Join us for a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield with award-winning historian Brad Pflugh on June 9-11, 2023! Your ticket secures your tour bus seat for the roundtrip trip from Butler to Gettysburg; two Saturday tours of the Battlefield; and a Sunday tour of the Eisenhower Farm. We have a

    Join us on Friday, February 10, 2023 for a new event featuring historian Steve Cicero! Space is limited, reserve your spot now in our shop! 

The Butler County Historical Society is collecting and preserving the experiences of Butler County’s communities with the Coronavirus Pandemic. When we examine the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 we find a plethora of medical records, but few glimpses into what the crisis meant on a personal level. This project, titled COVID-19: Butler’s

Three cheers for the extraordinary people who descended on Cooper Cabin and spent two full days (July 5th & 7th) painting picnic tables, gardening, cleaning, and fixing up our signage! The young men of the Potter Baseball Tour, assisted by BCHS Board member Joyce Rauschenberger gave their time, energy, and

Our office & gift shop is located in the Senator Walter Lowrie House and will be open the following hours: Wednesday, Thursdays, & Fridays:  11:00 am – 3:00 pm Other hours by appointment only. For a tour of the Lowrie House during non-business hours, you must call ahead at least 1