Philadelphia history events

Moonlight Sail '13

Sunday, May 19 9:00p

Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia

Our tropical theme continues in the moonlight late at night with a special selection of songs that will put you in the middle of the Caribbean Sea...

Architecture Walking Tour: Society Hill Stroll

Sunday, May 19 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at NE corner, 2nd & Spruce Sts. Society Hill received its name from the "Free Society of Traders" who were granted a strip of land in this area by William Penn in 1683...

Centennial Grown-Up Tours

Sunday, May 19 2:00p

Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia

Take a trip back in time and enjoy the restored architecture and rich history of Memorial Hall...

Sunset Sail '13

Monday, May 20 7:00p

Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia

Our famous Sunset Sail is one of the most romantic things to do in all of Philadelphia! Sit back, relax and watch the day melt away as the sun sets between the buildings of Center City...

Architecture Walking Tour: Gilded Age Phila

Sunday, May 26 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at steps of the Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St. Experience Philadelphia in the Gilded Age when wealthy industrialists turned to architecture to express money and power...

History Sail '13

Sunday, May 19 11:00a

Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia

Learn about the Delaware Rivers contribution to the growth of America's first city...

SPY: The Secret World of Espionage

Sunday, May 19 9:00a

The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

Everybody likes a good spy story. So the Franklin Institute's latest exhibit, SPY: The Secret World of Espionage, should be a winner...

Architecture Walking Tour: Victorian Phila West of Broad

Saturday, May 25 10:00a

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at steps of the Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St. Take in the total experience of Phila during the Gilded Age...

Architecture Walking Tour: City Hall to City Hall

Saturday, May 25 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at NE corner of 5th & Chestnut Sts. View 3 centuries of American architecture along a single street on just one tour...

Architecture Walking Tour: Media

Wednesday, May 22 6:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet in front of Delaware County Court House, Front St. & Courthouse Square. Media was planned in the 1850s as the seat of Delaware County...

Summer Wonder: A Day with Ancient Greece presents "Heroes and Heroines of the Mythic Age"

Wednesday, Aug 7 11:00a

Penn Museum, Philadelphia

Penn Museum’s Summer Wonder program, appropriate for guests of all ages and their families, continues with this interactive presentation...

The Two Williams of West Philadelphia

Friday, May 31 10:00a

Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia

The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation and Bartram’s Garden are pleased to present: The Two Williams of West Philadelphia: How the Friendship of William Hamilton of The Woodlands and Willia...

Architecture Walking Tour: Post Industrial City

Wednesday, May 29 6:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at Inquirer Bldg, 400 N. Broad St. Explore the little known post-industrial landscape of downtown Phila...

Curator Tour: Bartram's Garden Before Bartram

Saturday, May 25 1:00p

Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia

Ever wonder who might have lived and worked at Bartram’s Garden before John Bartram? Join curator Joel Fry for a discussion and walking tour of the Native Americans and Swedes who were here before ...

Prison Food Weekend

Saturday, Jun 8 10:00a

Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia

What did prisoners eat nearly 200 years ago? What do prisoners eat today? Visitors to Eastern State Penitentiary will sample meals served to prisoners from three periods in the prison’s history, i...

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