Community Quilting Session
Community Quilting Session
Philadelphia, PA
From everyday home quilters to groups like Gees Bend, quilting has been a long-standing textile craft within Black southern communities. Join us at Stenton this Black History Month as we come together for a community quilting session led by Mama Carla of Keepers of the Culture https://kotcinc.org/.…
Saturday, February 8 2025
1:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Lunch & Learn: ‘Talking Paintings: Conversations with and between Portraits in the Long Eighteenth-Century’
Lunch & Learn: ‘Talking Paintings: Conversations with and between Portraits in the Long Eighteenth-Century’
Philadelphia, PA
This interactive discussion with Dr. Karen Lipsedge will focus on two double portraits; David Martin’s, 'Lady Elizabeth Murray and Dido Belle', (1779) and a recently discovered seventeenth-century double portrait entitled, ‘Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies’ (1650/60?) to consider what the paintin…
Thursday, October 24 2024
12:30 PM
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1:30 PM
'Liberating the Archives: Stories of Enslavement and Incarceration' Zoom Webinar
'Liberating the Archives: Stories of Enslavement and Incarceration' Zoom Webinar
Zoom, PA
Join Stenton, the 339 Manumissions Project, and Wynn Eakins on Zoom for a moderated discussion, mapping the intertwined histories of enslavement and mass incarceration in Philadelphia and Quakers' involvement in it. Learn about what these organizations are doing to bring Black history out of the ar…
Tuesday, February 18 2025
6:30 PM
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7:30 PM
MLK Day of Service - Landscape Volunteering at Stenton
MLK Day of Service - Landscape Volunteering at Stenton
Philadelphia, PA
We have made the tough decision to cancel Stenton’s MLK Day of Service Landscape Volunteering on Monday, January 20th. With a forecasted wind chill of 8 degrees, we feel it is not safe to be working outdoors. Thank you all so much for your willingness to volunteer. We greatly appreciate your suppor…
Monday, January 20 2025
10:00 AM
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1:00 PM
Writing Through Our Grief: A Careshop to Tend the Heart
Writing Through Our Grief: A Careshop to Tend the Heart
Philadelphia, PA
Many of us carry our grief privately, out of fear of being judged or overwhelmed by our emotions, or because of the harmful messaging we’ve received and internalized around grief. Yet grief is a natural human response to loss. And sharing our feelings, our thoughts, our stories not only honors our …
Saturday, March 8 2025
1:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Stenton's Halloween Harvest Festival
Stenton's Halloween Harvest Festival
Philadelphia, PA
Join us at Stenton Museum on Saturday, October 26th, 1-3pm, for an afternoon of family friendly fall fun! All ages are welcome to enjoy games, crafts, face-painting, pumpkin painting, spooky storytime with Logan Library, and a spooky cellar tour! Light refreshments and cider will be served. Event i…
Saturday, October 26 2024
1:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Gone Birdin' - Second Saturdays
Gone Birdin' - Second Saturdays
Philadelphia, PA
Grab your binoculars and get acquainted with the wildlife in Stenton's trees with In Color Birding Club at 10 AM. ICB will provide binoculars for those who need them. We also will have multiple bird guides to help folks get onto the birds as best possible. FREE Stenton house tours are also availa…
Saturday, October 12 2024
10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Stenton's Holiday Tea
Stenton's Holiday Tea
Philadelphia, PA
Please join us at Stenton on Saturday, December 7th, 1:00-3:00pm, as we usher in the holiday season! Get in the holiday spirit with music, tea, light refreshments, a holiday craft, and plenty of holiday cheer! S'mores and hot cocoa will also be available outdoors, so dress warmly!
Saturday, December 7 2024
1:00 PM
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3:00 PM
“Oceans of Kin: The Power and Promise of 18th Century Atlantic Genealogies” book talk with Karin Wulf
“Oceans of Kin: The Power and Promise of 18th Century Atlantic Genealogies” book talk with Karin Wulf
Philadelphia, PA
Gathering, researching, and narrating genealogy sounds like a modern activity, but in the 18th century genealogy mattered a great deal-- to individuals and families, and for governments and other institutions. Taking as an example the extended Lloyd family, including Norrises and Logans, this talk …
Wednesday, March 19 2025
5:00 PM
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7:00 PM
The Logan Awards Dinner
The Logan Awards Dinner
Philadelphia, PA
The Board of Managers of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Requests the Pleasure of Your Company at the Logan Awards Dinner in honor of Julia A. Haller, M.D. and Alvina L. Brown For the benefit of Stenton and its history education programs t…
Friday, November 8 2024
6:00 PM
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9:00 PM