Leave it Pigment
Do you wonder why leaves are green in the spring and summer, but change to red, yellow and orange in the fall? How do trees use water and how does […]
Events for August 24, 2024 - July 27, 2024
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Norristown Around-the-Island Tour
Norristown Around-the-Island Tour Circumnavigate Barbadoes! Did you know the largest island in the entire 130-mile Schuylkill River lies between Norristown and Bridgeport? Barbadoes was part of the original manor owned by […]
Annual World Habitat Day
Join the United Nations Association (Philadelphia Chapter) for a special showing of the film "Urbanized", a documentary that explores the diverse range of new city design projects from around the […]
Mommies and Minnows, Fathers and Fry
Plunge into fun! Head on down to the Fairmount Water Works, where parents and preschoolers ages 3-5 can learn all about water. Join us Wednesday mornings, 10:30am- 11:30am from September […]
Leave it to Pigment
Do you wonder why leaves are green in the spring and summer, but change to red, yellow and orange in the fall? How do trees use water and how does […]
A Walk Along the Schuylkill River
Current History: A Walk Along the Schuylkill River (Conshohocken) Only a few decades ago, the Schuylkill River ran black with coal silt and no fish could survive. Yet now it is the […]
Canoemobile
The Wilderness Inquiry Canoemobile is a roving fleet of six 24-foot, 10-passenger Voyageur canoes that travels the country on a mission to get as many youth as possible out paddling […]
River Dreams: History, Hope and the Imagination
Author Beth Kephart will serve as the keynote speaker for the Schuylkill River Heritage Area's 2014 River of the Year Lecture series with two special presentations on October 14 in […]
Canoemobile
The Wilderness Inquiry Canoemobile is a roving fleet of six 24-foot, 10-passenger Voyageur canoes that travels the country on a mission to get as many youth as possible out paddling […]
Mommies and Minnows, Fathers and Fry
Plunge into fun! Head on down to the Fairmount Water Works, where parents and preschoolers ages 3-5 can learn all about water. Join us Wednesday mornings, 10:30am- 11:30am from September […]