Guide to The Best of New Hope
The Best that New Hope has to offer is it's art and culture. It is a magnet for the visual, performing and culinary arts of the region.
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New Hope's history as an artists community goes back to the early 20th century when a group of painters settled in the area drawn to the natural beauty that is in abundance here.
These painters came to be known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists and their group came to be known as the New Hope School.
Theater found a home in New Hope in 1939, with the opening of the Bucks County Playhouse in a former mill along the Delaware River.
This tradition continues today, with the art galleries, art museums, and theater still going strong.
Today New Hope is filled with charming restaurants, little boutiques, bars, live music, and bed and breakfast inns. It is the starting point for thousands of visitors who come to getaway from the big city and suburban life of New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC and New Jersey.
Best of New Hope: Culture
Any account of the Best of New Hope has to begin with it's museums and cultural institutions that not only enrich this small community, but enrich the entire region.
The James A. Michener Museum of Art
The Michener Museum opened it's New Hope location in 2003 in order to provide more display space for the museum's ever expanding collection, and to bring New Hope back to it's cultural foundation. The Museum's location here was a bold move to institutionalize the arts in New Hope.
The museum is part of the Union Square development that transformed a ramshackle factory building into office spaces, retail stores, restaurants, and of course the museum.
The Michener in New Hope displays permanent and special exhibitions, holds lectures on the arts, live music, and classes.
The Bucks County Playhouse
The Bucks County Playhouse opened with it's first performance in the mill that gives New Hope it's name in 1939. A few years earlier, a group of residents worked to keep the mill from being torn down, restored it and began preparing it for it's new life as a theater.
Today it produces plays for comedies, dramas, and musicals for adults and children from spring through the holiday season. It is one of the keystones of culture for the entire region.
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