Enjoy cookies, cocoa and other sweet treats with Santa, do a Christmas craft, hear a story read by Mrs. Claus, and take a photo with Santa or Santa and Mrs. Claus (bring your own camera/phone) for your holiday card. Details and cost to be announced.
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. Costumes encouraged. Time and details to follow.
Speaker Susanne Johnston will speak to us on Courtship, Sex and the Single Colonist. Enjoy a continental breakfast, lecture, and a lunch buffet. Tours of the historic Keith House will also be available after lunch. Details and registration information to follow.
Did you know Blackbeard the Pirate had a connection to Graeme Park? Join us for a Living History Sunday on pirates and piracy in the 18th century and how Sir William Keith ran Blackbeard out of Philadelphia. Kids can walk the plank and create their own pirate flag. Living History is free, tours of the […]
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 Living History Sunday on Colonial Schooling. Hands on activities for kids as they learn about how and what children in the 18th century learned in school, play colonial games, and write with a quill pen. Living History is free, tours of the Keith House are optional and are $8 for 19-59 […]
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 […]
Join us for a wedding open house, see the grounds and decorated event space, meet with vendors, and learn about our packages. We’re excited to be welcoming the following vendors, all at the ready to help you plan and realize your dream day: Bucks Mont Party Rental Balloons Bourbon Eventure Brennan Beauty Bucks Mont Party […]
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 […]