Join Cliveden in the success of 2024

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Cliveden staff & Board accomplished much this year. In 2024, we...

...became a Level I Arboretum

Cliveden received Level I Arboretum accreditation from The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum. 

...offered Spotlight Tours to our Second Saturday programs

From May to October, Cliveden offered specialty tours featuring different topics such as architecture, portraiture and the American Revolution. The first Spotlight Tour featured architectural historian Willie Graham.

...offered new activities & debuted our new initiative at the Revolutionary Germantown Festival

Cliveden welcomed nearly 1,000 visitors to the festival this year, featuring new activities such as candle making, basket weaving, and blacksmithing. Visitors also experienced our new initiative Revealing Revolutionary Germantown.

...continued restoring the Kitchen Dependency Well

The restoration of the Kitchen Dependency Well, wood pump and shaft are part of the Transcending Thresholds project supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the Well Restoration Project, supported by a Keystone Grant from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

What to look forward to in 2025:

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Videos sharing the stories of free and enslaved African Americans from the Illuminating Hidden Lives project

 

Restoring the Service Stair, a part of the Transcending Thresholds project to view the house through the lens of enslavement and servitude

 

Continuing to expand and uplift diverse stories of the American Revolution at the Revolutionary Germantown Festival and through our new initiative Revealing Revolutionary Germantown

 

Collaborating with historic site Wyck to honor the Marquis de Lafayette's 1825 visit to Germantown

Help support our efforts by making an end of year gift or becoming a Friend of Cliveden

With your support, we can continue sharing Cliveden's stories with our community in 2025.

To make a gift:

  • Use the online form below
  • Contact our office at 215-848-1777
  • By mail - Checks should be made to 'Cliveden' and sent to: 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144 

Please contact our office or Jocelyn Rouse, Marketing & Development Coordinator, at [email protected] with any questions.

Note: Gifts can be sent via mail; however, electronic gifts are preferred.

Become a Friend of Cliveden

Friends of Cliveden receive great benefits, such as unlimited admission to Cliveden for a year and advanced notice of programs and events, while supporting a local historic site and arboretum. Click the button below to learn more.

Thank you for your support!