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Please join us at the Wyck Historic House & Gardens for a workshop exploring the use of traditional linseed oil paint systems.Please join us at the Wyck Historic House and Garden on Saturday, June 13th in Germantown, Philadelphia for a workshop exploring the use of traditional linseed oil paint systems and related window glazing techniques. A tour of the house will follow highlighting the use of linseed oil paint as part of a recent conservation project by Heritage Conservation Collective.Key details:Registration closes June 1, 2026This workshop will be hands-on and outdoors, please dress accordinglyMorning refreshments will be provided by Fairmount

The PA Flax Project is back at the Wyck Historic House and Garden to show you how the flax crop becomes spinnable fiber!Shortly after the city of Philadelphia’s founding in 1682, it became known for its textile manufacturing industry - particularly in the Germantown area. That being said, manufacturing was still mostly small scale at the time, accomplished primarily by growing an acre or two of fiber flax in any one location and hand-processing at home and/or in small stores. At the same time as this industry boom, the Wyck House was being built and developed. There is evidence that