Chester County farm. Danger lurks near and far. The future is uncertain. Then one day a […]
SOLD OUT 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 […]