Contact us with questions about any of our events:

717.862-3948 (during season)
717.993.3392 (off-season)

info@indiansteps.org

EARTH DAY AT INDIAN STEPS

April 17, 2008
9:30 am to 2 pm
Check back next year if you missed this one! This year marked the addition of four teaching stations which served over 125 students.

The York County Solid Waste Authority along with the Conservation Society of York County will celebrate Earth Day with special programs at the Indian Steps Museum on April 17, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Topics to be covered will include vermi composting, recycling of paper, lessons on plants and birds and a tour of the Museum. Email us to request a registration form which will be accepted on a first-come/first-serve basis.

GARDENING WORKSHOP AT INDIAN STEPS

May 18, 2008
2 pm

York County Master Gardeners Dennis and Maryann Mawhinney will present at Indian Steps a program on “Healthy Gardening and Helpful Garden Gadgets." A review of common gardening related health issues and how to prevent them by using simple techniques and common sense will be covered. The latest gadgets to make gardening more efficient will be demonstrated. Tours of the Museum will be available. No admission charge but cash donations will be gladly accepted.

18th CENTURY ENCAMPMENT AT INDIAN STEPS

June 14 and 15, 2008
10 am to 5 pm each day

This event at Indian Steps will again center upon Doudle’s Company, part of Thompson’s Rifle Battalion, a rifle company that was raised in York County, Pennsylvania in 1775.  Some of the crafts being demonstrated will be small loom weaving, brain tanning deer hides, primitive archery and spear launching, cooking over open fire and casting shot and ball.  There will also be many hand made items on display including clothing, camp equipment of all kinds, knives, long guns and their accouterments.  No admission charge but cash donations will be accepted.

RED LION / FELTON BAND AT INDIAN STEPS

July 13, 2008
2 pm to 4 pm

A long-standing tradition will be celebrated when the Red Lion-Felton Band provides a concert on the grounds of the Indian Steps Museum from 2 – 4 p.m., Sunday, July 13, 2008. This band features many fine musicians and music which has been enjoyed by generations of many people. Tables and benches can be used for picnicking while enjoying this fine occasion. Tours of the Museum will be available. No admission charge but cash donations will be gladly accepted.

BLUEGRASS JAM SESSION AT INDIAN STEPS

July 27, 2008
1 pm to 5 pm

A jam session featuring a wide variety of groups playing country music will be held at the Indian Steps Museum from 1 – 5 p.m., Sunday, July 27, 2008. Everyone is welcome to join this unique form of entertainment on a lawn overlooking the Susquehanna River. Visitors can picnic while enjoying music unique to York County. Tours of the Museum will be available. No admission charge but cash donations will be gladly accepted.

'KIDS OF ALL AGES' DAY

August 17, 2008
2 pm to 4 pm

From 2 – 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 17, 2008, Jim Smith, a well known naturalist, will present a program about bald eagles and a special lift used to help shad migrate upstream from the Holtwood Dam. This program will take place in the picnic pavilion on the grounds of the Indian Steps Museum. Tours of the Museum will be available. No admission charge but cash donations will be gladly accepted.

NATIVE AMERICAN AUTUMN FESTIVAL

September 27 and 28, 2008
Saturday: 12 noon to 8 pm
Sunday: 11 am to 5 pm

The 26th Anniversary of our Native American Autumn Festival will be celebrated at Indian Steps Saturday, September 27th, 12 noon until 8 p.m. and carried over on Sunday, September 28th, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Interpretations of drumming, singing and dancing representative of early American indigenous nations will be held throughout these days. Vendors will be selling Native American crafts featuring bead work, jewelry, statuary and the like. Special stands will provide food and beverages to meet a wide variety of tastes. Tours of the Museum will be available.

There will be free parking and no admission charge, however, cash donations to the Museum will be deeply appreciated.

Watch highlights from a past Autumn Festival
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AN EARLY CHRISTMAS AT INDIAN STEPS

November 8 and 9, 2008
November 15 and 16, 2008
1 pm to 7 pm each day

We're celebrating Christmas a little earlier this year at Indian Steps Museum. We wanted to give our guests plenty of time this year to prepare for their Christmas holiday. So, as tradition dictates, visitors can purchase ornaments from 10 specially decorated Christmas trees, along with a wide variety of cookies, pies, hot beverages and chestnuts roasting in an open fireplace. This is the perfect place and time to initiate that warm, traditional holiday spirit. And, as always, the Holly Trading Post wll be open with beautiful seasonal decorations available for purchase.

Santa Claus and helpers, along with Rudolph the “Two-nosed” Reindeer, will be available to greet youngsters of all ages at Indian Steps from 2 – 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday of both week-ends.

As usual, there's no admission charge, but donations will be deeply appreciated.