Upcoming Events
Victorian Phila West of Broad Architecture Walking Tour 10:00am - 12:00pm 05/25/13
Pricing & more info www.preservationalliance.com/events/walking_tours.php ****Take in the total experience of Phila during the Gilded Age.
Where: Meet at steps of the Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St.
Docent-led Tour: The Native American Southwest 1:30pm - 2:30pm 05/25/13
Penn Museum collaborated with Native Americans of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache nations to select the artifacts and tell the stories about these four peoples who live in the open landscape of the American Southwest--and who prize a sacred and cultural connection with their environment.
Where: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
City Hall to City Hall Architecture Walking Tour 2:00pm - 4:00pm 05/25/13
Pricing & more info www.preservationalliance.com/events/walking_tours.php ****View 3 centuries of American architecture along a single street on just one tour.
Where: Meet at NE corner of 5th & Chestnut Sts.
Docent-led Tour: The Etruscan/Roman World 1:30pm - 2:30pm 05/26/13
Explore the rich, interconnected cultures of the sun-drenched ancient Mediterranean--and discover how these cultures continue to influence and inspire our world today.
Where: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Gilded Age Phila Architecture Walking Tour 2:00pm - 4:00pm 05/26/13
Pricing & more info www.preservationalliance.com/events/walking_tours.php ****Experience Philadelphia in the Gilded Age when wealthy industrialists turned to architecture to express money and power.
Where: Meet at steps of the Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St.
Post Industrial City Architecture Walking Tour 6:00pm - 8:00pm 05/29/13
Post Industrial City: Callowhill St.
Where: Meet at the former Inquirer Bldg, 400 N. Broad St.
Docent-Led Tour: Majestic Objects of the Chinese Rotunda 1:30pm - 2:30pm 06/01/13
Soaring 90 feet high, the Penn Museum's magnificent Chinese Rotunda features some of the finest monumental Chinese art in the United States.
Where: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Meet David Sedaris! 6:00pm - 8:00pm 06/04/13
Best-selling author David Sedaris will be signing copies of his brand new book, "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls." A new collection of essays that takes readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour of travel.
Where: Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut. St.
Docent-Led Tour: Egypt of the Pharaohs 1:30pm - 2:30pm 06/08/13
Experience the magnificence of 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian culture presented in galleries on two grand floors.
Where: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Docent-Led Tour: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1:30pm - 2:30pm 06/09/13
Experience the magnificence of 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian culture presented in galleries on two grand floors.
Where: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
