Programs & Events

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

(detail) from Bram Stoker's manuscript notes for Dracula. EL3 f.S874d
Reading Group

Reading Group: The Victorian Dracula and his Modern Descendents
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Join us as we dive into Bram Stoker's Dracula, the novel that started it all. More
Visitors in the Rosenbach's dining room, open house 2006
Public Program

Open House
Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Bring your friends and family to our popular Open House for a special afternoon. Explore the historic Rosenbach brothers’ home at your leisure, an option available only one day of the year. Don’t forget to stop in our exhibition galleries and museum shop. Free event. More
Jean de Boschère, illustration for Don Quixote. pen and ink. ca. 1923. 2005.210
Reading

Authors of Mischief

Part of the Rosenbach's annual celebration of Banned Books Week
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Bram Stoker's Dracula.Dust Jacket.1897. EL3 .S874d 897
Public Program

The Dracula Festival
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 6:00pm - Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 6:00pm
1st edition of James Joyce's Ulysses, pub. 1922. EL4 .J89ul
Reading Group

Reading Group: Ulysses
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Final drawing for Dear Mili. Pen and ink. © 1988 by Maurice Sendak, all rights
Gallery Talk

Conversation with the Curator: Those Ghastly Grimms
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Past Event Archive

Signature Programs / Events

Bram Stoker's Dracula.Dust Jacket.1897. EL3 .S874d 897

The Dracula Festival
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 6:00pm - Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 6:00pm
Every October, the Rosenbach—home of Bram Stoker’s original research notes and outlines for Dracula—brings you another chilling Dracula Festival, a month-long series of events inspired by Stoker’s classic novel and the iconic figure. More
Wild Things Whirilgig performance

Sendak in Spring

A Program for Families, Saturday and Sunday
Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
On this very first weekend of spring join us in celebrating Sendak with our annual festival for kids of all ages. Sendak loves books, the Rosenbach loves books, and you do too, right? More
Bloomsday

Bloomsday
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Philadelphia's Bloomsday at the Rosenbach is one of the cultural highlights of the season, drawing hundreds of friends, neighbors, Joyce enthusiasts, book-lovers, and curious passersby to Delancey Place throughout the day. June 16, 2010 will mark the 18th annual Bloomsday at the Rosenbach—an event that is not to be missed! More
More Signature Events

Hands-On Tours

George Cruikshank, hand colored woodcut print. London, ca. 1840. 1954.1880. 3871

Love Letters

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
From the aching yearnings of poet John Keats for his beloved Fanny Brawne to the dying wishes of a Civil War solider writing home to his family, the Rosenbach is home to a variety of love letters. More
: Francesco Bartolozzi, after William Hamilton, Mr. Kemble as King Richard the T

Shakespeare

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
When is Shakespeare not Shakespeare? And what is a folio, anyway? More
J. M. Atwood, Map of the Western States. New York: Ensign & Thayer, 1848. A 848e

Wild West

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Discuss the deceptions, motives and passions which lay just below the surface as you read, and handle immigrant guides, travelogues, and maps of travel routes and settlements. More
Sarony Studio, Portrait of Marianne Moore. New York, 1924. 2006. 5116

Marianne Moore, Modernist Poet

Friday, September 17, 2010 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Marianne Moore, like Pablo Picasso, broke free of tradition and reassembled the pieces in a new and sometimes confounding way. More
More Hands-On Tours
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