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Celebrating the Season on Holiday Family Day
We were happy to end 2021 with our Holiday Family Day on Wednesday, December 29. This program included a variety of activities and crafts to celebrate the holiday season. There were several types of ornaments for children to create and take home. Children also decorated holiday cookies with icing and...
Enjoying an 18th Century Dinner at the Lefevre House
On December 14, we were thrilled to bring back another program that was on hiatus last year, our 18th century dinner raffle. Coordinated by the vice president of our board, Jim Clayton, the dinner provides a chance for a lucky winner and seven of their guests to enjoy a historic...
Three Centuries of Christmas
This program explores the many traditions of Christmas past, and how some of the celebrations we have today have historical origins. We began in Hanna's Tavern, discovering how many Christmas traditions like bringing boughs of evergreen into the home have their origins in ancient Roman, Celtic, Norse, and Germanic culture....
Celebrating 5 Years of Museum Store Sunday
You know about Black Friday, but have you heard of Museum Store Sunday? The Westmoreland History Shop was proud to be one of 1,400 museums around the world offering relaxing, inspired shopping for Museum Store Sunday on November 28. When you purchase a gift from a museum store, you help...
Starting the Holiday Season with the Candlelight Open House
We kicked off the holiday season on a beautiful autumn evening at Historic Hanna's Town. This free, after hours event welcomed many visitors who came out to enjoy the historic buildings by candlelight, shop for holiday items put on display in the museum shop, explore the exhibit gallery, and have...