Image: National Canal Museum
PASSPORT TO HISTORY – FALL WEEKEND
SEPTEMBER 26-28
Free Admission & Activities at 18 Historic Sites in 5 Counties
LEHIGH VALLEY (September 19, 2025) – Our Passport to History Fall Weekend is coming up on Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28, and it’s our biggest event of the year!
Eighteen historic sites in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding counties invite you to step back in time with FREE admission, tours, activities, and programs for visitors of all ages.
Savor the crisp fall days with a weekend of old-fashioned fun!
Our September weekend features:
- Local history right around the corner – Explore partner sites in Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, and Northampton Counties.
- Museums, libraries, & special exhibitions.
- Historic sites including homesteads, barns, mills, taverns, one-room schoolhouses, cabins, canals, 18th-century mansions and farms, Moravian architecture, and cemeteries.
- Learn about the people, cultures, events, and innovations that shaped our community, from the original Native American inhabitants to modern day.
- Living history re-enactments, guided tours, photo walks and workshops, lectures, and heritage craft & skill demonstrations.
- Archaeological digs, local industrial history, hearth cooking and harvest preservation, Revolutionary War and colonial history, Civil War, church history, veterans’ stories, and more.
- Farm stands, gift shops, and a “museum treasures” flea market sale.
- For children and families: old-fashioned games, a one-room schoolhouse experience, mule-drawn canal boat rides, hands-on archaeology, crafts, stories, scavenger hunts, interactive exhibitions, and activities.
“We have wanted to host an autumn Passport to History Weekend for years,” says Megan van Ravenswaay, Executive Director of Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society. “The weather is beautiful, the kids are back to school—it’s the perfect time to explore the stories of your town and meet your neighbors. We hope everyone will come out, discover something new, and connect with the people and places that shape our history.”
WAYS TO ENJOY PASSPORT TO HISTORY WEEKENDS
- Visit old favorites or new-to-you sites in your town or region.
- Venture out of town. Use the map and list of activities on the Passport to History website to plot a course, and make a day of it.
- Follow your interests: What time periods or events in American history interest you? Do you enjoy touring historic buildings and gardens? What kinds of history do you enjoy (e.g., military history, industrial history, Native American history, fraktur or textiles)? Would you like to see living history or heritage skill demonstrations? Our partner sites appeal to a range of interests.
- Take in a special exhibition at one of our partner museums or historical societies.
- Seek out family-friendly activities on the Passport to History website and plan a day out with the kids.
- Try something different. Every site has welcoming staff and volunteers eager to share our community history. Visitors will find fascinating stories and people wherever they go.
Passport to History – Fall Weekend Sites
September 26-28
- 1753 Bachmann Publick House – Friday & Saturday
- Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum – Saturday & Sunday
- Boyertown Area Historical Society – Bahr’s Mill – Saturday
- Durham Historical Society – Durham Mill – Saturday
- Emmaus Historical Society – Saturday
- Historic Easton Cemetery (Photo Walk & Workshop) – Sunday
- Historic Trappe – Saturday
- Hivel Und Dahl Preservation Society – Schubert-Graber Log Cabin – Saturday
- Horner’s Cemetery – Sunday – *Tours by appointment
- Lower Macungie Township Historical Society – Saturday & Sunday
- Lower Saucon Township Historical Society – Lutz-Franklin Schoolhouse – Saturday
- Moravian Historical Society – Saturday & Sunday
- National Canal Museum – Sunday
- Northampton Area Historical Society – Saturday & Sunday
- Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Friday – Sunday
- Sigal Museum – Friday & Saturday
- Washington Crossing Historic Park – Friday
- Whitehall Historical Preservation Society – Helfrich Springs Grist Mill & Peter Grim House – Sunday
Click the link below for a map, schedule, and activities for each partner site.
https://lvhistory.org/passport-to-history-weekends/passport-to-history-fall-2025-weekend/
