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Events and Activities

You may register for programs that take place at Mount Pleasant and Cedar Grove in person at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Visitor Services desks. Or to register by phone, call (215) 235-SHOW (7469). A nonrefundable service charge for each space reserved is added to all phone orders (Members $2.50, Nonmembers $3.00). There is no service charge for reservations made in the Museum.

Flirtation…Scandal….Survival! Women’s Lives in Early America
Saturday, March 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
or
Sunday, March 21, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Trolley departs from the Museum’s West Entrance.
Paid reservations required
Members: $24
Nonmembers: $30

Family dramas, sickness and death, and political intrigues were among the concerns of the women who lived more than 200 years ago in the historic homes along the Schuylkill River. This trolley tour of three Fairmount Park Houses explores the stories women may have shared over tea in the very parlors where their own dramas were taking place. Light refreshments will be served at the final stop.

Conservation in Action!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Mount Pleasant, East Fairmount Park
Paid tickets required
$5 adults, $3 seniors $2 children aged 6-12 (Members free)

Come witness the ongoing examination and restoration of the elaborate woodwork in the second-story drawing room at Mount Pleasant. Conservator Christopher Storb will talk about the project to recreate the missing carving of the chimneypiece and will demonstrate parts of the conservation process. He will be able to answer questions and offer expertise on colonial craftsmanship.

Quaker Wedding Simplicity at Cedar Grove
Paid tickets required
Members: $8
Nonmembers: $10
Ticket includes admission to Cedar Grove

Explore what an early American Quaker wedding may have looked like. Special tours feature a look at reproductions of the actual wedding dress and the reception menu from Lydia and James Thompson’s 1809 celebration that was surprisingly stylish for the traditionally plain Society of Friends (Quakers). Light refreshments will be served.

  • Saturday, May 1, 2010, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, May 2, 2010, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 15, 2010, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, May 16, 2010, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Park House School Programs

  • Cedar Grove

    Cedar Grove was the family home for five generations of the Coates, Paschall, and Morris families of Philadelphia. Colonial Life at Cedar Grove is an interactive program for elementary students, grades 3–6. Students experience both work and leisure activities of the eighteenth century as they tour the house and garden. Thursdays, 10:00–11:20 a.m.

  • Mount Pleasant

    Middle and high school students can participate in a new program, Discover Classical Architecture at Mount Pleasant, an eighteenth-century mansion in Fairmount Park. In this currently unfurnished home, students review the basic classical orders, observe craftsmen's tools, and learn about creating and designing a grand country home. Each student creates his or her own design for the "missing" mantel piece in the Upstairs Parlor. Tuesdays, 10:00–11:30 a.m.

    For more information on Park House School Programs, please contact Education School & Teacher Programs at (215) 684-7580, or by fax at (215) 236-4063, or by e-mail at .
 

For more information, please contact Visitor Services by phone at (215) 763-8100 or by e-mail at .

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