Category: Other News and Events

SCHEDULED LIVE LECTURES: Live lectures will be streamed via Facebook Live on the museum’s Facebook page Thursday, March 26th at 2pm The President’s Pump with Mark Connar It is well known that Bethlehem is the home of the first municipal water pumping system in the United States. A replica of this machine is located in…

National Museum of Industrial History MARCH 7 – 8, 2020 The National Museum of Industrial History will kick-off a month-long commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in March with International Women’s Weekend on March 7th and 8th. Women’s Weekend will celebrate the voices and stories of women in industry through a full schedule…

A presentation by Michael Froio, Photographer Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society Philadelphia Chapter Meeting February 15, 2020  10:30am – Doors open for vendor sales 11:00am – Modelers Meeting 11:30am – Dining Car Opens (food for purchase)… 1:00pm – Chapter Business Meeting 1:30pm – Feature Presentation Drexel Hill United Methodist Church 600 Burmont Rd, Drexel…

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Monday,  March 30, 2020  6:00 to 8:00 Archaeologists Douglas Mooney and Jed Levin take us on a trip down Alice’s rabbit hole – digging underneath parking lots, highways, National Park sites, and demolished buildings, they uncover Philadelphia’s hidden past through the fragments of everyday life left by our predecessors. This…

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Wednesday, March 18, 2020  6:00 to 8:00 pm Domenic Vitiello, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and City & Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, charts the origins, dynamics, and decline of Philadelphia’s position as one of the world’s leading centers of industry. This talk will trace the networks of…

The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is proud to announce the release of Geography, Geology and Genius: How Coal and Canals Ignited the American Industrial Revolution. This is the first comprehensive telling of the little known story of how eastern Pennsylvania, from the anthracite coal fields to the tidal waters of the Delaware River,…

Over 2,400 ships, boats, and barges built by over 200,000 shipyard workers in 31 shipyards large and small. A presentation by Dan Cashin, Rigger Instructor – Philadelphia Navy Yard and Philly (Aker) Shipyard With the major ship information courtesy of Tim Colton at shipbuildinghistory.com Tuesday, December 10, 2019   7:30 PM The painting depicts the…

Sunday, Oct. 20 at 2:00 pm Nether Providence Historical Society presents a talk by Pierre Lacombe, with maps and pictures. Many historians say the horse-drawn railway that Thomas Leiper laid out in 1809 from Crum Creek to Ridley Creek, through today’s “Gov. Sproul Estates” was the first commercial railway in the United States. Lacombe, New…

October 5, 2019 10:00 am to 3:00 pm At the National Constitution Center Discover the history beneath your feet Hear archaeologists talk about the latest discoveries  A Free Conference Presented by The Philadelphia Archaeological Forum  See the schedule of talks at this link: https://www.phillyarchaeology.net/admin/ National Constitution Center Kirby Auditorium, 2nd floor INDEPENDENCE MALL 525 Arch…

The Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance and the Rust Belt Coalition of Young Preservationists are excited to host the Rust Belt Takeover of Philadelphia from October 4th-6th. For full tour descriptions CLICK HERE. Consider this your opportunity to learn Philadelphia’s history beyond the Liberty Bell and the Revolutionary War. Date And Time Fri, Oct…