KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Special Evening Halloween Tours
Oct. 20, 21 & 27, 2023
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Come to the Kerr Museum for a special evening of Halloween festivities. Tour the museum after dark and learn how Victorians celebrated this popular holiday. These tours will be enriched with dramatic lighting, festive displays and party favors for lucky guests. Last year’s special Evening Halloween Tours sold out quickly. So if you missed your chance to attend be sure to book early this year. The tours are $35 per person. Make a reservation by calling the office at 412-826-9295 and leaving your name and phone number.
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General Tours by appointment only
Please call office and leave your phone number to make a tour reservation.
412-826-9295
Providing an intimate experience of
history, heritage, and home.
Experience the warmth and charm of life as it was lived by a small-town doctor. Dr. Thomas R. Kerr, his wife Jessie, and daughter Virginia lived in their gracious home in Oakmont, a quaint town outside of Pittsburgh that provided an escape from the often harsh conditions of life in the city. The museum portrays middle-class family life in the late nineteenth century. This period was marked by the extremes of fabulous wealth and grinding poverty, which overshadowed the emerging middle class.
FEATURED EXHIBIT
"Victorian Halloween "
September 11th through November 11, 2023
Did you know that many of our Halloween traditions came from the Victorian era? Today we celebrate Halloween with children dressing up in all kinds of costumes, decorating indoors and out, telling spooky stories and handing out lots of candy!!
However, the Victorians celebrated by attending lavish adult parties, many featuring wonderful matchmaking games. They would have made their own costumes and masks and decorated with autumn harvest items.
Visit the Kerr Museum this fall to learn about a Halloween Fate Cake, the origin of the Jack-O-Lantern or how they dressed and decorated for their Halloween parties. You will also learn about the “Sick Room” and how families of the era dealt with illnesses when they were confined at home during the colder months.
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Open by appointment only.
Call 412-826-9295 to book a guided tour
Always a Reason to Return!!!
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EXHIBITS & EVENTS
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Reservations for Exhibit Tours or Events,
please call the Kerr Museum office at
412-826-9295
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Victorian Halloween Traditions Exhibit
September 11th through November 11, 2023
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Special Evening Halloween Tours Event
October 20th, 21st and 27th, 2023
Advanced pre-paid reservations required
Space is Limited
Victorian Christmas Exhibit
November 16, 2023 through January 3, 2024
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Christmas Candlelight Tours Event
December 1st and 8th, 2023
Advanced pre-paid reservations required
Space is Limited
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