Shippen Manor's season opens with annual museum tours. Docents will be available to greet visitors and share the history of the Manor, its people, and the local industrial history of Oxford. Tours are offered on the main floor of the building. The last tour begins at 3:30pm.
There is no admission to the museum. This is a family-friendly historic site. Limited accessible parking available on site.
MAY 3 - OPENING DAY
Museum Tours (main floor, only)
MAY 10 - MOTHER'S DAY AT THE MANOR
Special exhibits/displays
Museum Tours (main floor, only)
JUNE 7 - REV250 TOPICS: SHIPPEN TALKS
Dr. Raymond Frey, Professor Emeritus, Centenary University
“Loyalists & Spies” (2pm)
Location: Lower Level Speakers’ Room
Limited seating
Museum Tours (main floor, only)
JUNE 14 - REV250 TOPICS: SHIPPEN TALKS
Asher Lurie, Hopewell Museum
“Continental Soldiers” (2pm)
Location: Lower Level Speakers’ Room
Limited seating
Museum Tours (main floor, only)
JULY 5 - REV250 TOPICS: ON THE DAILY
Special Topic Docent
“Sanitation & the Continental Army”
Location: Lower Level Speakers’ Room
Museum Tours (main floor, only)
JULY 12 - REV250 TOPICS: SHIPPEN TALKS
Bernadette Rogoff, Curator and Historian “Children of the Revolution” (2pm)* (Not a topic for small children as some of the topics will be graphic and reflect the brutality and hardships of war)
Limited seating
Museum Tours (main floor, only)
Shippen Manor
Shippen Manor is a c.1754 iron master’s residence built by Dr. William Shippen, Sr. The Shippens were socially prominent members of a wealthy Philadelphia family. The museum offers guided tours on the 1st and 2nd Sundays from May to December, except on holidays.