Signature Programs / Events

All programs are free with museum admission unless otherwise stated. Please RSVP when suggested as space is limited.

Lord Byron's Wedding License. EL3 B996 MS2
Historic House Tour

Romance at the Rosenbach

A Thematic Tour of the Historic House
Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Discover the passionate side of our collections on this tour of the Rosenbach brother's home. More
Lord Byron's Wedding License. EL3 B996 MS2
Historic House Tour

Romance at the Rosenbach

A Thematic Tour of the Historic House
Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Discover the passionate side of our collections on this tour of the Rosenbach brother's home. More
Romance at the Rosenbach House Tour
Historic House Tour

Romance at the Rosenbach

A Thematic Tour of the Historic House
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Portrait of Fanny Kemble by Thomas Sully. 1954.1930
Public Program

Thomas Sully's Ladies: Real, Imagined and Literary
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Past Event Archive

Signature Programs

The Chertoff Mural, © 1961 by Maurice Sendak, all rights reserved.

Sendak in Spring

A Program for Families, Saturday and Sunday
Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
On the first weekend of Spring, bring the whole family to the Rosenbach to celebrate the work of... More
Bloomsday

Bloomsday
Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Philadelphia's Bloomsday at the Rosenbach is one of the cultural highlights of the season,... More
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Reading Groups

James Joyce, manuscript page Scylla and Charybdis p 13 detail. EL4 J89ul 922

Reading Group: Ulysses Digest

 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Read and discuss selections from James Joyce's masterpiece, "Ulysses." More
Charles Dickens, Chimes, Ephemera #55 .EL3 D548

Reading Group: Great Expectations

 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Crime, class, and ambition drive the plot of Great Expectations, one of Charles Dickens’s most powerful novels. More
Rockwell Kent illustration for Moby-Dick. 1930 Random House Edition. AL1.M531mo

Reading Group: Moby-Dick

 Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Grapple with Herman Melville’s classic whale of tale! More
EL4 J89ul 922 MS Circe.80

Reading Group: Ulysses

 Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
The Ulysses reading group is a fun and painless way to read (and finish!) James Joyce’s masterpiece. More
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Hands-On Tours

Sarony Studio, Portrait of Marianne Moore. New York, 1924. 2006. 5116
Marianne Moore, Modernist Poet
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Marianne Moore, like Pablo Picasso, broke free of tradition and reassembled the pieces in a new and... More
George Cruikshank, hand colored woodcut print. London, ca. 1840. 1954.1880. 3871
Love Letters
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
From the aching yearnings of poet John Keats for his beloved Fanny Brawne to the dying wishes of a... More
A Treatise on Dress: Intended as a friendly and seasonal Warning to the DAUGHTER
An Unblushing Impudence the meek and the murderous in 18th and 19th century American women’s history
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
The tour brings together objects from across the Rosenbach’s collections: etiquette guides,... More
Rockwell Kent, The Masthead, illustration for Moby Dick, Random House edition.19
The Sea
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
“Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever”, from Moby Dick. Throughout... More
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