The Society's annual Candlelight Christmas Tour returns with docent Julie Brasch. Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, caroling, delicious treats, and much more. Tours will begin on Friday, November 28, and run every Friday and Saturday until December 26. Nighttime Walking Tours are weather-dependent. If the outdoor temperature at 6 pm is […]
The Society's annual Candlelight Christmas Tour returns with docent Julie Brasch. Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, caroling, delicious treats, and much more. Tours will begin on Friday, November 28, and run every Friday and Saturday until December 26. Nighttime Walking Tours are weather-dependent. If the outdoor temperature at 6 pm is […]
Bring your young ones to the Hays House Museum to enjoy holiday crafts, games, and holiday treats. A local storyteller will share a special holiday selection with attendees, bringing the Christmas spirit to life. Tickets are nonrefundable unless the Historical Society cancels the program. Tickets are limited. Tickets are nonrefundable unless HSHC cancels the event. […]
Enjoy a nostalgic Sunday afternoon at the Hays House. Step back into Bel Air's early days as you tour this historic house and enjoy beautiful holiday decorations designed by a local garden club. Relax as local musicians regale you with the sounds of Christmas. A perfect antidote to the holiday rush! As a special treat, […]
The Society's annual Candlelight Christmas Tour returns with docent Julie Brasch. Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, caroling, delicious treats, and much more. Tours will begin on Friday, November 28, and run every Friday and Saturday until December 26. Nighttime Walking Tours are weather-dependent. If the outdoor temperature at 6 pm is […]
The Society's annual Candlelight Christmas Tour returns with docent Julie Brasch. Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, caroling, delicious treats, and much more. Tours will begin on Friday, November 28, and run every Friday and Saturday until December 26. Nighttime Walking Tours are weather-dependent. If the outdoor temperature at 6 pm is […]
Enjoy a nostalgic Sunday afternoon at the Hays House. Step back into Bel Air's early days as you tour this historic house and enjoy beautiful holiday decorations designed by a local garden club. Relax as local musicians regale you with the sounds of Christmas. A perfect antidote to the holiday rush! As a special treat, […]
The Society's annual Candlelight Christmas Tour returns with docent Julie Brasch. Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, caroling, delicious treats, and much more. Tours will begin on Friday, November 28, and run every Friday and Saturday until December 26. Nighttime Walking Tours are weather-dependent. If the outdoor temperature at 6 pm is […]
The Society's annual Candlelight Christmas Tour returns with docent Julie Brasch. Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, caroling, delicious treats, and much more. Tours will begin on Friday, November 28, and run every Friday and Saturday until December 26. Nighttime Walking Tours are weather-dependent. If the outdoor temperature at 6 pm is […]
Bring your young ones to the Hays House Museum to enjoy holiday crafts, games, and holiday treats. A local storyteller will share a special holiday selection with attendees, bringing the Christmas spirit to life. Tickets are nonrefundable unless the Historical Society cancels the program. Tickets are limited. Tickets are nonrefundable unless HSHC cancels the event. […]
Relax as local musicians time-travel through music performed on period instruments! A perfect antedote to the holiday rush!
The Society's annual Candlelight Christmas Tour returns with docent Julie Brasch. Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, caroling, delicious treats, and much more. Tours will begin on Friday, November 28, and run every Friday and Saturday until December 26. Nighttime Walking Tours are weather-dependent. If the outdoor temperature at 6 pm is […]
The Society invites you, your children, and grandchildren to visit the Hays House for a special holiday treat. On Saturday, November 29, and Saturday, December 27, the museum will offer young and old alike the opportunity to explore holiday crafts, games, music of days gone by, and photo opportunities. $20/adult, $10/child. Tickets are non-refundable unless […]
Ever wanted to experience a real-life ghost hunt? Research so far confirms that spirits are roaming the Hays House. You are invited to join Above and Below Paranormal Investigation’s team of professional paranormal investigators on Saturday, January 17th, 2025, at 7pm. Be a part of the search. Participants must be at least 18 years of […]
The Historical Society is excited to announce the opening of a unique exhibit at the Society's museum, celebrating 400 years of life in Joppa. The land now known as Joppa provided an ideal location for Native Americans to hunt, fish, and cultivate crops. These same qualities brought colonists to the area. In 1661, John Taylor […]
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The Ma & Pa Railroad stretched between Baltimore at North Avenue & Howard Streets, on to Towson, and through Long Green Valley into Harford County. It ended at Market Street in York, Pennsylvania. Even by the day's standards, it passed through some of the East Coast's most wooded, curvaceous, and beautiful scenery. The Ma & […]
The museum will reopen on March 8 with the first in a series of programs on daily living in days gone by. The Hays House Museum will open with a unique Historic bedding display curated by the Historical Society of Harford County Textiles Department. Antique and vintage bedding evokes both a real and imagined connection […]
Join us at the Harford History Center for a talk and book signing featuring Josh Pons, a third-generation horseman and owner of Country Life Farm, as he relates the stories behind his newest book, Letters from Country Life: Adolphe Pons, Man o' War, and the Founding of Maryland's Oldest Thoroughbred Farm. In 2016, in the […]
The second program in March will feature the Revolutionary Harford theme that we began last year. This program will follow up on last year’s anniversary celebration if the signing of the Bush Declaration—on the 251st anniversary of the historic signing of the Declaration. On March 22, 1775, 34 men signed the Bush Declaration. The town […]
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