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Volunteer Museum Guide
ORGANIZATION: Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
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9 people are interested
Love history? Love learning about the fascinating, complicated, inspiring stories of the past? Love using historic objects, houses, and spaces to understand another era? Come join us as a docent at Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion.
Located in Historic Germantown, Maxwell Mansion was built in 1859, and we interpret the lives and history of Americans who lived through the Sectional Crisis, Industrialization, the Civil War, and the Gilded Age. Restored rooms with period antiques give us the opportunity to tell the stories of these lives. Ir was an exciting era, and we are excited to share it with our visitor.
All docents are trained in the history of the house and era and in historic house museum interpretive methods.
Please join us!
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About Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
Location:
200 West Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144, US
Mission Statement
To preserve the Mansion and the story of its inhabitants as examples of Philadelphia's emerging middle class from 1850 to 1880 and to encourage the study of Victorian-era culture at the time of the American Industrial Revoution and the Civil War.
Description
The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is Philadelphia's only authentically restored Victorian house museum and garden. The Mansion is located in the Tulpehocken Station Historic District which is on the National Register of Historic Places as one of America's first railroad suburbs.
Events hosted by the Mansion draw individuals from all socio-economic and racial groups. The annual Old Fashioned Picnic, intended as a community outreach, attracts families from the immediate Germantown neighborhood. The yearly Murder Mystery draws people from Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs as well as groups who travel from New York City every year to solve this who-done-it. The Dickens' Christmas Party has become an annual family event for many Philadelphians.
The Mansion also hosts a series of Victorian workshops which educate the public about crafts popularized during the Victorian Era. These workshops attract all sectors of society, ethnicities and ages. Tea and cookies are served.
In order to entertain while educating, the Mansion offers Victorian Theatre producitons featuring 19th century literature interpreted into a full-cast play or a one-person dramatization. In May 2017, a full production of Anne of Green Gables, written and directed by Josh Hitchens, will take place in the Mansion's circa 1860 parlor.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
200 West Tulpehocken StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19144
DATE POSTED
March 22, 2024
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- History
- Microsoft Office Suite
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Our docents work in three-hour shifts, usually volunteering 2-3 days per month.
- Love of history and decorative arts, avid readers, love of Philadelphia history.