Program Schedule - 2011
Programs are typically held the last Sunday of the month at 2:00 pm in the Carriage
House at the Foundation Museum located at 27 Market Square, Manheim, PA, unless
otherwise noted below.  Parking is available on Market Square at no charge.  
Facilities are handicapped accessible. All programs are open to the public and are
typically scheduled April through November each year.  Programs are subject to
change.

Sunday, Sept. 25th  Chief Pontiac’s Rebellion
The program will start at 3:00 pm.   The guest speaker will be Stephen Runkle who, in
the past, has presented some wonderful programs at HMPF.  Don’t miss this
program!!

Sunday, Oct. 30th at 2:00 pm    World War II on the Home Front   The
program will be presented by Nevin  May of Brickerville, PA.  While the war was raging
in Europe and Asia, life back here at home and in towns all across America ("the
Home Front") was changed forever.  It promises to be an interesting program,
bringing back memories for many of us.  Please plan to attend.
Past Programs

The Historic Schaeffer Farmhouse Archeology Project

Local Religious Sites Tour

Basics of the Early Iron Industry

Charming Forge Tour

Varieties in Quilt Making        

Lancaster County Heritage Division

Lancaster County Gunsmithing

Pottery Making in the 18th Century

Henry Stiegel, His Life, His Work, His Last Days

The Conestoga Wagon and Colonial America

Historical Methods of Basket Making

Local History of Boy Scouting

Musings on the French & Indian War

The Fascinating World of Postcard Collecting

The History of Root’s Nursery and the Art of Landscaping

Show and Tell

The Early American Blacksmith

Cabinetmakers and a Family Legacy

The History of the Nickel Mines in Southern Lancaster County

Speedwell Forge Mansion Tour
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Tour of the Jacob Albright Memorial Church and the Conrad Weiser Homestead   

The Archaeological Project at Elizabeth Furnace   

Cornwall Furnace Tour   

Lancaster Bottles, The History & Collectibles   

Manheim's Fraternal Organizations   

Annual Country Fair at the Isaac Meier Homestead

Matthew Dodd, Songs & Stories of the American Revolution

Mount Gretna's History  

Canals and Canal Life in and around the Susquehanna River Basin

Henry William Stiegel:  A Sampler of His Three A’s

The Northumberland Man
 

The Joller Story, Life in a Company Coal Mine and Village   

Political Memorabilia

Gettysburg Campaign to the Susquehanna River

Antique Glass Paperweights

Frank Lloyd Wright, An American Architectural Pioneer

Native American Life in the Susquehanna River Basin Region

The Conestoga Massacres of 1763

Chief Pontiac's Rebellion