{"id":2626,"date":"2026-03-25T12:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=2626"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:26:26","slug":"meadowcroft-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/?mec-events=meadowcroft-opening-weekend","title":{"rendered":"Meadowcroft Opening Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Meadowcroft&#8217;s Opening Day\/Weekend<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em>Information pulled from Meadowcroft&#8217;s Website. See their website for updated info!<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heinzhistorycenter.org\/visit\/meadowcroft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village &#8211; Heinz History Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Saturday, May 2nd &amp; Sunday May 3rd)<br \/>\n10am-4pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro\">Join Meadowcroft on opening day!<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate the start of Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village\u2019s 57th season with a day filled with exploration and storytelling. Join us on Saturday, May 2, as we welcome visitors back to the National Historic Landmark in Avella, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>Discover the Meadowcroft Rockshelter, an extraordinary archaeological site that offers a glimpse into life nearly 19,000 years ago. Then, travel across time in Meadowcroft\u2019s engaging historic villages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Test your skills with an atlatl in the 16th-century Monongahela Indian Village.<\/li>\n<li>Get a feel for frontier living inside an 18th-century log cabin and trading post.<\/li>\n<li>See a blacksmith at work or step inside a 19th-century one-room schoolhouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Start the season with us and experience the stories, skills, and traditions that\u00a0shaped\u00a0the region!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"event_meta_detail_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/?q=place_id:ChIJ_____z81NIgRAIsIZOTiR-A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"401 Meadowcroft Road, Avella PA, 15312 (external site)\">401 Meadowcroft Road<br \/>\nAvella PA, 15312<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta_info_detail_link\" href=\"tel:7245873412\">(724) 587-3412<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta_info_detail_link\" href=\"mailto:meadowcroftinfo@heinzhistorycenter.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meadowcroftinfo@heinzhistorycenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>May<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Memorial Day to Labor Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Labor Day to November 23<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meadowcroft&#8217;s Opening Day\/Weekend Information pulled from Meadowcroft&#8217;s Website. See their website for updated info! Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village &#8211; Heinz History Center (Saturday, May 2nd &amp; Sunday May 3rd) 10am-4pm Join Meadowcroft on opening day! Celebrate the start of Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village\u2019s 57th season with a day filled with exploration and storytelling. [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[],"class_list":["post-2626","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/2626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2626"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmec_category&post=2626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}