Thursday, September 23, 2021
Sunset Cocktail Reception at The River House at Odette’s
Our 1st Annual Sunset Cocktail Reception Fundraiser at the River House at Odette’s to support the New Hope Historical Society’s mission to maintain, preserve, and interpret the diverse historical influence of New Hope. Mix & mingle with old friends and new as we celebrate our remarkable history and our exciting future.
Augusta Events
Chris Zelenka: Blending Rock History
Chris Zelenka: Blending Rock History
Chris Zelenka: Blending Rock History
August 3rd at 7pm
Location: The Parry Mansion Museum Garden
Admission is free
Chris is a solo musician and lead singer for 90s Alternative rock band, Lakini’s Rooster, covering Classic, Alternative and modern rock songs by your favorite artists. He has opened for Live, Candlebox, Buck Cherry, Hinder, Dishwalla, Puddle of Mudd, The Verve Pipe, Saving Abel, Tantric and more.
Fifes & Drums
Chris Zelenka: Blending Rock History
Chris Zelenka: Blending Rock History
August 7th, 12pm - 4pm
Location: The Parry Mansion Museum Garden
Admission is free
New Jersey Fifes and Drums are a group of musicians who perform late 18th-century music that would have been performed by a military corps of music during the Revolutionary War. Join us!
Lenape Lifeways
Lenape Lifeways
Lenape Lifeways
August 14
Location: The Parry Mansion Museum Garden
Admission is free
Lecture & Exhibit: Lenape Lifeways
Learn about the local Lenape (Delaware) People.
At the time of Columbus, as many as 10 million Native Americans lived in North America. Many thousands lived in the vast homeland of the Lenni Lenape, who were the first inhabitants of eastern Pennsylvania. Respected by William Penn, the Lenape were later forced from their villages by Penn's sons and the infamous Walking Purchase. We will provide an interactive introduction to the Lenape that compares and contrasts their social customs, religion, family life, agriculture, and healing practices and crafts with those of the Europeans and colonial Americans.
Harp & Soprano
Lenape Lifeways
Lenape Lifeways
Tuesday, August 17th at 7pm
The Beautiful Songs of Summer
Alison Simpson, Harpist and Susan Whitenack, Soprano will grace The Garden with beautiful songs of summer. The magical and eclectic repertoire is sure to both excite and delight you. Please join us!
Admission is free!
Location: The Parry Mansion Museum Garden
September
Plein Air Workshop
Living History Drill Encampment
Living History Drill Encampment
Painting Outdoors: Capturing Light and Color.2-Day Workshop $99 pp September 7 & 8, 2021 at 9:30am - 3pm Instructor: Pat DiVirgilisLocation: The Parry Mansion Museum Garden The workshop will review the basics of solid picture making - while demonstrating methods for organizing values and understanding the function of color.
Living History Drill Encampment
Living History Drill Encampment
Living History Drill Encampment
September 11 & 12
10am - 4pm
Evening candlelight walk through camp
October
Haunted History Month
Haunted History Museum Tours
Every Friday 6pm - 8pm
$10 per person
Tours are 45 minutes
October
Lecture: Historical Building Preservation
Lecture: Historical Building Preservation
Lecture: Historical Building Preservation
October 5th at 5pm
An informal Conversation with Steve Kurtz
The Historical Preservation of Roofs
Location: The Parry Mansion Museum Garden
Admission is free
An Afternoon with Benjamin Franklin
Lecture: Historical Building Preservation
Lecture: Historical Building Preservation
October 9th at 2pm
Bill Robling will portray Benjamin Franklin and discuss his travels. Robling has been an actor for 45 years and for the past 20 years has interpreted the life of Benjamin Franklin in the first person to a variety of audiences. Robling has appeared as Franklin in the History Channel film, “Benjamin Franklin: an American Life” and in the National Geographic’s, “The Masonic Order.” He was the featured speaker at the annual John Marshall dinner at Marshall University, and has twice appeared at the Benjamin Franklin House in London.
Book Signing: The Last Diving Horse In America
October 23rd at 12pm
Meet Cynthia Branigan, author of The Last Diving Horse In America..
The inspiring story of the rescue of the last diving horse in America, and how horse and animal rescuer were each profoundly transformed by the other. It was the signature attraction of Atlantic City’s Steel Pier. Author, Cynthia Branigan grew up in New Jersey and was educated at Franconia College and the University of Pennsylvania. She is the founder of Make Peace with Animals, Inc., and pioneered the adoption of retired racing greyhounds worldwide. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Location: The Parry Mansion Museum Garden
Admission is free.
Introducing
Time Traveler’s Club
Time Traveler’s Club is here! Interactive Children’s Museum Tours at The Parry Mansion!
Bring the kids/grandkids for fun, educational, interactive time travel adventure tours!
Tours are Saturdays & Sundays 12:30pm and 3pm, excluding holidays. Admission is free.
Parry Mansion Museum Tours
Open For Tours Every Saturday & Sunday
Benjamin Parry is known as the “Father of New Hope”. When he named his flour mill, New Hope Flour Mill, the name, New Hope, later replaced the town’s former name, Coryell’s Ferry in 1837. Parry was a community leader in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, spurring commerce and industry in New Hope for nearly half a century.
Sundays at 2pm
Walking Tours
Walking Tours of Downtown New Hope
Take our expertly guided walking tour to see the places and hear the tales that make New Hope such a fascinating place. The tour is approximately one mile long and lasts about one hour.
Meet at The Parry Mansion Gift Shop
