Historic Germantown Attractions
Aces Museum
The ACES Museum is home to Parker Hall, an entertainment venue for Black soldiers during World War II. Today, the museum honors minority veterans through exhibits and programs.
Awbury Arboretum
Awbury Arboretum preserves and interprets the Quaker heritage of The Francis Cope House and the surrounding 55-acre landscape connecting an urban community with nature and history.
Cliveden/Upsala
Cliveden's 1767 mansion and grounds preserve the site of the 1777 Battle of Germantown and offer a wondrous lens into the community’s rich, diverse history.
Concord school/upper Burying ground
The Concord Schoolhouse (1775) and the adjoining Upper Burying Ground (1693) stand as silent witnesses to the enduring struggle for freedom and independence in Germantown.
Deshler-Morris House
The Germantown White House (Deshler-Morris) served as a refuge from the 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic for President George Washington, then as a pleasant country retreat for the First Family the following summer. Visit nps.gov/demo ›
Ebenezer Maxwell House
The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is Philadelphia’s only authentically restored Victorian house museum and garden - a living record of life during the Industrial Revolution.
Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust
Germantown, the first permanent settlement of Mennonites in America, features this 1770 meetinghouse. It houses the table where the first protest against slavery in America was signed. Visit germantownmht.mennonite.net ›
Germantown Historical Society
GHS ensures that the history, artifacts and publications related to the Germantown section of Philadelphia are collected and interpreted for visitors and researchers.
Grumblethorpe
Grumblethorpe, a 1744 Colonial German farmstead with Revolutionary War significance, features period furnishings and an extensive two-acre garden. Visit philalandmarks.org ›
Historic Rittenhouse Town
Historic RittenhouseTown, a National Historic Landmark District located in Fairmount Park, is the site of British North America's first paper mill built by the Rittenhouse family in 1690.
Johnson House
The Johnson House, built in 1768, was home to three generations of abolitionist Quakers and is one of the few remaining Underground Railroad Stations in Philadelphia open to the public.
LaSalle Art Museum
La Salle University Art Museum houses over 4,000 objects and provides a survey of Western art from the fifteenth century to the present. Smaller collections of Japanese prints, Indian miniatures, Pre-Colombian ceramics and African sculpture. Visit lasalle.edu/museum/ ›
Stenton
Stenton is the c.1730 country house of William Penn's Secretary, James Logan, one of the central figures in colonial Pennsylvania history. Through the story of Logan, Stenton interprets life in the early 18th century. Visit stenton.org ›
Wyck
Wyck, through the historic house, its contents, landscape and gardens, tells the story of the Quaker Wistar-Haines family who owned the property from 1689-1973.
