Pottsgrove Manor Hosting Living History Sundays

Blogger's Note: The following was provided by Pottsgrove Manor:

Learn a new historic skill every Sunday in August at Pottsgrove Manor’s Living History Sundays.

Living history interpreters will be at Pottsgrove Manor on Sunday, Aug., 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Take a turn to churn cream into butter. 

Learn how to weave colorful strings into useful tape on a loom. 

See the tools of the leather-smith trade in action as the hide is transformed into pouches and bags. 

Join the cook in the reproduction kitchen to uncover an 18th-century dish brought to life, and stroll through the kitchen garden to find the plants which colonists would use for food and medicine. 

Everyone can try their hand at period toys and games to complete their historical experience. 

Try your hand at churning butter Sunday at Pottsgrove Manor.

Each weekend brings different historical skills to life. 

• This Sunday's activity is butter churning and tailoring.
• On Sunday, Aug. 11, the activities will be leather working, loom weaving, wool spinning and cooking.
• On Sunday Aug. 18, the activities will be needlework and cooking.
• On Sunday Aug. 25, the activities will be needlework, gunsmithing and cooking.

Parts of the Potts family 1752 manor home will be open for tours. The Museum Shop will be open to purchase books, games, period reproduction items, and much more. This event is rain or shine and welcomes all ages. There is a suggested $2 donation per person for this event.

Pottsgrove Manor is located at 100 West King Street near the intersection of King Street and Route 100, just off of Route 422 near the Carousel at Pottsgrove and Manatawny Green Miniature Golf Course, in Pottstown. Pottsgrove Manor is operated by the Montgomery County Division of Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites.

For more information, please call 610-326-4014, or visit https://www.montcopa.org/930/Pottsgrove-Manor. Like Pottsgrove Manor on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pottsgrovemanor.

Pottsgrove Manor Hosting Living History Sundays

Blogger's Note: The following was provided by Pottsgrove Manor

Discover a different history trade or skill every Sunday in August at Pottsgrove Manor. 

Pottsgrove Manor's staff and historic interpreters invite visitors of all ages to join in the hands-on learning and find out how history is still alive today. 

See if you can stand the heat of the kitchen to help the cook prepare dishes over the hearth. Tour the kitchen garden to realize how the plants can be used for food, flavor, and medicine. Touch and feel the different kind of textiles people made and used in the 18th century and try your hand at making a few. Ask the gunsmith or the hornsmith about their period trades. Spinning, tape weaving, sewing, and more promise to get the whole family involved. 

Plus, colonial toys and games, which run each week, complete the 18th century fun. The Living History activities will vary week by week, so be sure to check the website (www.montcopa.org/pottsgrovemanor) or call Pottsgrove Manor (610-326-4014) to discover what will be happening on the Sundays you would like to visit.

Colonial ironmaster John Potts’ 1752 manor house will also be open for tours during the day. 

The current exhibit, Good Night at the Manor, uncovers the nighttime routines of both the Potts family and their household staff. Visitors will also be able to shop at the manor’s museum store for colonial games, books, and unique gifts.

These programs welcomes all ages; suggested donation $2 per person. The programs will be held rain or shine.

Pottsgrove Manor is located at 100 West King Street near the intersection of King Street and Route 100, just off Route 422 near the Carousel at Pottsgrove and Manatawny Green Miniature Golf Course, in Pottstown. Pottsgrove Manor is operated by the Montgomery County Division of Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites.

For more information, call 610-326-4014, or visit the website at www.montcopa.org/pottsgrovemanor. Like Pottsgrove Manor on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pottsgrovemanor.