Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

Deep Rivers in Celebration of Juneteenth
2024-06-22 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Our signature program detailing the lives and work of notable nineteenth-century African Americans. Come learn about art, medicine, business, and freedom!
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"Henry Howard Houston and West Germantown"
2024-06-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Presented by George McNeely Henry Howard Houston, railroad executive, investor, and real estate developer, is best known in Northwest Philadelphia for the creation of the west side of Chestnut Hill, including the railway line (now known as Chestnut Hill West), Wissahickon Inn, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Saint Martin’s (Episcopal) church, and nearby houses. Lecture at Maxwell Mansion at 6 p.m. with tour to follow.

Wawa Welcome American Maxwell Mansion Open House
2024-06-28 12:00 - 16:00 | PA
Maxwell Mansion joins sites across the region to celebrate American history and freedom.
Free open house from 12-4. Join us in Historic Germantown!

Victorian Book Club: Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop
2024-06-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Join us for a friendly discussion of Dickens’ classic!

Maxwell Mansion closed July 4
2024-07-04 12:00 - 17:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion will be closed Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

Historic Germantown Second Saturday
2024-07-13 12:00 - 16:00 | PA
Maxwell Mansion will be open for free tours from 12-4.

Victorian Opera on Tap at Maxwell Mansion
2024-07-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
An outdoor Opera on Tap presentation of Victorian opera, featuring Heather McConnell. Bring your own picnic and blanket!

Historic Germantown Second Saturday
2024-08-02 08:00 - 17:00 | PA
Maxwell Mansion is open for free tours 12-4, with tours at noon, one, two, and three.
Reservations appreciated!

Historic Germantown Garden Passport Launch
2024-08-10 11:30 - 12:30 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Join the friends and supporters of Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion’s magnificent gardens on Saturday, August 10 for a launch of the new Historic Germantown garden passport program! Free!
Program begins at 11:30 a.m. Reservations requested!

Victorian Book Club
2024-08-16 08:00 - 17:00 | PA
Victorian Book Club: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Join us for a discussion of Lewis Carroll’s classic 1865 tale. Open to everyone. It helps to read and complete the book, but not required.
Refreshments will be served. Reservations requested.

Victorian Book Club: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2024-09-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in this Victorian classic!
Everyone welcome to attend. Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 3 p.m.

Old Fashioned Picnic
2024-09-14 12:00 - 17:00 | PA
Join us for food, beverages, games, and a celebration of Victorian picnicking in the Maxwell gardens.

Theatre: Stories from Beyond the Grave
2024-10-12 16:30 - 21:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
A historic tour in a spooky setting! Encounter deceased Philadelphians as you stroll through our house and gardens. Tours leave every 15 minutes starting at 4:30. Last tour at 8:30. Advanced ticket sales recommended!

Victorian Theatre: Dracula
2024-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
A new production starring Steven Bray of Bram Stoker’s chilling 1897 tale.

Victorian Theatre: Dracula
2024-10-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
A new production of Bram Stoker’s chilling 1897 tale starring Steven Bray.

Victorian Theatre: Dracula
2024-10-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Experience Bram Stoker’s classic tale in our authentic setting in a new production starring Steven Bray.

Trick or Treat at Maxwell Mansion
2024-10-31 17:00 - 20:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Bring the kids for treats from 5-8 p.m.

Victorian Piano Concert with Artem Tenkeli
2024-11-02 03:00 - 17:00 | PA
Russian-born pianist entertains with a concert of remarkable nineteenth-century music, played on our rare c. 1865 Stieff square grand piano.

Opera on Tap at Maxwell Mansion
2024-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 | PA
Opera on Tap performs nineteenth-century music in our authentic Victorian parlor.

MALT class: Victorian Christmas
2024-12-08 14:00 - 16:00 | PA
Mount Airy Learning Tree class at EMM: Victorian Christmas.

Coffee with Neighbors and Santa!
2024-12-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Bring the kids and join your neighbors and other Mansion supporters as we welcome the “jolly old elf” on Tulpehocken Street. Free event, but reservations requested.

Victorian Book Club: Charles Dickens' Picwick Papers, 3 p.m.
2025-01-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Join us for a discussion of Charles Dickens’ first novel, led by noted literary scholar Michael Winship. Reservations requested.

French Opera at Maxwell Mansion
2025-02-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Opera on Tap returns to Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion with an afternoon of delightful nineteenth-century French classics. Join us for a thrilling musical celebration!

Deep Rivers African American History Tour
2025-02-08 15:00 - 16:30 | PA
Tour the Mansion and learn the stories of African Americans who rose to prominence in the era after Emancipation.
Reservations required.

The Magnificent Maxwell Affair
2025-02-15 19:30 - 22:30 | PA
Our annual fundraiser to support Mansion preservation of programs.
Held in a historic house’s ballroom in Chestnut Hill.
Reservations Required.

Victorian Book Club: Sarah E. Farro
2025-03-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Join us for a discussion of Sarah E. Farro’s True Love (1891), the first novel published by an African-American woman.

African American Theater
2025-04-25 19:00 - 20:30 | PA
Two one-act plays by Shav’on Smith: Tea with Frederick Douglass and Life in Three Dresses: The Elizabeth Keckley Story.
Reservations requested.

African American Theater
2025-04-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Shav’on Smith’s Tea with Frederick Douglass and Life in Three Dresses: The Elizabeth Keckley story.
Reservations Requested.
