Events and Activities
You may register for programs that take place at Mount Pleasant and Cedar Grove in person at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Visitor Services desks. Or to register by phone, call (215) 235-SHOW (7469). A nonrefundable service charge for each space reserved is added to all phone orders (Members $2.50, Nonmembers $3.00). There is no service charge for reservations made in the Museum.Trolley Tour - East Meets West Over Tea
Sunday, April 22, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Departs from and returns to PMA West Entrance
Sharing tea with others is a custom that crosses time and continents. Learn more about these customs as a participant in a Japanese Tea Ceremony at Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens. Then tour the colonial historic house Cedar Grove to learn about tea in early America. This trolley tour provides transportation to the sites, as well as accompanying guides to narrate stories about the importance of tea culture.
Trolley Tour - Balls, Galas, and Weddings
Sunday, May 20, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Departs from and returns to PMA West Entrance
Enjoy stories of special occasions in early America at Cedar Grove, Sweetbriar, and Woodford.
Trolley Tour - Architectural Masterpieces
Sunday, June 17, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Departs from and returns to PMA West Entrance
Tour Mount Pleasant, Lemon Hill, and Memorial Hall (site of the 1876 Centennial and first home to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.)
Park House School Programs
Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove was the family home for five generations of the Coates, Paschall, and Morris families of Philadelphia. Colonial Life at Cedar Grove is an interactive program for elementary students, grades 3–6. Students experience both work and leisure activities of the eighteenth century as they tour the house and garden. Thursdays, 10:00–11:20 a.m.Mount Pleasant
Middle and high school students can participate in a new program, Discover Classical Architecture at Mount Pleasant, an eighteenth-century mansion in Fairmount Park. In this currently unfurnished home, students review the basic classical orders, observe craftsmen's tools, and learn about creating and designing a grand country home. Each student creates his or her own design for the "missing" mantel piece in the Upstairs Parlor. Tuesdays, 10:00–11:30 a.m. For more information on Park House School Programs, please contact Education School & Teacher Programs at (215) 684-7580, or by fax at (215) 236-4063, or by e-mail at .For more information, please contact Visitor Services by phone at (215) 763-8100 or by e-mail at .
