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Time |
Event |
| February 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 23 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult. |
| February 9 |
Saturday |
2:00 pm |
The African Influence in Our Cuisine: Okra, black-eyed peas, and yams are a few of the foods brought to this continent by African slaves. Food historian, Judith Krall-Russo, explores the influence of African cooking as seen in the cuisines of the Caribbean, Brazil, New Orleans, and the Deep South. Join us to learn how African food influenced and inspired many of our favorite dishes. |
| March 1, 2, 8, 9, 22, 29, 30 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on March 16 & 23 |
| March 16 |
Sunday |
2:00 pm. |
The State of Dress and Undress in the Colonial Period: Learn about the materials, styles and social conventions that shaped the clothing women wore in the 18th century. Civilian re-enactor, Jean Bickal, uses pictures and models reproduction garments that she has made to illustrate the various states of dress and undress worn by women of the period. |
| March 21 |
Friday |
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Closed: Good Friday |
| March 23 |
Sunday |
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Closed: Easter |
| April 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult. |
| May 3 |
Saturday |
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Spirit of the Jerseys History Fair: Join us at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, NJ for the Annual Statewide Celebration of New Jersey History. |
| May 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on May 3 & 4
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| May 4 |
Sunday |
1:00 - 4:00 pm |
Annual Spring Open House: The Open House will feature tours of the 1719 William Trent House, refreshments and at 2:00 p.m. Frank McKelvey from McKelvey Museum Associates, in Wilmington, Delaware will present a talk and preview on The 1719 William Trent House Museum Orientation Exhibit. |
| May 26 |
Monday |
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Closed: Memorial Day |
| June 7 & 8 |
Saturday and Sunday |
12:00 - 5:00 |
Heritage Days: Join us on West State Street for the Annual City-wide Heritage Days Festival.
* Note House closed for tours |
| June 14 |
Saturday |
2:00 |
That Blasted Herb: Tea Substitutions
Explore the many herbal tea substitutionswith Stacy Roth. |
| June 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on June 7, 8, and 14
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| July 4 |
Friday |
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Closed: Fourth of July |
| July 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 27 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on July 26 |
| July 11, 18, 25 |
Fridays |
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Fresh From the Garden Fridays:
Gardening related demonstrations and activities in our William Trent-era Kitchen Garden. |
| July 26 |
Saturday |
2:00 |
Remedies from the Kitchen: Judith Krall-Russo will discuss the history and folklore of home remedies. Before pharmacies people concocted their own remedies for everything from coughs to hiccups. Our ancestors relied on everyday foods that could be found in the kitchen or garden such as honey, spices, onions and herbs. Some of the remedies are practial, some humorous and osme downright bizarre! |
| August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 |
Fridays |
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Fresh From the Garden Fridays:
Gardening related demonstrations and activities in our William Trent-era Kitchen Garden. |
| August 2,3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 24, 30, 31 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on July 26 |
| August 23 |
Saturday |
2:00 |
Staff of Life: Bread and Butter: In this interactive program, Kimberly Costa will discuss the importance of bread and butter to the early settlers. |
| September 1 |
Monday |
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Closed: Labor Day |
| September 5, 12, 19, 26 |
Fridays |
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Fresh From the Garden Fridays:
Gardening related demonstrations and activities in our William Trent-era Kitchen Garden. |
| September 6, 7, 13, 14, 21, 27, 28 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on September 20th |
| September 20 |
Saturday |
2:00 |
Coffee, Chocolate, Tea, Spices, and Many Other Items Too Tedious to Meniton: 18th Century Imports into Philadelphia: Come and learn from the animated Deborah Peterson about coffee, chocolate, imported and patriotic teas, spices, sugar, salts, peppers, food colorants, isinglass, hartshorn, gum dragon and Arabic, pearlash, sweet oils, pickled sweetmeants, syrups, jellies, rose and orange-flower waters and many, many other items to numerous to mention here that were part of our Nation's earliest imported foods. |
| October 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 26 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on October 25th |
| October 13 |
Monday |
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Closed: Columbus Day |
| October 25 |
Saturday |
2:00 |
The Harvest Season: Autumn was a season of hard work for early Americans. Join Judith Krall-Russo to Learn how our forefathers prepared for the long winter ahead while celebrating the harvest season. |
| November 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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| November 6 & 7 |
Thursday and Friday |
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NJEA: Look for us in Altantic City for the Annual Teacher's Convention |
| November 11 |
Tuesday |
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Closed: Veterans Day |
| November 27 & 28 |
Thursday and Friday |
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Closed: Thanksgiving |
| December 6 |
Saturday |
2:00-4:00 |
Colonial Candymaking: |
| December 7 |
Sunday |
1:00-4:00 |
Annual Holiday Open House and Greens Sale |
| December 13, 14, 20, 21 |
Saturdays and Sundays |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m |
Colonial Kids: Participatory activities for children age 6 to 12. Activities may include colonial dress-up, writing with a quill pen, making scented sachets, and an interactive tour of the 1719 William Trent House. Reservations are suggested. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Note no program on December 6, 7, 27, 28 |
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Glimpse what life was like in Colonial America in 1719. Click on the photo to begin the tour. |
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Above images from the
Colonial Era Garden at the
1719 William Trent House Museum. |
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