News & Events

How Trees Transform Streams

Lamonte Garber, the Watershed Research Coordinator at the Stroud Research Center will present the story of How Trees Transform Streams.

Thursday, May 11th at 7:30 PM

This in-person event will be held at the Schuylkill River Heritage Center at the Foundry, 2 Main Street, in Phoenixville.

Admission is free for SRHC & French & Pickering members – $5.00 for non-members.
No registration is required.

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The Schuylkill Navigation Canals in Chester County

Please join us for an in-person presentation and book signing event presented by SANDY SORLIEN, a well-known Philadelphia photographer and author who works with the Fairmount Water Works creating outdoor tours along the Schuylkill River.

Tuesday, April 11th at 7:30 PM
The Foundry, located at 2 Main St. in Phoenixville

Admission is free for SRHC & French & Pickering members – $5.00 for non-members.
No registration is required and masks are optional.

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Sandy’s new book Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation will be available for purchase at this event, thanks to our local independent bookstore Reads & Company.

William Penn’s Legacy

Barbara Cohen will share the story of

WILLIAM PENN’s LEGACY

She will tell how his Charter of Religious Toleration planted the seed of our nation through the prism of architecture in Philadelphia and Chester County.

Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 – 7:30 PM

This will be an in-person event at the Schuylkill River Heritage Center
located in the Foundry at 2 Main St, in Phoenixville.

Admission is free for SRHC members – $5.00 for Non-Members

Masks are optional.

Download a printable flyer for this event.

Winter Newsletter

Our Winter Newsletter is now available for downloading. See highlights from the 13th Heritage Award Celebration and other programs at the Schuylkill River Heritage Center.

Newsletter Winter 2023

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