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Second Saturday in June: Families and Children
Join Cliveden on June 10th for our Second Saturday event! From 9am to 12pm, spend time with neighbors and work with Cliveden staff to maintain the beautiful gardens and landscape at Cliveden. No prior experience or registration is necessary; tools and instructions will be provided. For any questions about volunteering in our landscape and gardens,…
Read MoreThe Turmoil of Transition: A Dramatic Experience – Mary Bowman
A dramatic experience featuring Mary Bowman Step back in time and meet one of the characters from Cliveden’s tumultuous past on Saturday, June 24th, from 12pm to 4pm. Visitors will meet Mary Bowman, the housekeeper at Cliveden during the mid-19th century and a witness to the unrest in the household. The tours take place in…
Read MoreLandscape & Garden Volunteers Needed!
Cliveden is looking for volunteers to lend a hand to our landscape on Second Saturday mornings! Neighbors and community members are invited to garden and landscape volunteer days from 9am-12pm on the second Saturday morning of each month, May through October. Starting May 13th, join Cliveden staff at the Barn at 9am to help out…
Read MoreSpecial Promotion: Free Traditional Cider at Young American!
Have a free cider after your tour! Local cidery and tasting room, Young American Hard Cider & Tasting Room, is offering a special promotion for Cliveden tours! After your tour, head over to Young American for a FREE, traditional cider! This promotion is only good on the day of your tour and visitors must show…
Read MoreSecond Saturdays at Cliveden
Visit Cliveden on Second Saturdays, May through October from 12pm to 4pm, for community programs, free tours, local vendors & more! Each second Saturday has a theme and the 2023 schedule is as follows: May 13th: Pets June 10th: Families & Children July 8th and August 12th: Citizenship September 9th: Back to School October 14th:…
Read MoreReconstructing Black Families: Recording Available
2023 Cliveden Conversation Series Cliveden, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the African American Genealogy Group collaborated for the program Reconstructing Black Families: Stories from the Chew Papers on Tuesday, April 18th. The conversation discussed recent digitization work of documents from the Chew Family Papers, the work of recreating family groups done by the African…
Read More2023 Tour Season
The 2023 tour season begins in May! Tours of Cliveden begin Thursday, May 4th at 12pm! Cliveden will debut a new exhibit this spring, The Turmoil of Transition: The mid-nineteenth century at Cliveden. Visitors will enter Cliveden as it was in the mid-nineteenth century – a household and a country in turmoil. This exhibit explores…
Read MoreFinding Black Families: Recording Available
2022 Cliveden Conversation Series Cliveden, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the African American Genealogy Group collaborated for the program Finding Black Families: Stories from The Chew Family Papers on Tuesday, February 22nd. The conversation discussed discoveries of Black families, free and enslaved, who labored for the Chew family found in the Chew Family Papers. …
Read MoreCliveden’s 2021 Annual Report
The 2021 Annual Report covers Cliveden’s work in maintaining our relationship with our community, continuing preserving the site and collections, expanding use of the greenspace, sharing new research and more. Our work was made possible by your support, from donations and following Cliveden on social media to attending any of our virtual programs and tours in 2021.…
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