Date / Time
- January 30, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
This special edition of the popular Fakes & Forgeries tour, we will spend additional time examining several Shakespeare forgeries by William Henry Ireland.
Upcoming Events
[POSTPONED] [SOLD OUT] The History and Future of the American Presidency – A People’s Friend Program
Date / Time
- February 2, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
On the eve of the presidential inauguration, join the Rosenbach Museum & Library for a consideration of the development of the office of the presidency over the last 249 years.
Written in My Heart: Joyce and Irish Authors | Behind the Bookcase
Date / Time
- February 2, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
In this program we’ll explore a wide array of holdings, including Bram Stoker’s handwritten notes for his Gothic classic, Dracula, correspondence from the iconic and incomparable Oscar Wilde, and of course, one of our most famous holdings, Joyce’s manuscript of his Modernist masterpiece Ulysses.
[SOLD OUT] Yours Forever: Love Letters in the Archive | Behind the Bookcase
Date / Time
- February 13, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us for this rare peek into some of the most personal and emotional writing in our collections.
[SOLD OUT] The Duties of the Tea-Table: Exploring the History and Culture of Tea at the Rosenbach | Behind the Bookcase
Date / Time
- February 25, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Using historic, handwritten documents and beautiful artworks in The Rosenbach’s collection, this tour will explore the global, cross-cultural connections forged via the thriving tea market in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s, as well as the role tea drinking played in the cultural history of the British Empire.
Book Arts: The World Between the Covers | Behind the Bookcase
Date / Time
- March 6, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
In this tour, we’ll connect historical treasures of the Rosenbach collections to the contemporary creative field of Book Arts.
[SOLD OUT] Mary Shelley: The Godmother of Goth | Behind the Bookcase
Date / Time
- March 27, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Explore the life and works of this radical, proto-feminist, and quintessential Romantic as we sift through early editions of her works, along with manuscripts and letters of her husband, poet Percy Shelley, and the couple’s questionable company.