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The 2024 Holiday Tours at Laurel Hill Mansion
Looking for some holiday cheer? Visit Laurel Hill Mansion this weekend to view the holiday decor, sip spiced tea, and browse our holiday gift shop. Laurel Hill Mansion is open Thursday through Sunday from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.
Holiday Tour Dates
Thursday through Sunday 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
The Holiday Gift Shop will be open during the tours.
Spiced Tea will be served on December 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, and 22nd.
| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 5th | December 6th | December 7th | December 8th |
| December 12th | December 13th | December 14th | December 15th |
| December 19th | December 20th | December 21th | December 22nd |
| December 26th | December 27nd | December 28th | December 29th |
In addition to Laurel Hill Mansion four other East Park houses, Historic Strawberry Mansion, Ormiston Mansion, Lemon Hill Mansion, and Woodford Mansion will be open for holiday tours. Please visit www.parkcharms.org/holidays-in-the-park for dates and special events.
JUST IN TIME FOR HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING!
Women for Greater Philadelphia,
Stewards of Laurel Hill Mansion,
Is offering a Buy One Get One Free
Gift Membership Special for 2025
Join or renew your membership now for 2025,
and receive a free gift membership.
If paying online you will then be taken to a page to download a notice of gift to give.
Membership is a wonderful way to support Women for Greater
Philadelphia, spread awareness of our mission, as well as
provide a very thoughtful gift to someone special.
Please take advantage of our first ever Buy One Get One Free offer here
Special 2023 Holiday Events at Laurel Hill Mansion
| November 30th | Laurel Hill Mansion opens for the Holidays Tours |
| December 1st, 2nd & 3rd | Complimentary Tea will be served |
| December 8th, 9th & 10th | Complimentary Tea will be served |
| December 10th 12:30 to 2:30 | Drop Spindling demonstration, by Philadelphia Guild of Hand Weavers member Ali Valin |
| December 15th, 16th & 17th | Complimentary Tea will be served |
| December 16th | Welcome America Free Museum Day, Laurel Hill Mansion
welcomes families for a fun filled day of crafting (colonial crafts of tin punching, whirligig and more)
Link to more information |
| December 28th, 29th & 30th | Last chance to see the 2023 Holiday decorations at Laurel Hill Mansion |
Lemon Hill Mansion,
Ormiston Mansion,
Woodford Mansion and
Historic Strawberry Mansion will also be open for holiday tours. Please visit their websites or the
Park Charms site for to view the dates and times individual house will be open.
A very special thanks to the the Militia Hill Questers for decorating Laurel Hill Mansion for the Winter Holidays.
Detail of a display in the holiday gift shop at Laurel Hill Mansion.
The Holiday Gift Shop at Laurel Hill Mansion
Handmade milk painted ornaments by Kathleen Vissar made exclusively for the holiday gift shop at Laurel Hill Mansion
When you visit Laurel Hill Mansion this Holiday season after viewing the wonderful decorations created by the Militia Hill Questers, sipping spiced tea and hearing about the history of the house and the people who lived there be sure to stop by the Holiday Shop. There are many striking things to see and purchase including the extraordinary pieces shown here create by Kathleen Vissar , the president of Wells Vissar Wells Vissar Inc., www.http://scagliola.com and member of the stewards of Laurel Hill Mansion, Women for greater Philadelphia. Kathy’s artistic vision and mastery of scagliola and fancy plaster have landed her on the pages of Architectural Digest and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
