**Special Tour** Visit West Chester!

Chester County History Center is home to over 100,000 photographs, 70,000 objects, and 750,000 documents and manuscripts that explore and preserve the rich history of Chester County, Pennsylvania. It's also home to the award-winning permanent exhibit, Becoming Chester County, which is all about choices—the choices that colonists and indigenous peoples made. Colonists made difficult choices to immigrate while indigenous people had to choose how to react to new people in their midst. Settlers decided in the 1700s if they were for or against British rule or were simply caught in the local crossfire of the largest American Revolution battle. Social reformers in the 1800s considered their position on abolition, slavery, women’s rights, temperance, and many others.

Your visit will include a 45-minute guided tour of the exhibit, followed by a 1.25 hour tour of downtown West Chester, highlighting existing buildings that were a reflection of, or contributed to, the social and economic changes over 225 years of borough history.

Jennifer L. Green graduated from University of Delaware with majors in anthropology and history, and earned her Master's degree in American History at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She has conducted research and written for websites like ExplorePAHistory.com and the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, and has worked at historic sites throughout Chester and Delaware counties. She currently serves as Director of Education for the Chester County History Center.

A portion of this tour's proceeds will go to the Chester County History Center. 

Meet at the entrance of the Chester County History Center at 225 N High St, West Chester, PA 19380.

 **Know before you go**

Metered parking is free in Saturdays in West Chester until 5pm. There is also local street parking. 

Restaurant Recommendations: Visit the Downtown West Chester website for a listing of restaurants. Nearby restaurants:

• Iron Hill Brewery (American)
• Couch Tomato Cafe (offers quick service but also has seating)
• Sedona Taphouse (American)
• Kooma (sushi and Asian)
• Limoncello (Italian)
• Opa (Greek)
• Roots (local and sustainable)

Space is limited. Advance registration required.

Preservation Alliance walking tours utilize an audio system that transmits from a headset worn by the guide to earpieces worn by tour attendees. The equipment is thoroughly sanitized before and after each use. Tour attendees can also plug in their personal headsets or earbuds that use a standard headphone jack (Not compatible with Bluetooth or Apple earphones).

Email us at tours@preservationalliance.com for any questions or join the waitlist for a sold out tour!