Graeme Park To Reopen To Public

HORSHAM, PA — Graeme Park in Horsham is among the state-owned historic sites and museums set to reopen to the public beginning next month, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission announced.

The reopenings will begin Friday, April 30, with reduced hours and limited capacity, the commission said Wednesday.

Graeme Park is a 42-acre historic park that includes the Keith House, the only surviving home of a colonial Pennsylvania governor. The mansion has been largely intact since the late 1700s.

Due to coronavirus orders, historic sites like Graeme Park have been closed throughout the state.

The historic commission said coronavirus safety precautions will be in place when its sites reopen. They include:

• Face masks required for all visitors, volunteers and staff when inside or near others on the grounds
• Social distancing of six feet required from anyone not in your household
• Reduced capacity will be allowed in following Department of Health guidelines
• Visitors must wash or sanitize hands as they enter the site's visitor center or house museum
• High-touch surfaces like door handles, push plates, railings, switches, counter tops and benches will be disinfected frequently. Restrooms will be cleaned and disinfected several times a day

No events or gatherings, including exhibit openings and rentals, are scheduled currently to let staff get used to regular operations before having to host events, the commission said.
School groups will be allowed back in the fall.

Here is a list of locations run by the commission, as well as links to their websites, where details may be found about reopening plans as April 30 draws nearer:

• Brandywine Battlefield Park, Chadds Ford
• Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeannette
• Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf
• Cornwall Iron Furnace, Cornwall
• Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro
• Drake Well Museum, Titusville
• Eckley Miners' Village, Weatherly
• Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata
• Erie Maritime Museum & Flagship Niagara, Erie
• Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh
• Graeme Park, Horsham
• Hope Lodge, Ft. Washington
• Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland
• Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, Lancaster
• Old Economy Village, Ambridge
• Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville
• Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton
• Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Ulysses
• Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg
• Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg
• Somerset Historical Center, Somerset
• State Museum Of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg