New Hope Historical Society
The 1784 fieldstone house of Benjamin Parry, whose New Hope Mills eventually handed the town its name. Its eleven rooms are furnished a generation apart, walking you from 1775 to 1900 without leaving Main Street.
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Pumpkins & Portents Festival
The historical society's Halloween-season afternoon on the Parry Mansion grounds, opening the same day as its guided walking tour of town. Starts at 1pm on the first Saturday of October.
250 Anniversary Guided Walking Tour of New Hope
A docent-led walk through town built around the country's 250th, setting off from the back porch of the Parry Mansion. Runs a handful of Saturday afternoons through October.
Shop in History: Brides, Bubbles & Boutiques
Boutiques set up inside the Parry Mansion for a bridal-leaning morning of shopping with bubbles. Eleven o'clock start on a Sunday at 45 South Main, alongside the day's house tours.
250 Anniversary Guided Walking Tour of New Hope
The last listed run of the anniversary walk, one o'clock from the Parry Mansion back porch. Fifteen dollars and about the best week of the year for it.
Raise a Glass to History: Spring House Reopening Reception
The historical society reopens its restored Spring House with a late-morning reception. Eleven o'clock on a Sunday at 45 South Main, with house tours running the same afternoon.
Fall Foliage Walking Tour
A guided walk timed to peak color along the streets and towpath around South Main. One o'clock start on the last Saturday of October, led by the historical society.
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The Locktender's House
The restored locktender's house at Lock 11, run by the Friends of the Delaware Canal as a small museum of how mule-drawn boats moved cargo through here for a hundred years starting in 1832. The lock out front was rebuilt to working order, the first one running on the Delaware Canal in more than 50 years.
Historic Sugartown
Preserved 19th-century crossroads village with a general store, carriage museum, the circa-1805 Garrett House, and a working book bindery. Grounds are open daily 9 to 5 year-round; guided tours run Saturdays and Sundays May through November, with parking at 273 Boot Road.
Gather Place Museum
A living-history museum in the 1877 A.M.E. church on South Canal Street, telling the African American and women's history most Bucks County guides walk right past. Storytelling here leans on West African Griot tradition instead of wall text, and you can catch the exhibits weekend afternoons or by appointment during the week.
