• First Friday at the Stevens & Smith Center

    The Stevens & Smith Center 45 South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

    Join LancasterHistory on Friday, April 4, for our first-ever First Friday at the Stevens & Smith Center! From 5-7pm, enjoy a sneak peek of the Stevens & Smith Center, see the incredible progress happening at this future museum, and learn about the road to opening it in 2026. Plus, it’s Thaddeus Stevens’ 233rd birthday! We’ll […]

  • The Truth About Us: A ‘Speak to My Soul’ Exhibition

    The Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy 13 East Vine Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

    On Friday, October 3, join LancasterHistory and Evita Colon at the Stevens & Smith Center for “The Truth About Us: A Speak to My Soul Exhibition.” For over a decade, Evita Colon has been a leader in Lancaster’s creative community, writing, performing, and cultivating the talent of Black artists working in diverse media from painting […]

    Free
  • Dred Scott’s Daughter: Birthright Citizenship and the Meaning of “American”

    Lancaster County Convention Center 25 South Queen Street, Lancaster, PA, United States

    On Thursday, October 23, LancasterHistory and the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College will host Amanda Frost, an immigration attorney and law professor at the University of Virginia. In her lecture, “Dred Scott’s Daughter: Birthright Citizenship and the Meaning of ‘American,’” Frost will explore the legal and historical importance of […]

    Free

Unless stated otherwise, events listed are not organized by the City of Lancaster.