Middle Ages came to life Sunday at Glencairn Museum's annual festival.
Swords and chain mail, flowing costumes and ink-stained leather brought the Middle Ages to life Sunday at Glencairn Museum. The museum's annual Medieval Festival drew hundreds of people to the castle in Bryn Athyn, which houses a museum collection dedicated to the history of religion. Volunteers dressed in period costumes directed visitors around the castle and demonstrated the medieval arts of stained-glass painting and manuscript illumination. Others presented demonstrations of medieval musical instruments and weaponry as well as the workings of a Gutenberg-style printing press. Built between 1928 and 1939, Glencairn was the home of Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn. The couple left the home to the Academy of the New Church after Mildred died…
The volunteer group that runs the Wings of Freedom Museum received conditional approval Wednesday for a sub-lease that would allow the museum to stay open following the air base's closure.
The Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association crossed a major hurdle in its attempt to survive amid the closure of Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base. The Horsham Land Reuse Authority on Wednesday voted unanimously to execute a sub-lease with the nonprofit group that runs the Wings of Freedom Museum along Route 611 in Horsham conditioned upon DVHAA’s successful acquisition of a $200,000 letter of credit and a certificate of insurance. “It’s assured that it will happen,” DVHAA President Ron Nelson told the board. “But, they couldn’t get it done today.” DVHAA currently leases land from the Navy. That lease expires May 31. Without a sub-lease with the HLRA – the entity leading the charge to redevelop 892 acres of base …
