The exhibit will be open from August 10, 2019 - December 31, 2019. An exhibit about secession from the Harmony Society will open at Old Economy Village with a special reception on August 9th at 7:00 p.m. The exhibit focuses on all of the various people that left the Society, with emphasis on the Great Schism [...]
Harrisburg, PA – Beginning this summer, visitors to select state-owned historic sites who are blind or have low vision can access technology that uses their smartphones or special glasses to get free on-demand audio descriptions of individual objects, artworks, and even entire exhibits from remotely located professional agents. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) [...]
Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Pa. will be offering two Home School Days this spring. The first one will be on Wednesday, April 24 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. The second one will be Friday, April 26 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. This event will allow home school families to explore the Village [...]
A Scherenschnitte Class will be offered on Saturday, April 27th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This German craft is the art of fancy paper cutting design. The instructor, Angela Gentile, has been doing Scherenschnitte for many years and has both demonstrated and taught it at Old Economy Village. This class is free, but space [...]