Join Philadelphia Museum of Art curator David Barquist as he highlights some of the important material culture objects of Christ Church, including our Queen Anne silver and Jonathan Gostelowe's font and altar table. This talk is free but advanced registration is required. Click View Event Website below to reserve tickets.
This talk is a co-presentation with the Benjamin Franklin House in London, UK. Join us on the 269th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment for this transatlantic adventure. This talk is free but advanced registration is required. Click View Event Website below to reserve tickets.
Over the last 15 years Richard Homer, Senior Book Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, and his colleagues have helped Christ Church halt the deterioration of our archives. The archives, stored in the church itself for more than two centuries, lived in conditions not ideal for the storage of paper. Pages working loose from […]
Author Anne C. Bailey will join us to discuss her book The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History. Over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates in 1859. This book analyzes the operation of this auction and traces the lives of slaves before, during, and after […]
Please join us for another free virtual program This talk is free but advanced registration is required. Click View Event Website below to reserve tickets. From the end of the 17th century to the early 19th century the Rev. Thomas Bray, an Anglican clergyman, and after his death in 1730 his Associates, provided books to […]
Listen in on Friday, February 4, 6-7 p.m. as Philadelphia Black Museum Professionals and Artists discuss strategies and modern complexities surrounding the American observance of Black History Month. This panel is donate what you wish but advanced registration is required. Click the Eventbrite link below to reserve your spot. Meet Our Speakers: - Hannah Wallace (host), […]
Tune in as we tour the African American Museum in Philadelphia's online exhibition "Through His Eyes: Youth Activism in the Civil Rights Era in Philadelphia." This tour is donate what you wish but advanced registration is required. Click the Eventbrite link below to reserve your spot. During the cold month of February, we decided to […]
Elizabeth Willing Powel was at the center of political and social activity in Philadelphia throughout the late eighteenth century. Elizabeth Willing Powel and her husband Samuel, a vestryman of Christ Church and Mayor of the city of Philadelphia, were at the center of political and social activity in Philadelphia throughout the late eighteenth century. The […]
Professor Anne C. Bailey is back! Part I: Zoom Webinar We are back again for a second virtual discussion and Q&A featuring author Professor Anne C. Bailey on her remarkable book, The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History. Bailey’s book, published by Cambridge University Press in 2017, focuses on the […]