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OCTOBER 2025 EVENT CALENDAR: Activities & Events at 75+ Historic Sites in 9 Counties

October 1 @ 8:00 AM - October 31 @ 5:00 PM
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Explore the Past with Passport to History Partner Sites

OCTOBER 2025
October is one of our favorite months to explore. From lectures to hands-on workshops, harvest festivals, and haunting history, abundance is in store. Scroll down to see special exhibitions, walking tours, and a monthly Events Calendar of activities that celebrate our rich heritage.

IN THIS NEWSLETTER (Sections):

  • Spooky Season Round-Up
  • All Month Long – activities available throughout the month
  • Special Exhibitions
  • Historic Walking Tours
  • Calendar of Events – by date (What’s happening near you?)
  • Save the Date – upcoming special events in November

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SPOOKY SEASON ROUND-UP

Are you looking for some thrills and chills, or a hauntingly good time, this month? Check out these partner activities:

Through Halloween – Scarecrows in Historic Catasauqua

Select Dates – Ghost and Spirit Tours (1758 Sun Inn)

Select Dates, Walking Tours – Mystery & HistoryCemetery: Death & DyingSpirited Tales Pub Tour (Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites)

Select Dates – Lantern Tours (Historic Sugartown)

Select Dates – Spooky Nazareth Walking Tours (Moravian Historical Society)

Select Dates – Ghost Tours of Pearl S. Buck Estate

Select Dates – Sayre Mansion Ghost Tours

Select Dates – Eerie Easton Walking Tours (NCHGS/Sigal Museum)

10/4 Paranormal Lock-In (George Taylor House)

10/9 Haunted Heritage Program (Slate Belt Heritage Center)

10/10 Floral Design Class and House Ghost Tour (Pearl S. Buck House)

10/11 A Haunting at Sayre House

10/17 Public Paranormal Investigation (George Taylor House)

10/18 Seasonal Saturday: Halloween Jack-o-Lantern Crafts (Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center)

10/18 Salem Witch Trial (Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum)

10/18 Boyertown Halloween Parade (Boyertown Area Historical Society)

10/18 Fangs & Fire Masquerade Ball (TileWorks of Bucks County)

10/18 & 25 Tombstone Tales Tours: The Untold Tales of Soldiers and Women (Historic Trappe)

10/19 Halloween Spooktacular (Weisenberg-Lowhill Township Historical Society)

10/24 Fall Fling – ghost stories around a campfire (Leesport Lock House)

10/25-26 Canal-o-ween (National Canal Museum)

10/25-26 Pumpkinfest (TileWorks of Bucks County)

10/26 Schpucky Stories with Charles J. Adams III (Historic Trappe)

10/28 Trunk or Treat (National Museum of Industrial History)

10/31 Children’s Spooky Film Festival (NCHGS/Sigal Museum)

10/31 Halloween “Psycho Killer” Dance Party + Stop Making Sense Film Screening

10/31-11/1 Spooky Days on the Farm (Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm)

ALL MONTH LONG

1753 Bachmann Publick House

Walk where patriots once gathered, experience life in the 18th century, and hear stories of Easton’s past.

169 Northampton Street, Easton

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursdays-Saturdays

12-4 p.m., Sundays

More Info & Admission

1758 Sun Inn – Book a Private Dinner and Spirits Tasting at the

Sun Inn Museum

564 Main Street, Bethlehem

$25 per person

More Info & Reservations

Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum

1401 Laubach Avenue, Northampton

Free admission

Private and Group Tours (10 or more) and Field Trips are available.

Call 610-262-2576 or email through the website.

More Info

Emmaus Historical Society

Open Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

218 Main Street, Emmaus

Free admission

More Info

Horner’s Cemetery Historical Society – Tours in Celebration of 297 Years of Craig’s Settlement, the oldest permanent settlement in the Lehigh Valley

Enjoy tours of the resting place of the founders of Craig’s Settlement, 1728, the longest permanent settlement, first and oldest congregation

(1730), and first church (1731) in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Tours by appointment

4965 Nor Bath Boulevard, Northampton

Free admission – donations welcome

Call Peggy at 610-984-4532 to schedule a tour.

Lehigh Valley 250

Click here for exhibitions and events from an array of regional cultural, and educational institutions working together to commemorate the Lehigh Valley’s role in the history of the nation. Explore questions, perspectives, and scholarship that shine new light on what it means to be an American.

