Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

of the Religious Society of Friends

Arch Street Meeting House

Friend’s Garden at Arch Street

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Interested in getting your hands dirty? Arch Street Meeting House is creating a community garden, and we need your help!

All ages are welcome to join ASMH Staff and volunteers, and PYM Youth Programs staff as we build raised garden beds and plant vegetables and flowers on our historic grounds. As our vegetables begin to grow, we will be donating the harvest to local food pantries, shelters, and community groups.

Planting will occur from 11am to 1pm, and all visitors will have the incredible opportunity to tour our meeting house from 10am to 4pm! Feel free to bring a picnic lunch, and enjoy a beautiful spring day at Arch Street Meeting House.

 

Presented in Partnership with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

First Friday at Arch Street Meeting House

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Have you experienced our new exhibits yet this year? Arch Street Meeting House will be open to the public for First Friday on May 7th from 6 pm-8 pm!

Registration is not required.

*All visitors are required to practice social distancing guidelines by remaining six feet apart and wearing a mask at all times.*

Reopen House Day: Philly’s National Historic Landmarks

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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!
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.
For more information on the event and participating sites, please visit: http://www.globalphiladelphia.org/nhl-reopen-house
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Philadelphia is home to 67 of the country’s 2,618 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs). They represent some of Philadelphia’s most important historical places, events, and people and are found in neighborhoods throughout the city. The NHLs program is managed by the National Park Service and recognizes select sites on the National Register of Historic Places that represent outstanding aspects of American history and culture.
For more information, visit:
www.nps.gov/orgs/1582/index.htm or https://globalphiladelphia.org/heritage-map.

Virtual Power Yoga w/Arch Street Meeting House and Tatiana Cook

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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.

Chocolate & Beer: A Valentine’s Event at Arch Street Meeting House

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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!

RSVP and receive more info here

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

 

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, and Upper Delaware County. If you are outside of this delivery radius and interested in this event, you may arrange a pickup from Arch Street Meeting House.

*To ensure everyone’s health and safety, all Arch Street Meeting House staff and volunteers will be following strict health guidelines by wearing masks, gloves, and maintaining a social distance of at least six feet.

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Part II: Interview with Sean Connolly, Executive Director of Arch Street Meeting House

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This is the second part of our interview with Arch Street Meetinghouse‘s Executive Director, Sean Connolly. The first interview was published two weeks ago. The current story deals with the Historic Arch Street Meetinghouse’s planning for a new outdoor interpretive exhibit. [Read more…] about Part II: Interview with Sean Connolly, Executive Director of Arch Street Meeting House

Interview with Sean Connolly, Executive Director of Arch Street Meeting House

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Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust preserves, operates and interprets the meetinghouse and grounds which will serve to increase public understanding of the impact and continued relevance of Quakers and Quaker history. Executive Director, Sean Connolly talks to us about his work at the historic Meeting House. [Read more…] about Interview with Sean Connolly, Executive Director of Arch Street Meeting House