Journey with Dickens behind the scenes - discover the people and places that inspired his iconic Christmas story.
Celebrate the holiday season at Arch Street Meeting House with live student musical performances from local Quaker schools, a live historical impersonator, kid-friendly crafts, and refreshments spread out across the museum and grounds.
Cemeteries are an integral part of our urban infrastructure and ecosystem. Learn how preserving and caring for these important open spaces is vital to the ecological, economic, and social sustainability of communities today.
Join us virtually from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm for engaging discussion and meet in person at 2:00 pm for an on-location cemetery tour.
Arch Street Meeting House will be hosting a private screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show outdoors on our historic grounds on Friday, October 29th, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm!
Arch Street Meeting House will be hosting a private screening of Little Shop of Horrors outdoors on our historic grounds on Friday, October 15th, from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm!
Join us at Arch Street Meeting House for an outdoor movie screeningon our historic grounds!
Arch Street Meeting House will be hosting a private screening of Beetlejuice outdoors on our historic grounds on Friday, October 1st, from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm!
Bring a picnic blanket and the whole family for a fun movie night in Old City! Free on-site parking is available.
All attendees are required to practice social distancing and wear a mask when in close proximity to others or entering the building at Arch Street Meeting House.
Join us at Arch Street Meeting House as we have conversations around Quakers and Social Justice!
On each Saturday in September, we encourage all of our friends and visitors to engage with the prompt "How Will You Change the World?" as we prepare for an upcoming installation. Quakers have an expansive - and often unknown - history of social justice, and several movements and their leaders share stories with the historic halls of Arch Street Meeting House.
Registration is not required.
Funding provided in part from the Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Join us at Arch Street Meeting House as we have conversations around Quakers and Social Justice!
On each Saturday in September, we encourage all of our friends and visitors to engage with the prompt "How Will You Change the World?" as we prepare for an upcoming installation. Quakers have an expansive - and often unknown - history of social justice, and several movements and their leaders share stories with the historic halls of Arch Street Meeting House.
Registration is not required.
Funding provided in part from the Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
In this virtual presentation, Nadia Hassani will go over how to cook with fruits and vegetables that you can grow in your backyard!
Join us at Arch Street Meeting House as we have conversations around Quakers and Social Justice!
On each Saturday in September, we encourage all of our friends and visitors to engage with the prompt "How Will You Change the World?" as we prepare for an upcoming installation. Quakers have an expansive - and often unknown - history of social justice, and several movements and their leaders share stories with the historic halls of Arch Street Meeting House.
Registration is not required.
Funding provided in part from the Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Arch Street Meeting House will be open to the public on September 3rd, from 6-8pm!
*Registration is not required.
Due to the generous contributions of all of our supporters, the Arch Street Meeting House team is preparing to install new outdoor exhibits on our grounds. Visitor participation in this step of the installation process will provide major insight into the people and communities we're reaching at Arch Street Meeting House, and we're counting on you to help. While you explore the mock-up exhibits throughout ASMH grounds, we will be conducting surveys to gather information on your experience as a visitor.
We value your outstanding passion for our work and would love to hear your thoughts.
Due to the generous contributions of all of our supporters, the Arch Street Meeting House team is preparing to install new outdoor exhibits on our grounds. Visitor participation in this step of the installation process will provide major insight into the people and communities we're reaching at Arch Street Meeting House, and we're counting on you to help. While you explore the mock-up exhibits throughout ASMH grounds, we will be conducting surveys to gather information on your experience as a visitor.
We value your outstanding passion for our work and would love to hear your thoughts.
William Kashatus will discuss the influence of Quaker's belief and practice on President Lincoln’s decision-making during the Civil War.
Join us at Arch Street Meeting House for an outdoor movie screening on our historic grounds!
Interested in getting your hands dirty? Arch Street Meeting House is creating a community garden, and we need your help!
Arch Street Meeting House will be open to the public for extended evening hours on May 7th.
*Registration is not required.
Join us at Arch Street Meeting House to celebrate National Historic Landmark Day!
We’re celebrating the International Day for Monuments and Sites on April 18th by holding a “Reopen House Day” welcoming visitors back to the region’s National Historic Landmarks! Over 20 participating historic sites will offer...Tours, Virtual Programs, Special Events, Discounts & Prizes ...AND MORE! For more information on the event and participating sites, please visit: http://www.globalphiladelphia.org/nhl-reopen-house
Arch Street Meeting House will have musician Jocko MacNelly playing live music on our historic grounds from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, while inside the building, our "Ask a Quaker" program will be available from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm to visitors interested in learning more about the continued relevance of Quakers and Quaker history.
Registration is not required for this event.
In 1775, under the cover of darkness, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay met in secret at Carpenters' Hall with an emissary from France to discuss how the French court could support the American Revolution. It was one of the first incidents in Philadelphia's long history of covert activity.
Join authors H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace, nationally recognized experts on America's espionage history and board members of the International Spy Museum in Washington DC, as they discuss some of their favorite sites from their recently republished book Spy Sites of Philadelphia.
Registration is FREE with code: ASMH
Presented by Carpenter's Hall in partnership with Arch Street Meeting House, The Franklin Institute and the International Spy Museum
Arch Street Meeting House is having for an intimate and exclusive Zoom Cocktail Hour on April 2nd, from 7 - 8 pm!
