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Calling all 4 th – 6 th graders who love history! The York County History Center is proud to offer our returning day camp this summer! In celebration of America’s 250 th this year, the History Center’s Revolutionary Thinkers Summer Camp will explore how the core founding documents of the Articles of Confederation, the US Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence helped shape the nation we know today. This summer’s camp will pay special attent

Calling all 4 th – 6 th graders who love history! The York County History Center is proud to offer our returning day camp this summer! In celebration of America’s 250 th this year, the History Center’s Revolutionary Thinkers Summer Camp will explore how the core founding documents of the Articles of Confederation, the US Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence helped shape the nation we know today. This summer’s camp will pay special attent

Calling all 4 th – 6 th graders who love history! The York County History Center is proud to offer our returning day camp this summer! In celebration of America’s 250 th this year, the History Center’s Revolutionary Thinkers Summer Camp will explore how the core founding documents of the Articles of Confederation, the US Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence helped shape the nation we know today. This summer’s camp will pay special attent

Mark your calendars: First Friday returns Aug. 7, and you can stop in for our extended evening hours from 5-8 p.m. (suggested donation of $10 per person). This is your chance to come in from the summer humidity and explore some of the cool interactive elements in the museum galleries. Don’t miss out on the NEW Revolutionary York exhibit on the 3rd floor.

We are excited to welcome authors Michael Shupp and Scott Mingus on August 8th to speak about “Fearless Sons of War” The 200th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War. About the Book: In the summer of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln called for 500,000 men to join the Union Army to replenish ranks depl

Our World War II Briefings program is biannual. The program dates fall closely with Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) and Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) in May and August. In August we will welcome Lou Lavetan and John Bailey. The stories shared by these men will focus on local men who were members of the military during World War II. Lou will highlight the story of Rabbi Alexander Goode and the Immortals, five men who sacrificed their lives to save others on the SS Dorchester after the

Join us to learn about the churches and cemeteries tied to downtown York. These places of worship and burial tell a deeper story when our guides highlight the people connected to these places. Tours will kick off from the History Center Museum. We suggest to order your tickets ahead of time as this allows us prepare the group. You can purchase tickets at the button above. All York walking tours will start and end at the History Center museum and will last 60-90 minutes. Tours ar

Sunday August 30 – Tour the York County History Center’s new Revolutionary York Exhibit, led by Nicole Smith The first temporary exhibit since the York County History Center’s new museum opened in 2024, this installation is part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence. It explores life in York County during the American Revolution, the achievements of the Continental Congress in York, and what independence means to our communi

The next Writers’ Roundtable meeting will be 7 p.m. Thursday, September 3. Adriel Resh will present “Finding Liberators and Why it’s Important to the York Jewish Community.” She is director of Jewish Life and Culture at the York JCC. Adriel is engaged in a multi-year project to locate and document York countians in uniform in World War II whose units liberated German-operated concentration camps in Europe. She has identified several of these servicemen, includ

The next York Civil War Roundtable will be September 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm. Speaker – Terrence W. Beltz Program – York County in the Civil War – The 130th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Program Summary – The author is a great-grandson of a 130th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry York County soldier. He takes the audience along with him following in the