Meet at the Friendship Gate to explore and taste your way through Philadelphia's Chinatown with Chef Joseph Poon, a Philadelphia legend who has marked his community’s changes over the last 30 years. This culinary and cultural tour includes a history of the Chinatown and the Friendship Gate, Honkg Kong street food, visits to neighborhood shops, tastings and lunch. (3 Feet: Extensive Walking and Lengthy Periods of Standing)

View one of the last remaining great estates of the Main Line on this first floor tour given by Joanie Mackie, the granddaughter of the Montgomerys and author David Wren. A Horace Trumbauer design, the extended family has lived here since 1912. Playwright Philip Barry, a family friend, based The Philadelphia Story on members of the Montgomery family, Ardrossan and Radnor Township. Katharine Hepburn's character was loosely based on Helen Hope, Joanie's aunt. (2 Feet: Moderate Walking and Some Periods of Standing.)

View one of the last remaining great estates of the Main Line on this first floor tour given by Joanie Mackie, the granddaughter of the Montgomerys and author David Wren. A Horace Trumbauer design, the extended family has lived here since 1912. Playwright Philip Barry, a family friend, based The Philadelphia Story on members of the Montgomery family, Ardrossan and Radnor Township. Katharine Hepburn's character was loosely based on Helen Hope, Joanie's aunt.  (2 Feet: Moderate Walking and Some Periods of Standing.)

View one of the last remaining great estates of the Main Line on this first floor tour given by Joanie Mackie, the granddaughter of the Montgomerys and author David Wren. A Horace Trumbauer design, the extended family has lived here since 1912. Playwright Philip Barry, a family friend, based The Philadelphia Story on members of the Montgomery family, Ardrossan and Radnor Township. Katharine Hepburn's character was loosely based on Helen Hope, Joanie's aunt.  (2 Feet: Moderate Walking and Some Periods of Standing.)

View one of the last remaining great estates of the Main Line on this first floor tour given by Joanie Mackie, the granddaughter of the Montgomerys and author David Wren. A Horace Trumbauer design, the extended family has lived here since 1912. Playwright Philip Barry, a family friend, based The Philadelphia Story on members of the Montgomery family, Ardrossan and Radnor Township. Katharine Hepburn's character was loosely based on Helen Hope, Joanie's aunt.  (2 Feet: Moderate Walking and Some Periods of Standing.)

NEW Walk the streets of Old City and learn about the often-overlooked legacies of its trailblazing Black and women citizens. You’ll hear stories about famous figures like Betsy Ross, wealthy sailmaker James Forten and the brilliant Forten women who shaped the early abolitionist movement. From early leaders like Hannah Callowhill Penn to legendary figures like Alice of Dunk’s Ferry, you’ll see the birthplace of America through new eyes (see Black Founders in Philadelphia lecture 10/06.) (3 Feet: Extensive Walking and Lengthy Periods of Standing.)

NEW Tour the Rosenbach brothers’ 19th-century townhouse to explore their collection of rare books, manuscripts, decorative arts, and more. Highlights of the collection include holdings from James Joyce, Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll, Phillis Wheatley, Charles Dickens, Cervantes, George Washington, and countless others. Admission to Treasures from the Rosenbach’s Collection: Literature of Great Britain & Ireland and Treasures from the Rosenbach’s Collection: History of the Material Text are both included. (2 Feet: Moderate Walking and Some Standing.)