Description:
The Towne Historical Society offers opportunities to explore and appreciate the history of Philadelphia through various after school presentations, field trips, and reenactments. Members are also dedicated to collecting, preserving, and presenting the history of Franklin Towne as well as the Frankford Arsenal. The Towne Historical Society meets after school in room 407 on every other Tuesday. Based on student interests, members discuss various historical sites and their relevance to local history. We take members to historical sites each month. Recent trips include our tours of Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia City Hall, Independence Hall, Museum of the American Revolution
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Established 2007
Moderator: Mr. Wisniewski (Office 419)
Upcoming Events:
Meeting #2: Tuesday; November 12th @ 3:30 in room 407
Trip #2: Mutter Museum - Tuesday; November 19th
Additional information can also be found on the bulletin board located in the cafeteria across from the bathrooms and outside my office (419).
Hidden City: Philadelphia
Hidden City Philadelphia pulls back the curtain on the city's most remarkable places and connects them to new people, functions, and resources. We celebrate the power of place and inspire social action to make our city a better place to live, work, and play. We do this through four complementary programs.
Philadelphia History Channel
History Making Productions is producing a multi-part series on the history of Philadelphia. HSP is proud to feature History Making Productions' "Philadelphia History Channel" containing hundreds of videos on the city's past.
Photo Album: Pictures from the Field
I've created a web site called "Towne Historical Society" to share pictures with students and teachers. I'd like you to be a member of the site. Come check it out at http://townehistoricalsociety.shutterfly.com/.
Phrasing Philadelphia
Phrases such as "City of Brotherly Love" and "Workshop of the World" have helped to make Philadelphia famous. But where did these slogans come from, and what do they mean for Philadelphians today? This topic will be explored over the next year through "Phrasing Philadelphia" - a series of lectures, discussions, and essays presented by the Greater Philadelphia Roundtable. The effort will help shape the content of the planned Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. The Encyclopedia-in its digital and print volume-will be the most comprehensive, authoritative reference source ever created for the Philadelphia region.
Students at Museums in Philly (S.T.A.M.P.)
A new pass will give high school students free admission to Philadelphia museums. Available free to teens ages 14 to 19 who live in the city of Philadelphia. Museums participating are the African American Museum in Philadelphia, National Constitution Center, Barnes Foundation, National Museum of American Jewish History, Eastern State Penitentiary, Penn Museum, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mutter Museum and the Philadelphia Zoo. Free admission is offered only during non-school hours.
The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia is a civic project to increase understanding of one of America's greatest cities. From abolition and the American Revolution to yellow fever and zoos (with cheesesteaks, rowhouses, and hundreds of other topics in between), the digital Encyclopedia and its print volume will offer the most comprehensive, authoritative reference source ever created for the Philadelphia region.
Uwishunu
Uwishunu is the official tourism blog of Philadelphia, but it definitely is not just for visitors. It's for Philadelphians who want to know more about everything new and exciting happening in the city and the surrounding region.
Visit Philly
The paths to understanding American history all converge in Philadelphia and its historic countryside. Were Benjamin Franklin, the city's first museum patron, to come back to 21st Century Philadelphia, he would marvel at what he had started. Philadelphia's museums are small and massive, historic and modern, interactive and exclusive, eccentric and unexpected.