Calendar of Events
2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013 Docent Orientation #1, Saturday, April 6, 2013, 1:30 pm. 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, April 20, 2013 Docent Orientation #2, Saturday, April 20, 2013, 1:30 pm. 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 11, 2013 Music at the Boal Mansion: Saturday, May 11, 2013, only one performance at 7 pm (new earlier time) - a spring concert/reception and salon with performances by Penn State's School of Music faculty in the 1898 ballroom and champagne and fine food in the dining room. click here for more info
Monday, May 27, 2013 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 June 30, 2013 Boalsburg Garden Party for the Declaration of Independence: 1:30 to 4 pm Sunday, June 30 – 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, a garden tour and a discussion of topics around the Declaration in the garden of the 40-acre Boal Estate with thousands of day lilies in bloom. click here for more info
July 11-14, 2013 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
Saturday, October 5, 2013 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 eight generations of Boals who have shaped the community. click here for more info
Sunday, October 6, 2013, 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.
Monday, October 7, 2013 Columbus Day Religious Service (located in the Columbus Chapel) Monday - Celebrating the anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492.
Saturday, April 6, 2013 Docent Orientation #1, Saturday, April 6, 2013, 1:30 pm. 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, April 20, 2013 Docent Orientation #2, Saturday, April 20, 2013, 1:30 pm. 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 11, 2013 Music at the Boal Mansion: Saturday, May 11, 2013, only one performance at 7 pm (new earlier time) - a spring concert/reception and salon with performances by Penn State's School of Music faculty in the 1898 ballroom and champagne and fine food in the dining room. click here for more info
Monday, May 27, 2013 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 June 30, 2013 Boalsburg Garden Party for the Declaration of Independence: 1:30 to 4 pm Sunday, June 30 – 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, a garden tour and a discussion of topics around the Declaration in the garden of the 40-acre Boal Estate with thousands of day lilies in bloom. click here for more info
July 11-14, 2013 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
Saturday, October 5, 2013 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 eight generations of Boals who have shaped the community. click here for more info
Sunday, October 6, 2013, 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.
Monday, October 7, 2013 Columbus Day Religious Service (located in the Columbus Chapel) Monday - Celebrating the anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492.
