On Saturday 12/3 we had a great turnout at our Teens in Museums Workshop! It was such a pleasure to meet and chat with these lovely museum professionals and share about our successful Youth Advisory Council program! Guests were invited to interact with our YAC...
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Virtual Junior Historians Club Become a member of the JHC! This 3-month program is self-paced and virtual. At the beginning of each month, participants will be mailed a packet of materials and secret codes to access videos on the museum website. Participants will...
Native American History: Lenni-Lenape Settlements As we continue the blog series talking about Lenni-Lenape Native Americans, we will begin to discuss their society. The Lenni-Lenape had a great civilization and a very organized community. Beginning with land, land...
Native American History: Lenni-Lenape Culture November marks National American Heritage Month which we should all use as a time to learn, reflect and celebrate the history and the heritage of Native Americans. To commemorate this month, we will be sharing several...
AppleFest A week ago from the time that I am writing this, the Wicoff House Museum held our fall harvest event, AppleFest. It was an afternoon filled with history, crafts and apple treats of all kinds. AppleFest was the second event that the Wicoff House Museum has...
The Role of the House Museum When someone says the word “museum”, they probably think of the historic house museums they have visited throughout their community. The National Trust for Historic Preservation previously estimated that there are more than 15,000 historic...
Is the Wicoff House Museum haunted? As the seasons change and fall approaches, so does Halloween. The time of the year for all the ghosts and ghouls to come out. Over the past few weeks I have been in the museum alone during most of the day. While it can be...
A Few of my Favorite Things Hey there, Julianne here again. I’m here to talk about some of my favorite artifacts in the Historic Wicoff House Museum collection. One of my favorite objects is the wedding dress of Lavinia Wicoff when she married John Wicoff. Mrs....