Museum

Current Exhibits

Historic Germantown, 5501 Germantown Avenue
Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday 12pm – 4pm Until Spring 2024
A Visual Chronicle of Community, Resilience and Freedom

Recent Exhibits

At Home in Germantown, 1750-1900

The exhibition highlights the Society’s vast collection of period domestic objects, including furniture, silver, pottery, porcelain, tableware, kitchenware, needlework, and children’s toys. It provides a vivid picture of what it was like to live in Germantown years ago and how people worked, relaxed and entertained in the home. Period settings re-create the rooms in Germantown homes of the 18th and 19th centuries, including a Colonial keeping room and parlor, a Federal dining room, and a Victorian reception room.

Art & Artifact Collections

The museum and library collections of the Germantown Historical Society total more than 50,000 objects, documents and photographs.

Appointments to view special collections are available by advance reservation only. Fee charged.

Museum Hours

Thursday - Saturday: 12pm-4pm
Other times by appointment - call 215-844-1683

Museum Admission: $3.00
HG members receive free admission to the museum.
For more information, please call (215) 844-1683 or email library@germantownhistory.org.

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