Some of the programs the society typically offers are:

logo for our events calendar Monthly lecture series with guest speakers • Museum tours • Walking tours of historic New Castle • Lawrence County Trivia Competition • Sports Hall of Fame • Fireworks exhibits • Ice cream social • Membership & Friends Dinner • Haunted History Walking Tour • Mistletoe Magic • Open House with Santa

Annual Ice Cream Social and Children’s Program

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Join us for our annual Ice Cream Social and Children's Program "Toys on Parade" - FREE Museum Tours - and of course THE FIREWORKS Event Schedule 8 pm to 10 pm Ice Cream Social:  FREE ice cream, cake and refreshments served on the front porch of the museum. From 8 pm until the start of the fireworks at […]

FREE - Open to the Public

A Constant Pleasure – Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Join Us for a Free Lecture on Wednesday, November 14 at 7pm. Presentation by Amy Verone discussing Theodore Roosevelt’s public career and his family life in Oyster Bay, New York. Amy Verone grew up in New Castle and graduated from Neshannock High School in 1974. She majored in History at Washington & Jefferson College and […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Open House with SANTA 2018

Museum at the Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Santa will visit the mansion to check out our decorations. Children can visit with Santa for that “old fashioned” Christmas feeling. And even better yet, the kids can have their picture taken with Santa. Free tours of the mansion included. FREE TOURS of our mansion that is beautifully decorated in a Victorian Christmas style FREE REFRESHMENTS FREE TREAT BAGS from Santa […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Larry Pugh: Black History in America 1620 to Present

Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building) 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Join us on Wednesday, February 13 at 7:00 pm for our FREE program "Larry Pugh: Black History in America 1620 to Present" Most of the 10.5 million slaves who landed in North America came from Central and South America, not from Africa. In fact, about 380,000 slaves came by boat from Africa to North America. […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Back in the Day: Growing up in the Fifties

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Join us March 13 @ 7 pm for a nostalgic evening of the 1950's The Lawrence County Historical Society will present a program on March 13 at 7 p.m. about growing up in the fifties in New Castle. “Back in the Day: Growing up in the Fifties” is the title of Lou Palumbo’s latest book […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Lawrence County Trivia Competition (2019)

Northminster Presbyterian Church 2434 Wilmington Road, New Castle PA, United States

Students from all county schools are invited to participate in this academic competition, answering history, geography, business, people, and sports questions about Lawrence County. The Lawrence County Historical Society will hold its Annual Trivia Competition at Northminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 9 AM. Boxes of questions may be purchased at the […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Lawrence County Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Please join us at the Lawrence County Historical Society, 408 North Jefferson St., New Castle, on Tuesday, May 14 at 7 pm when Zenaida Bench will present a program about the history of the Lawrence County Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration and its founder’s , Mother Alexandra’s history. This program is free and open to […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Annual Ice Cream Social and Children’s Program (2019)

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Join us for our annual Ice Cream Social & Children's Program "Vintage Warner Looney Tunes" - FREE Museum Tours - FREE ice cream, cake & refreshments - and of course THE FIREWORKS   Event Schedule 7 pm to 8 pm vintage Warner Looney Tunes presented by the Historic Warner Cascade Theatre. Viewing is in the Medure […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Ancestry – find your own (2019)

Historic Warner Cascade Theatre Museum 11 S. Mill Street, New Castle, PA, United States

Join us August 14 at 1:00 pm for a FREE workshop for the public. Space is limited. RSVP today! The Historic Warner Cascade Theatre Museum and the Lawrence County Historical Society are co-hosting a free workshop for the public. Ancestry presented by Christine O'Neil Susany Learn how to search and find information on your family. […]

FREE - Open to the Public