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Library 101: Exploring the Mercer Museum Research Library | Wednesday, April 3, 2024 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Mercer Museum Research Library Admission: Free   Did you know that the Mercer Museum’s Research Library is a world-class resource offering professional services like historic property research, genealogy assistance, digitization resources, and so much more? If you are interested in learning more about this wonderful resource for a dream research project or simply for personal curiosity, join our library and archives staff at one…

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Library 101: Exploring the Mercer Museum Research Library | Wednesday, April 3, 2024 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Location: Mercer Museum Research Library Admission: Free   Did you know that the Mercer Museum’s Research Library is a world-class resource offering professional services like historic property research, genealogy assistance, digitization resources, and so much more? If you are interested in learning more about this wonderful resource for a dream research project or simply for personal curiosity, join our library and archives staff at one…

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Friends of the Bucks County Historical Society Bus Trip – The Brooklyn Museum and The Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Friday, April 12, 2024 6:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $100 Non-Members, $95 Friends of BCHS Members Join the Friends of the Bucks County Historical Society for a day in Brooklyn and explore The Brooklyn Museum. It is one of the world’s most welcoming and contemporary encyclopedic museums and is every bit Brooklyn: creative, relevant, diverse, and trailblazing. Continue the day’s adventure…

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Fonthill Castle

Fonthill Castle Evening Tours

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Fonthill Castle Evening Tours | Friday, April 19, 2024 Tour times begin at 5:00 p.m. Location: Fonthill Castle Admission: $25 Adult/$20 Member Adult/$10 Youth (6-17)/$5 Child (5 and under)   Delight in the splendor of a guided historic evening tour at Fonthill Castle. Fonthill Castle was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer and an early example of reinforced concrete architecture. Discover Mercer’s renowned ceramic tiles during these intimate 45-minute guided historic tours of the castle’s unique rooms and artifacts. * Please…

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Fonthill Castle

Fonthill Castle Evening Tours

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Featured, Tour

Fonthill Castle Evening Tours | Saturday, April 20, 2024 Tour times begin at 5:00 p.m. Location: Fonthill Castle Admission: $25 Adult/$20 Member Adult/$10 Youth (6-17)/$5 Child (5 and under)   Delight in the splendor of a guided historic evening tour at Fonthill Castle. Fonthill Castle was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer and an early example of reinforced concrete architecture. Discover Mercer’s renowned ceramic tiles during these intimate 45-minute guided historic tours of the castle’s unique rooms and artifacts. * Please…

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Members-Only Preview Day: The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution | Friday, May 3, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Admission: Free The Mercer Museum is thrilled to present an exciting new major exhibition, The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution, that explores the history and intrigue of a group of Revolutionary War-era Loyalists whose legend lives on today. Some called them villains; others hailed them as heroes. This exhibition will be open to the public from May 4, 2024 through December 31, 2026. Bucks…

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The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution | May 4, 2024 – December 31, 2026 Location: Mercer Museum Admission: Entry included with general Mercer Museum admission. The Mercer Museum is embarking on an exciting new exhibition that explores the history and intrigue of a group of Revolutionary War era Loyalists, whose legend lives on today. The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution, opens in May of 2024 on the cusp of the 250th anniversary of the United States. This surprising tale of…

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Coffee at the Castle | Thursday, May 9, 2024 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Location: Mercer Museum Admission: Free – Registration requested Join the Mercer Rainmakers Business Members for an Open House event for the business community at the Mercer Museum. Meet the Mercer Rainmakers, the Bucks County Historical Society’s business member program, and connect with local business professionals, while enjoying access to our major exhibition The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution. This event will feature a complimentary light breakfast fare. Bring a…

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Meet the Curator Tour: The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution | Thursday, May 9, 2024 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.) Location: Mercer Museum Admission: $20 General Admission/$15 BCHS Member   Experience an intimate after-hours tour of The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution and learn more about the people, places and artifacts showcased in this special exhibition.  

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Mercer Museum

An Evening of Folk Music

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Family, Featured

An Evening of Folk Music | Friday, May 17, 2024 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Location: Mercer Museum Elkins Gallery Admission: $20 General Admission / $15 BCHS Members   Join us for an evening of folk music in the Mercer Museum’s Elkins Gallery with performer, educator, and preservationist Elizabeth LaPrelle, and the Mercer Museum’s own Andy McLeod. Elizabeth LaPrelle will be playing solo banjo, unaccompanied mountain ballads, story songs and banjo tunes, all a nod to…

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