Winter House Tours

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Winter House Tours Cliveden house tours are available on a limited basis during the winter months. Tours are available by appointment Monday – Friday, 10am to 4pm. To schedule a tour, please contact Education Director Carolyn Wallace at [email protected]. Visitors will view the current exhibition, The Turmoil of Transition: The mid-nineteenth century at Cliveden and is…

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Revealing Revolutionary Germantown

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Check out Cliveden’s new project, revealing Germantown during the 1777 Battle of Germantown Revealing Revolutionary Germantown explores the Battle of Germantown (October 4, 1777) and highlights the sites in Germantown impacted by this historic event.  Cliveden offers handouts featuring an illustrated map of the battle on one side and site descriptions on the other side.…

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The Turmoil of Transition: The mid-nineteenth century at Cliveden

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Learn about the mid-nineteenth century at Cliveden Cliveden’s current exhibition, The Turmoil of Transition: The mid-nineteenth century at Cliveden, explores a pivotal time in the Chew household. While the country faced internal conflicts around the institution of slavery and a struggling economy, the Chews experienced turmoil after the death of Benjamin Chew, Jr. in 1844…

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MALT Winter 2025 Class: The Paintings & People of Cliveden

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MALT Winter Class explores the paintings and people at Cliveden! Learn about famous artists from the 18th and 19th centuries including John Smibert, John Wollaston and Germantown locals James Reid and George Cochran Lambdin while exploring the portraits at Cliveden. Participants will learn about the artists, period painting styles and the people in the portraits…

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Research: Spotlight from the African American Genealogy Group

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Three blog posts on the AAGG’s research into the Chew Family Papers & putting a spotlight on discoveries! Adrienne Whaley and the members of the African American Genealogy Group of Philadelphia (AAGG) have worked with the Chew Family Papers for the last two years to lift up stories of the enslaved families and communities that…

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Finding Black Families: Recording Available

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Finding Black Families: 2022 Cliveden Conversation Series On Tuesday, February 22nd, Cliveden, the African American Genealogy Group, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania presented Finding Black Families: Stories from The Chew Family Papers via Zoom detailing the research, digitization work, and how to use various kinds of documents to trace their family history. Andrew Williams, Digital Archivist…

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