DCHPN

Our specialized, in-depth tours are great for adventurous tourist and inquisitive local alike. Our experienced volunteer guides offer tours every weekend from May–November with each tour focusing on a different part of Greater Philadelphia. Various dates and times. $10-18

In 1876, Philadelphia made history, hosting the first World’s Fair in North America, attracting millions of visitors from across the country and around the world, In 2026 we’ve recreated that experience at 8th and Market in the historic LITS building, just two blocks west of Independence Mall.

Need assistance in building your family tree? Stuck on where to look for more information? Sign up for our Genealogy Book-a-Librarian to start researching your ancestors or try to break through brick walls. Limit 1 person per session. Mondays 5:15-6:15 or 6:30-7:30. Registration required.

Honor the Black Church Liberation Movement, whose roots reach back to the nation's earliest years. Multiple events, times, locations, some require reservations.

Fort Mifflin’s Flagship Event! Commemorate the 249th anniversary of the greatest bombardment of the American Revolution with us! Meet Revolutionary War soldiers and civilians, enjoy musket and cannon demonstrations and living history activities. $13-19 plus fee

The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, founded in 1774, is one of the oldest and most decorated military units still in active service in the U. S. Army Reserves. Come and visit the Revolutionary founders, Civil War members, and others who permanently reside at Laurel Hill East. $10-20

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. $43-54

Come learn about Genealogy and get started on researching your ancestors! Learn how to set up your family tree and figure out what the Ancestry DNA kits are all about. Or get help with your current research! Feel free to bring your own laptop/tablet, but we do have a few to borrow.

Residents, businesses, and organizations in Glenolden, Sharon Hill, Prospect Park, Norwood, Folcroft, and Ridley Park Boroughs are invited to attend a session to help shape the future of business districts in these boroughs. Multiple dates and locations. Survey available if you can't make a meeting.

You be the judge. Based on the evidence, did the jury in this real historical trial get it right? Historians from the staff of CCHC will present the evidence and give you, the audience, a chance to reach a verdict. At the end, we'll tell you how the case actually turned out. $22

Killer in the House, Kathryn Canavan’s new book, is a minute-by-minute tick-tock of six murders inside a home in suburban Bucks County in 1976 and a separate double slaying that happened during the same hours and just four miles away. Reg recommended.

Residents, businesses, and organizations in Glenolden, Sharon Hill, Prospect Park, Norwood, Folcroft, and Ridley Park Boroughs are invited to attend a session to help shape the future of business districts in these boroughs. Multiple dates and locations. Survey available if you can't make a meeting.

An enlightening and deeply human story of admiration and aspiration, Kennedy’s Only Hero draws on deep wells of unpublished archival material that uncovers John F. Kennedy’s obsession with Winston Churchill. Books available to purchase.

In Forgotten America: Rediscovering Events that Changed the Nation, turn your attention to the unfamiliar in United States history with historian and author Dr. Rachel Michelle Gunter. Wednesdays 2-3 pm, Sept 23- Dec 9. Registration required.

Residents, businesses, and organizations in Glenolden, Sharon Hill, Prospect Park, Norwood, Folcroft, and Ridley Park Boroughs are invited to attend a session to help shape the future of business districts in these boroughs. Multiple dates and locations. Survey available if you can't make a meeting.

Mike Teti will examine the contributions of Thomson and Matlack, whose administrative and intellectual work was essential to the American Revolution yet largely overlooked in traditional stories and will highlight how the Revolution depended not only on celebrated leaders.

Residents, businesses, and organizations in Glenolden, Sharon Hill, Prospect Park, Norwood, Folcroft, and Ridley Park Boroughs are invited to attend a session to help shape the future of business districts in these boroughs. Multiple dates and locations. Survey available if you can't make a meeting.

Two books will be discussed: 10 am The Invention of Nature (a biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist) and 10:45 am Tinicum and Eastwick (the intersection of eminent domain and environment, told through the struggles everyday residents of SEPA). Hybrid.