Join Arch Street Meeting House's Executive Director Sean Connolly and Board Clerk Wally Evans for a 45 minute virtual cocktail hour! The evening will begin with video recordings of new updates on our Exhibits and Education Programs from our staff and followed by an open discussion to answer any questions you may have.
Please be aware that registrations for these two portions of the evening are separate, and you must register for the tour and virtual cocktail hour individually.
Join us on April 2nd, from 4 - 6 pm for an intimate and exclusive evening at Arch Street Meeting House!
Executive Director Sean Connolly will lead you on a 15 minute personal and private tour of our historic West Room and East Room Exhibits, while our Program and Rental Coordinator Rachel Jonas will lead an open discussion on fascinating finds in our collection. While you visit, you'll also have the opportunity to enjoy a relaxing stroll through our grounds, and engage with Arch Street Meeting House in a whole new light!
On-site parking is available for this event.
Please be aware that registrations for these two portions of the evening are separate, and you must register for the tour and virtual cocktail hour individually.
On Monday, March 22nd at 6pm, Arch Street Meeting House will be hosting a virtual yoga event with Tatiana Cook of otxyoga!
Quakerism and Yoga intersect at the foundations of mindfulness and meditation. Both the Quaker practice of silent worship and the meditative state found within a yoga flow create a space in which we can practice intentional movement and stillness. Meant for all ages and levels, Power 45 Flow is a physically challenging, invigorating, and mindful practice that will push you to move with your breath and listen to your body, while finding your depth on (and off) the mat.
Streamed via Zoom from our historic East Room, expect a vigorous, yet approachable flow that will help you mentally disconnect and energize the mind, body and spirit.
Looking for a way to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Meet Quaker History? Join Arch Street Meeting House for an extraordinary craft beer and candy tasting on Friday, February 12th at 7pm!
Designed for two, enjoy a relaxing evening for you and your sweetheart as ASMH staff and volunteers create an amazing, personalized experience by hand-delivering your valentine’s treats the day before the event.
Tickets include a variety of craft beer from Conshohocken Brewing Company, Duclaw Brewing Company, and Breckinridge Brewing Company, as well as candies from the delicious and Quaker-founded, Cadbury Chocolates. For an added bonus, VIP ticket holders will also receive additional chocolates from Shane Confectionery, America’s Oldest Continuously Operating Confectionary shop that’s located right here in historic Philadelphia! With this thoughtful gift, you and your loved one will be ready to go for a 30-minute hosted tasting, prior to a 45-minute presentation from Dr. Katherine Turner.
Dr. Katherine Turner teaches US history and American Studies at Rowan University in New Jersey. Her book How the Other Half Ate: A History of Working-Class Meals at the Turn of the Century (University of California Press, 2014) explored how industrialization transformed the job of making dinner, and the options for buying dinner, for America's immigrants, factory workers, and tenant farmers. She is currently working on a history of food in Pennsylvania. She will lead the audience on a Valentine's tour of chocolate: how this bitter bean from the New World became a sweet, milky European confection, the surprising role of abstemious Quakers in making it an affordable indulgence, and how we learned to say "I love you" with chocolate!
$50 GENERAL ADMISSION (Priced for two people): 1 x Love letter from Arch Street Meeting House volunteers 1 x 16oz Conshohocken Brewing Company, Oats Magoats Oatmeal Stout ABV. 5.7% 1 x 16oz Conshohocken Brewing Company, Cozy Slippers Winter Warmer ABV. 6.6% 1 x 12oz Duclaw Brewing Co., Sweet Baby Jesus! Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter 6.2% 1 x 12oz Breckenridge Brewing Company’s Vanilla Porter, 5.4% 2 x 26.1g Cadbury Crunchie Bar 2 X 20g Cadbury Flake Bar 2 x 21.2g Cadbury Wispa Bar
$60 VIP ADMISSION (Priced for two people): Includes everything from the General Admission ticket with an additional two pieces of chocolate from Shane Confectionery. ***VIP Tickets are currently sold out
Please Note: This product contains alcohol and must be of the age of 21 or older to purchase a ticket. This product cannot be sold to anyone under the age of 21.
*Prior to purchasing a ticket please be aware that we are only able to deliver within the Philadelphia Metro area, including Philadelphia County, Lower Bucks, Montco, Upper Delaware County and South Eastern New Jersey. If you are outside of this delivery radius and interested in this event, you may arrange a pickup from Arch Street Meeting House.
Angela P. Dodson’s book “Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box” chronicles the earliest stirrings of the women’s movement in the United States, arising out of the abolition movement, and traces women’s political gains to the present. Her book, published in hardback by Center Street in May 2017, was released in paperback March 5, 2019. She also wrote the introduction to the 100th anniversary edition of “Jailed for Freedom: A First-Person Account of the Militant Fight for Woman Suffrage,” about Alice Paul’s activism on behalf of the movement, released March 3, 2020, by Black Dog and Levanthal.
She will discuss the prominent role that members of the Society of Friends played from the very beginnings of the women’s rights movement to the successful conclusion.
Watch the lecture HERE!
