Museum · Rittenhouse

The Rosenbach

2008 Delancey Pl, Philadelphia 19103

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A Rittenhouse museum and library of rare books and manuscripts housed in two 19th-century townhouses. Its public programme includes talks, reading groups, courses and special evenings tied to literature and history.

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Oct 10

[SOLD OUT] Course | Exploring the Country House Library: Books, Architecture, Interior Design, and Estate Life at Nemours | In-person

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Oct 11

Course | Writing Queer Identities with Greta Garbo and Mercedes de Acosta | In-Person

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Oct 16

Behind the Bookcase | Lady Starlight: The Radiant Romances, Dramatic Life, and Literary Legacy of Mercedes de Acosta, the “White Prince” of Queer Hollywood’s Golden Age | In-Person

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Oct 18

Course | Reading Finnegans Wake with Mike Barsanti | In-person

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Oct 19

Special Event | Rare Finds: A Conversation With Collector Edward Leahy | In-Person

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Oct 20

Book Club | The Republic of Letters: Rebellion, Rights, and the Early Republic | In-Person

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Oct 23

[SOLD OUT] The Rosenbach Presents | The Vampyre Tea: Afternoon Tea and Opera Performance with Opera on Tap Philadelphia | In Person

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Oct 25

Behind the Bookcase | From the Beginning: Interfaith Engagement from Antiquity to the American Revolution and Beyond | In-Person

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Oct 29

[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase | Vampire Fiction: Carmilla to Dracula | In-Person

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Nov 4

A Bibliophile’s Guide: Boston & Southeastern Massachsetts

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Nov 5

[SOLD OUT] Behind the Bookcase | Oscar Wilde: Shadows Beneath the Spotlight | In-Person

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Nov 8

[SOLD OUT] Course | Making a Medieval Bat Book | In-Person

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Literature
Nov 10

Book Club | The Rosenbach Book Club: The Haunted House | In-Person

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Nov 13

Excursions | Delancey Society Day Trip to Princeton | In-Person

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Nov 17

Book Club | The Republic of Letters: Rebellion, Rights, and the Early Republic | In-Person

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Nov 19

Behind the Bookcase | One Transcendent Deed: Moby-Dick and the Afterlife of Herman Melville | In-Person

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Nov 22

[SOLD OUT] Course | Intro to Celtic Calligraphy | In-Person

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Dec 2

Course | An Afternoon in Enlightenment Paris: Exploring the College & Country House Library of Nicholas Biddle at Andalusia | In-person

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Dec 3

Behind the Bookcase | Early Hebrew Books: The Gratz Family in Philadelphia | In-Person

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Dec 8

Book Club | The Rosenbach Book Club: The Haunted House | In-Person

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Dec 9

Course | An Afternoon in Enlightenment Paris: Exploring the College & Country House Library of Nicholas Biddle at Andalusia | In-person

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Dec 10

Behind the Bookcase | The Rosenbach Family Immigration Story: How Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach’s Father Became an American | In-Person

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Dec 10

Parties | Delancey Society Holiday Fete | In-Person

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Dec 13

Winter Open House

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Dec 13

Course | Drop in & Print: Seasonal Cards | In-Person

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Dec 15

Book Club | The Republic of Letters: Rebellion, Rights, and the Early Republic | In-Person

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Oct 9

[SOLD OUT] Special Event | Movie Night: Nosferatu | In-Person

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Oct 8

Course | Meet the Wife of Bath: Chaucer Aloud with David Wallace | In Person

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