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Movies at the Mercer Museum: Field of Dreams (1989) | Thursday, May 16, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Green Gates open: 7:30 p.m. Film starts: 8:30 p.m. Runtime: 1 hr. 47 min. – Rated PG The Mercer Museum and The County Theater, in partnership with The Moving Picture Cinema, bring beloved outdoor movies to the community again with the 2024 Movies at the Mercer Museum series. This sentimental tale of baseball and family stars Kevin Costner as an Iowa farmer propelled…
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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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Friends of the Bucks County Historical Society Kite Day | Sunday, May 19, 2024 Three Time Slots Available: 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. 1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Location: Mercer Museum Admission: $10 per youth (includes 1 kite) Join the Friends of the Bucks County Historical Society at the Mercer Museum for this spectacular spring event! Learn to build and fly a kite with internationally renowned Clifford “The Kiteman” Quinn, who has led kite workshops throughout…
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Movies at the Mercer Museum: The Goonies (1989) | Thursday, June 13, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Green Gates open: 7:45 p.m. Film starts: 8:45 p.m. Runtime: 1 hr. 54 min. – Rated PG The Mercer Museum and The County Theater, in partnership with The Moving Picture Cinema, bring beloved outdoor movies to the community again with the 2024 Movies at the Mercer Museum series. The Goonies is an ‘80s action-adventure cult classic. In order to save their home from foreclosure, a…
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3rd Annual Juneteenth at the Mercer Museum | Saturday, June 15, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Admission: Free Join us to celebrate Juneteenth in the heart of the Doylestown Cultural District. The 3rd Annual Juneteenth at the Mercer Museum is brought to you by the African Diaspora Collective of Bucks County and the Mercer Museum & Fonthill Castle. This event commemorates the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the United States learned that they had been freed.…
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Fonthill Castle 4th of July | Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Fonthill Castle Admission: $5 Adult/$1 Youth (6-17)/Free Child (5 and under) Join us on the grounds of Fonthill Castle to celebrate Independence Day with some old-fashioned fun, where guests enjoy a day of fun, food, games, crafts, entertainment and live music. Highlights of the day include the children’s decorated bike parade, wheelbarrow and sack races, tug-of-war, live musicians, and food trucks. Antique bicycles, historic…
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Movies at the Mercer Museum: The Princess Bride (1987) | Thursday, July 18, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Green Gates open: 7:45 p.m. Film starts: 8:45 p.m. Runtime: 1 hr. 38 min. – Rated PG The Mercer Museum and The County Theater, in partnership with The Moving Picture Cinema, bring beloved outdoor movies to the community again with the 2024 Movies at the Mercer Museum series. A kindly grandfather reads his bedridden grandson a story about a farm boy that falls…
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Movies at the Mercer Museum: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) | Thursday, August 15, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Green Gates open: 7:15 p.m. Film starts: 8:15 p.m. Runtime: 2 hr. 41 min. – Rated PG The Mercer Museum and The County Theater, in partnership with The Moving Picture Cinema, bring beloved outdoor movies to the community again with the 2024 Movies at the Mercer Museum series. In his second year at the school of witchcraft and wizardry,…
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Movies at the Mercer Museum: Clueless (1995) | Thursday, September 19, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Green Gates open: 6:30 p.m. Film starts: 7:30 p.m. Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min. – Rated PG-13 The Mercer Museum and The County Theater, in partnership with The Moving Picture Cinema, bring beloved outdoor movies to the community again with the 2024 Movies at the Mercer Museum series. Oh my god, we are totally buggin for this ‘90s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. Alicia Silverstone…
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Movies at the Mercer Museum: Frankenstein (1931) | Thursday, October 17, 2024 Location: Mercer Museum Green Gates open: 6:00 p.m. Film starts: 7:00 p.m. Runtime: 1 hr. 10 min. – Not Rated The Mercer Museum and The County Theater, in partnership with The Moving Picture Cinema, bring beloved outdoor movies to the community again with the 2024 Movies at the Mercer Museum series. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley, James Whale’s 1931 classic featuring Boris Karloff is considered one…
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