Upcoming Events
Explore the Past with Passport to History Partner Sites!
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Partner sites are ushering in a new season with events, exhibitions, and explorations of all kinds. Join us for festivals celebrating everything from arts & crafts to summer strawberries. Explore antique shows, living history re-enactments, heritage walks, and a dreamy house & garden tour. Indulge in a Victorian picnic, an 1876 World’s Fair Weekend, and a Juneteenth Celebration & Fish Fry. Learn something new at a make-and-take Summer Institute of Colonial Arts, and find the perfect summer history camp for the kids. Welcome, June!
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Historic Easton Cemetery – Outdoor Yoga with The Valley Om
6:30-7:30 p.m., Monday evenings, June 5-August 28 (except July 3)
401 N 7th St, Easton
$20, drop-in & registration
Horner’s Cemetery Historical Society – Sunday Tours in Celebration of 295 Years of Craig’s Settlement, the oldest permanent settlement in the Lehigh Valley
Tours by appointment
4965 Nor Bath Boulevard, Northampton
Free
Call Peggy at 610-984-4532 to schedule.
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
Berks History Center – Exhibit: The Wyomissing Band – Celebrating 100 Years
Now through August 15
940 Centre Avenue, Reading
Free admission
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – Exhibition: Unspun: Stories of Silk
June 1 through January 28, 2024
Presented at the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem (66 W. Church Street), the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts (427 N. New Street, Bethlehem), and the National Museum of Industrial History (602 E 2nd Street, Bethlehem)
Combination ticket to access all three sites:
$30 for adults | $22 for children (7-18) | Children (6 and under) are free. HBMS members and NMIH members get into all sites free for the duration of the exhibition.
Moravian Historical Society – Exhibition: Heartstrings – John Antes: America’s First Luthier
Now through October 29
214 E. Center Street, Nazareth
$6 | Free for MHS members and Children under 5
National Canal Museum – Exhibition: Coal Country Portraits
Weekends through December 17
2750 Hugh Moore Park Road, Easton
$8 Adults | $7 Seniors (65+) | $6 Children (3-15) | Free Children (under 3), D&L Members
National Museum of Industrial History – Exhibit: Robert Fulton: Industrious Revolutionary
Now through August 13
602 E 2nd Street, Bethlehem
Included in regular museum admission. Children 6 and younger Free |
Youth 7 to 17 $10 | Students $10 | Veterans/Educators/Seniors (65 and older) $12 | Adults 18 to 64 $15
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – Exhibition: Easton Nights at the Sigal Museum
Now through July 9
Sigal Museum, 342 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042
$7 Adults | $5 Children | Free ages 5 and under
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – International Traveling Exhibition: Once Upon a Thread
Now through July 2
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg
Free admission
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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – Old Bethlehem Walking Tours
1-2:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays; other tours also available
Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center, 505 Main Street, Bethlehem
$10/$6 Adult & Child Members | $15/$9 Adult & Child Non-Members
Moravian Historical Society – Historic Nazareth Walking Tours
4:00 p.m., June 10, and every second Saturday of the month
214 East Center Street, Nazareth, PA
Free for Members and Children under 5 | $8 Non-Members
Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society – Easton Historic District Walking Tours
2 p.m., Saturdays
Sigal Museum, 342 Northampton Street, Easton
Pre-registration is required.
Free for NCHGS Members | $10 Non-Members
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Berks History Center – Junior Historian Camp
June 21-23, all ages
940 Centre Avenue, Reading
$35 Members | $50 Non-Members
Contact BHC Education Curator Vicky Heffner at 610-375-4375 to register
Camel’s Hump Farm Summer Camp: Learning the Lenape Way
June 12-August 18, first grade-age 14, weekly themed sessions
311 Santee Mill Road, Bethlehem PA 18017
$195-$325 | Scholarships available
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – Week on the Farm Summer Camp at Burnside Plantation
June 26-30, ages 6-12
Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem
$350 Members | $400 Non-Members
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – Design Your Own Dollhouse Summer Camp
August 14-18, ages 7-12
Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, 427 N. New Street, Bethlehem
$200 Members | $250 Non-Members
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm – multiple
347 Quiet Valley Road, Stroudsburg, PA
Living History Summer Camp: One Room School
June 26-30, ages 9-14, $215
Nature Explorers Summer Camp
July 10-14, ages 6-9, morning & afternoon sessions, $115
Farm Explorers Summer Camp
July 17-21, ages 9-12, $185
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Museum Art Summer Camp
June 26-30, ages 7-12, $30 for the week
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg
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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – Opening Reception for Unspun: Stories of Silk Exhibition
6 p.m. general public, special members preview 5:30 p.m.
Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, 427 N. New Street, Bethlehem
Free Members | $15 Non-Members, includes admission to the Moravian Museum
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – In Conversation with Dr. Paul Barclay, Lafayette College Professor of History
6 p.m., Virtual Program
Free Members | $5 Non-Members
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Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Penn Dry Goods Market & Textile History Lecture Series
10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lectures begin 8:45 a.m.
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg
$6 for antiques show | $25 per lecture (show free with lecture ticket)
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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – “You Point, We Pick” at Burnside Colonial Farm
9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem
Donation for harvest
The Knauss Homestead – Strawberry Festival
12-5 p.m.
152 East Main Street, Emmaus
Free, tickets required
Lower Macungie Township Historical Society – Haines Mill Tour
2-4 p.m.
3600 Dorney Park Rd., Allentown
Free, reservations required
Moravian Historical Society – 45th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
214 East Center Street, Nazareth, PA
Free
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Penn Dry Goods Market & Textile History Lecture Series
10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Lectures begin 8:45 a.m.
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg
$6 for antiques show | $25 per lecture (show free with lecture ticket)
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Kutztown Area Historical Society – Model Train Display & Museum Open
1-3 p.m.
211 S. Whiteoak Street, Kutztown
Free
Leesport Area Historical Society – Open House at 1858 School
1-4 p.m.
128 Main Street, Leesport
Free
National Canal Museum – Hugh Moore Park History Walk: River & Canal
1-2 p.m.
2750 Hugh Moore Park Road, Easton
Free. Registration required
National Museum of Industrial History – Bethlehem Steel Locomotive Engineer Experience
11 a.m.- 3:15 p.m.
602 E. 2nd Street, Bethlehem
Pre-registration required. $30 per session (includes 1-2 participants)
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Governor Wolf Historical Society – Summer Institute of Colonial Arts
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
6600 Jacksonville Rd, Bath
Multiple make-and-take sessions | Registration required
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Governor Wolf Historical Society – Summer Institute of Colonial Arts
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
6600 Jacksonville Rd, Bath
Multiple make-and-take sessions | Registration required
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – Rooms to View House & Garden Tour – Preview Party
5:30-8:30 p.m., private home
$135, Tickets required
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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites – Rooms to View House & Garden Tour
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., multiple locations
$35 Members | $45 Non-Members, Tickets required
Leesport Lock House Foundation – Step Back in Time
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
27 East Wall Street, Leesport
Free
National Museum of Industrial History – 1876 World’s Fair Weekend
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
602 E. 2nd Street, Bethlehem
Free with museum admission
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – Halo-Halo Party at the Sigal Museum
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Free with museum admission
342 Northampton Street, Easton
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – Second Saturdays at the 1753 Bachmann Publick House: Tours and Flag History Program
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
169 Northampton Street, Easton
Free (donations welcome)
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – Second Saturdays at the Sigal Museum: Art Labs – Mini Aquatic Terrarium
1-3 p.m.
342 Northampton Street, Easton
Drop-in program for children of all ages
Free with museum admission and for children ages 5 and under
PAZA, Tree of Life – Summer Series – Animals Speak, Animals Dance: Animal Crafts & Interactive Family Programs
1-3 p.m.
Hugh Moore Park, 2750 Hugh Moore Park Road, Easton
$25 individual | $40 couple | Free for Children 12 and under
Saucon Valley Conservancy – Antique Appraisal Day
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Heller Homestead, 1892 Friedensville Rd., Bethlehem
$10 per appraisal (3 items maximum)
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