Events

Your History Starts Here! Watch this space for information about upcoming events including intriguing educational programs, fun and funky fundraising events, and interactive activities for the family. Our programs and events are also listed on york365.com, fueled by the Cultural Alliance of York County.

Discover

The York County History Center’s Library & Archives houses an extensive and varied collection covering both local and national history, including genealogy, cultural arts, historic sites and military history. Whether you are researching your family tree, or have a passion for history, you’re bound to make a discovery at the Library & Archives.

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Experience

Tour the museums of the York County History Center. The York County History Center provides unique experiences through multiple historic buildings and museums in York, PA. Whether you are visiting one or all of the museums, we’re sure you’ll discover something new and exciting.

It is deeply troubling to witness history that has an abiding and ugly rhythm - systemic racism. The unjust killings of George Floyd, Amaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor sadly and poignantly offer up a seminal question that our country has repeatedly failed to answer, how can we motivate racial justice and create equity? As an institution devoted to historical interpretation and explanation, it is our responsibility to illuminate connections between past and present through personal stories, however difficult. Collectively, our team is tremendously saddened and grieved by these events. Simply put, museums such as ours have not always lifted up ...