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• Joseph Bonaparte Exhibit (including hours of operation)

  • Start
    01/25/2025
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    11:00 AM
  • End
    12/31/2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    302 Farnsworth Ave

  Meeting House  and Joseph Bonaparte Exhibit Open Hours for  November and December 2025

  
  

  November 1st, Saturday from 11am to 4pm

  November 8th, Saturday from 11am-4pm  (This is the day of the House Tour)

  November 15th, Saturday from 11am -4pm

  December 6th, Saturday from 11am to 4pm

  For groups of 5 or more we can be open by appointment - call the BHS at 609-298-1740

  

  

  Our latest addition to the Bonaparte Exhibit - portrait of Annie Mailliard, wife of Adolphe Mailliard, painted by noted portrait painter (and also a Bordentonian), Samuel Bell Waugh!

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• BHS House Tour

  • When
    11/08/2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Starting point is the Meeting House- 302 Farnsworth Ave

  Please join us for our ever popular and incredible BHS House Tour.  Details TBA.

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• Chocolate The 18th Century Way - Lecture and Hands on Chocolate Workshop by Susan Plaisted

  • When
    11/15/2025
  •  
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Carslake Community Center

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  Please join the BHS for this unique and exciting event and learn how - and make- chocolate the way it was done in the 18th century. If you like chocolate this is your event!!

  The lecture and workshop will be given by Susan McLelland Plaisated, Proprietress of Heart to Hearth Cookery. She is an expert in all aspects of colonial cooking from the 17th through the 19th century. Her cooking is done exactly the way it was done in colonial times.

  The lecture is free. The Workshop will be limited to 40 people . Tickets for the workshop are $40.00/person.

  Please register for the workshop. Tickets can be purchased at the door starting at 12:30pm on the day of the event, Saturday, November 15th.

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• Colonial Artisans & Arms: Makers of the Nation – an outdoor festival celebrating colonial life around the time of the War for Independence

  • When
    05/02/2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Point Breeze

  The BHS is kicking off our celebration of RevWar 250 - the 250th anniversary of the War for Independence with an outdoor event presenting tradespersons and their crafts during the 1770’s – 1800 time period, including armaments and colonial militia involved in the War for Independence. The event will present an opportunity for attendees of all ages to learn about how goods necessary for everyday life were made and acquired. We are partnering with various practitioners of traditional crafting methods such as a blacksmith, spinner/weaver/knotter, cooper, candle maker, gardener/farmer, herbalist, fisherman, leather worker, and glass blower to demonstrate their craft and art in an engaging and educational manner. A regiment from the Colonial Line will set up an encampment and demonstrate camping skills and armaments used during the War for Independence. Artisans will be encouraged to offer their wares for sale and books and maps related to the local colonial settlements will be presented as well. A craft tent for children will offer a creative craft reminiscent of colonial times and present a fun educational experience for very young learners. Period music will be played by musicians who specialize in the music and music history of the time.

   A Lenni Lenape historian and story teller, in conjunction with the Discovery Center at Point Breeze, will present a brief history of the Lenape tribes in Bordentown and the surrounding area in the early colonial days and depict their lifestyle, culture, and relationship with colonial settlers.

  You will not want to miss this very exciting and educational event!!!!

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