[SOLD OUT] Drinking with Dickens

Date / Time

  • December 12, 2024
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Welcoming in the Christmas season by celebrating the way Charles Dickens did, with good fellowship, music, and punch!

Biblioventures: Sherlock Monthly | Virtual Program

Date / Time

  • December 14, 2024
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • January 11, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • February 15, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • March 15, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • April 19, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • May 17, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • June 21, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

We’ve decided to continue exploring the Sherlockian canon with Sherlock Monthly. Every month, we’ll focus on one Sherlock Holmes adventure in the order they were first published.

Museum Adventures Preschool Program

Date / Time

  • December 18, 2024
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • January 15, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • February 19, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • March 19, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • April 16, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • May 21, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • June 18, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Calling all preschoolers! Come play with us on the third Wednesday morning of every month. We’ll read a story together and then embark on a treasure hunt through the Rosenbach brothers’ glitzy Rittenhouse Square home to discover things that relate to the story. Afterward, families are welcome to join us in our activity room for hands-on art making activities, creative play, music and snacks.

The Republic of Letters: The Rosenbach’s American History Book Club, in Partnership with Carpenters’ Hall

Date / Time

  • January 7, 2025
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • February 4, 2025
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • March 4, 2025
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • May 6, 2025
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • June 10, 2025
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

If you love reading about American history, discussing it with fellow enthusiasts, and visiting iconic sites of our nation’s past right here in Philadelphia, then this new book club is for you!

[SOLD OUT] Reading Moby-Dick with Hester Blum | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • January 8, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • February 12, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • March 19, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • April 9, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

In this course, which welcomes first-time Melville readers and Moby-Dick obsessives alike, our discussions will range from the novel’s most thunderous, epic heights to its quirkiest, crudest jokes.

[SOLD OUT] Reading Ulysses with Michael Barsanti

Date / Time

  • January 12, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • February 9, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • March 9, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • April 13, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • May 11, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • June 8, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

To read James Joyce’s masterpiece together and have fun doing it, with freewheeling discussion, amusing and brief digressions, penetrating insights, mind-opening questions, and occasional singing.