Boy Scouts Historic Trail of Germantown
Saturday March 22nd
Inaugural Hike and Paper & Pulp Merit Badge
Saturday, March 22, 2025 – 10 am start time
2.2. miles, 5 Historic Sites
Hike through the Historic Germantown District, beginning at Cliveden House where the battle of Germantown was fought, and end at RittenhouseTown, location of the country’s first paper mill. Site tours will be available, with an additional fee, and there is a $10 fee for the Paper and Pulp merit badge.
Stops include: Cliveden of the National Trust; Johnson House Historic Site; Wyck Historic House And Garden; Germantown Town Hall; Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion and Historic RittenhouseTown
Guided Tours will be available at most locations for a fee.
Paper Marbling Workshop Returns to the Paper Making Studio!
Saturday April 12th
10am-4pm
Developed by the Persians in the 15th century, marbling is the art of floating and designing watercolors on a base fluid then permanently transferring the design to paper. You will learn how to prepare the paper to accept the paint, mix the colors for marbling, create the base fluid, float the colors on the base and create your design. You’ll then transfer the design to paper you can take home with you.
Includes half-hour lunch break
$120 per person
14 years & up.
Spring Fest!
Saturday, April 19th
12N – 4pm
Join RittenhouseTown for Spring Fest 2025! Join us in celebrating Earth Day, Easter, the Stamp Rally kickoff and International Day for Monuments and Sites. The event will feature free tours, flax planting with the PA Flax Project, egg dying with natural dyes, paper making, and the construction of mini water wheels to celebrate this years Earth Day theme – Our Power, Our Planet. Schedule and timing of events coming soon.
TownFair 2025
Save the Date
Saturday, May 31st
11am – 4pm
This year marks Historic Rittenhouse Town’s 5th Annual TownFair! Join us on our 20 acre arboretum site for a free event promoting local artists, crafts, history, and health and wellness activities.
Interesting in becoming a vendor or participating? Send us an email today!
Check out our awesome on-site vendors!
Located at 206 Lincoln Drive
Black Lotus Holistic Health Collective
Offering yoga, mindfulness meditation, weekly workshops, acupuncture and so much more.
Located at The Barn
PAPERtrail Bike Cafe
Offering deliciously fresh coffee and professional bike services