Join the Museum Council of Greater Philadelphia for an afternoon out in Germantown! Attendees will be treated to two guided tours; we’ll be visiting both The Colored Girls Museum and Stenton.
Afterward, guests have the option to grab a bite and a drink at Deke’s BBQ/ Attic Brewing Company and continue their exploration of other Historic Germantown locations at their leisure. Please note that both tours are each approximately an hour long, with about a half an hour in between to get from one location to the other. We encourage our guests to wear comfortable walking shoes, bring water bottles, and eat a little something before attending.
The Colored Girls Museum (Tour at Noon)
The Colored Girls Museum is a memoir museum, which honors the stories, experiences, and history of ordinary Colored Girls. This museum initiates the object—submitted by the colored girl herself, as representative of an aspect of her story and personal history, which she finds meaningful; her object embodies her experience and expression of being a Colored Girl. The Colored Girls Museum is headquartered in the historic neighborhood of Germantown in Philadelphia, an area renowned for its compliment of historic buildings and homes. TCGM distinguishes herself by exclusively collecting, preserving, honoring, and decoding artifacts pertaining to the experience and her story of colored girls. This museum shall serve as a clearinghouse of multidimensional arty facts, objects, and information about Colored Girls: equal parts research facility, exhibition space, gathering place, and think tank. This Colored Girls Museum is the first institution of its kind. Audience members are treated to a Salon Styled-Guided tour of a home that has been converted to a Museum.
Stenton (Tour at 1:30 PM)
Stenton is one of the earliest, best-preserved, and most authentic historic houses in Philadelphia. Completed in 1730 as a country-seat, plantation house for James Logan - Secretary to William Penn; merchant, politician, justice, scientist, and scholar – Stenton was home to six generations of the Logan family, as well as a diverse community of servants and enslaved Africans, including Dinah, who lived and labored at Stenton for over 50 years. Furnished with 18th- and 19th-century Logan family objects, and remaining in little-altered condition, a visit to Stenton offers an unparalleled experience of early Pennsylvania.
Historic Germantown (Optional Self-Guided Experience)
Historic Germantown is a partnership of eighteen historic sites, museums, historical organizations and an arboretum located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. These organizations are joined by a common mission to foster an appreciation of the diverse character and meaning of their cultural heritage in order to preserve and revitalize their community. Use this map to locate these other sites!
Directions:
Both The Colored Girls Museum and Stenton are near Wayne Junction Station, and accessible via the West Trenton, Fox Chase, Chestnut Hill East, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Warminster Regional Rail lines.
The Colored Girls Museum is accessible by Bus Route 53 (exit bus at the intersection of Wayne and Abbottsford Avenues). To get to The Colored Girls Museum from the Wayne Junction Station head northwest on Wayne Avenue towards Berkley Street, turn left on Apsley Street, and turn right on Newhall Street. It is approximately a 7 minute walk. The Colored Girls Museum is located at 4613 Newhall Street, Philadelphia PA 19144.
Stenton is located at 4601 N. 18 th Street, Philadelphia PA 19140. It is about 0.8 miles walk from the Colored Girls Museum (about a 17 minute walk). Stenton is also accessible via Bus Route 23 (exit bus at the intersection of Windrim and Germantown Avenues).
Event Details
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Noon – 2:30 PM
$25/ Non-Members
$20/ Members use promo code “Member” for discount