Pennsbury Manor

"Fun with the Family"

Pennsylvania was William Penn’s “holy experiment,” a colony founded on Quaker moral principles. Although he only lived here for a total of about four years, Pennsbury Manor was never far from his thoughts. Today his home has been restored, complete with icehouse, stable, smokehouse, garden, and livestock. The boathouse contains a replica of the vessel Penn used to commute to Philadelphia. The oven in the bake-and-brew house can bake up to thirty loaves of bread at a time.
On Sunday afternoons from April to October, Pennsbury Manor offers living history just for families. It has an activity room and a worker’s cottage where kids can try seventeenth-century skills, such as writing with a quill pen. Geese, peacocks, sheep, and Red Devon cattle—authentic breeds wherever possible—populate the farm. In December the farm is lit by glowing candles and roaring yule logs.