Calendar of Events
2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Docent Orientation, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 (no school that day -- no fooling!), 10:00 am. Adults and students with their parents are welcome to take a free Museum tour, partake in some refreshments and discuss their participation in this year's docent (volunteer tour guide) program. click here for more info
Saturday, May 12, 2012 Music at the Boal Mansion: Saturday, May 12, 2012, only one performance at 7 pm (new earlier time) - a spring concert/reception in the ballroom with performances by Penn State's School of Music faculty in the 1898 ballroom and champagne and fine food in the 1798 dining room. click here for more info
Monday, May 28, 2012 Memorial Day festival (with the Boalsburg village). Monday, May 28, 9 am to 5 pm - Food, music and crafts and a Civil War battle celebrating Boalsburg as the birthplace of Memorial Day. click here for more info
Sunday July 1, 2012 Boalsburg Garden Party for the Declaration of Independence: 1:30 to 4 pm Sunday, July 1 – Free tour of the Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum starts at 1:30 including the portrait and original signature of signer Richard Henry Lee, a Boal ancestor. Free refreshments and a patriotic sing-along in the garden of the 40-acre Boal Estate with thousands of day lilies in bloom. click here for more info
July 13-15, 2012 People's Choice Festival (arts & crafts) (at the neighboring Pennsylvania Military Museum, across the street). Thurs-Sun, July 13-15. Food, music and crafts with hundreds of craftspeople and musicians and tens of thousands of visitors, right across the street from the Boal Mansion Museum. click here for more info
October 6, 2012 Boalsburg Columbus Ball: 7:30 PM Saturday - Contra dancing in the 1898 ballroom, champagne and fine food in the 1798 dining room and visits from Christopher Columbus and nine generations of Boals who have shaped the community. click here for more info
October 7, 2012, Sunday!! Boalsburg Heritage Street Party: Sunday (not Saturday), Noon to 4 pm - A festival in the village square of Boalsburg celebrating Boalsburg's 204th birthday with live music, historical re-enactors and a big birthday cake. click here for more info.
October 8, 2012 Columbus Day Religious Service (located in the Columbus Chapel) Monday - Celebrating the anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Docent Orientation, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 (no school that day -- no fooling!), 10:00 am. Adults and students with their parents are welcome to take a free Museum tour, partake in some refreshments and discuss their participation in this year's docent (volunteer tour guide) program. click here for more info
Saturday, May 12, 2012 Music at the Boal Mansion: Saturday, May 12, 2012, only one performance at 7 pm (new earlier time) - a spring concert/reception in the ballroom with performances by Penn State's School of Music faculty in the 1898 ballroom and champagne and fine food in the 1798 dining room. click here for more info
Monday, May 28, 2012 Memorial Day festival (with the Boalsburg village). Monday, May 28, 9 am to 5 pm - Food, music and crafts and a Civil War battle celebrating Boalsburg as the birthplace of Memorial Day. click here for more info
Sunday July 1, 2012 Boalsburg Garden Party for the Declaration of Independence: 1:30 to 4 pm Sunday, July 1 – Free tour of the Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum starts at 1:30 including the portrait and original signature of signer Richard Henry Lee, a Boal ancestor. Free refreshments and a patriotic sing-along in the garden of the 40-acre Boal Estate with thousands of day lilies in bloom. click here for more info
July 13-15, 2012 People's Choice Festival (arts & crafts) (at the neighboring Pennsylvania Military Museum, across the street). Thurs-Sun, July 13-15. Food, music and crafts with hundreds of craftspeople and musicians and tens of thousands of visitors, right across the street from the Boal Mansion Museum. click here for more info
October 6, 2012 Boalsburg Columbus Ball: 7:30 PM Saturday - Contra dancing in the 1898 ballroom, champagne and fine food in the 1798 dining room and visits from Christopher Columbus and nine generations of Boals who have shaped the community. click here for more info
October 7, 2012, Sunday!! Boalsburg Heritage Street Party: Sunday (not Saturday), Noon to 4 pm - A festival in the village square of Boalsburg celebrating Boalsburg's 204th birthday with live music, historical re-enactors and a big birthday cake. click here for more info.
October 8, 2012 Columbus Day Religious Service (located in the Columbus Chapel) Monday - Celebrating the anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492.