Lower Macungie Township Historical Society

Open Sundays from 1-4 p.m. (except holidays)

Camp Olympic barn, lower level, 3120 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, Emmaus

More Info

Lower Macungie Township Historical Society – Fries Rebeliion Film Airs on Pennsylvania Cable Network (select Sundays)

Learn more about the Fries Rebellion Film Project & Screenings

Moravian Historical Society – Guided Museum Tour

Daily, 1-4 p.m.

214 E. Center Street, Nazareth

Enjoy a guided tour of the 1740-1743 Whitefield House Museum and learn about the significant contributions Moravians made to music, art, education, and culture in early America. Our museum features an outstanding collection of objects related to early Pennsylvania history.

$8 Adults | $6 Students and Seniors | Free MHS Members and Children (Under 5)

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National Canal Museum – Mule-Drawn Canal Boat Rides

Ride the Josiah White II along the scenic Lehigh Canal and experience 19th-century transportation in action.

Saturday & Sunday, October 4-November 2

Tickets: $15 Adults | $14 Seniors | $11 Ages 3-15 | Free Children under 3 and Members | $49 Family Pack (2 Adults and up to 3 Children)

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National Museum of Industrial History – Family Sundays at NMIH

10 a.m.-5 p.m.

602 E. 2nd Street, Bethlehem

Free admission and activities for youth 12 and under when accompanied by a paying adult

More Info

The Sayre Mansion – Afternoon Tea

Thursdays, 2-4 p.m.

250 Wyandotte St., Bethlehem

$45 per person plus tax

More Info & Reservations

Slate Belt Museum

Open Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

2214 North Delaware Drive, Mt. Bethel

Free admission – donations welcome

More Info

TileWorks of Bucks County – Personalized Handprint and Dog Print Plaques

By appointment

130 E. Swamp Road, Doylestown

1 plaque $45.00, 2 plaques $85.00, 3 plaques $120.00, 4 plaques $150

Email amanda@thetileworks.org to schedule your appointment.

More Info

Washington Crossing Historic Park Tours

Crossing the Delaware, Thompson-Neely Grist Mill, and Bowman’s Hill Tower and Wildflower Preserve Tours

1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA

Prices and times vary

Reservations and More Info

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

photograph, March 2, 1964, Vintage Associated Press wirephoto. From Indians of All Tribes: Decolonizing Democracy and Politics of Indigenous Resistance, Lafayette College Art Galleries

America on Wheels – The Battle of the Car Clubs II

Competitive Exhibit: Vote for your favorite!

Now through October 12

5 North Front Street, Allentown

$20 General | $14 Seniors (65+) | Free for Seniors 1st Thursday of every month | $11 Students (5-16) | $11 Veterans, First Responders, and Active Military (with ID) | Free Children 4 and under

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America on Wheels – World of Transportation: Presented by

PennLUG (Pennsylvania LEGO® User Group)

5 North Front Street, Allentown

$20 General | $14 Seniors (65+) | Free for Seniors 1st Thursday of every month | $11 Students (5-16) | $11 Veterans, First Responders, and Active Military (with ID) | Free Children 4 and under

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Antoine Dutot Museum & Gallery – Dawn Linden: Unknown Destinies

September 26 – October 12

Saturdays & Sundays, 1-5 p.m. or by appointment

24 Main Street (Rt. 611), Delaware Water Gap

$2 suggested donation

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Berks History Center – Sights Unseen

In partnership with the Vision Resource Center of Berks County

Wednesdays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

940 Centre Avenue, Reading

$7 Adults (Ages 18-64) | $5 Seniors | $4 Children (Ages 4-17) | Free Members and Children under 3

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Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles – Better Built Bodies: A Century of Vehicle Craftsmanship

Retrospective of the Boyertown Auto Body Works

85 South Walnut Street, Boyertown

$10 Adults | $9 Seniors (60+) or AAA | Free Members and Children 12 and under

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Coopersburg Historical Society – Leaders and Legends of Coopersburg

An ongoing exhibit featuring many of the people who put Coopersburg “on the map,” including town founders, leaders, business people, and sports stars

Now through 2025

Town Hall, 5 North Main Street, Coopersburg

Free admission – donations welcome. By appointment or during special events

Email Coopersburghistory@gmail.com to schedule a tour.

 

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