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DID YOU KNOW?
Elfreth's Alley was home to wide variety of immigrant groups throughout the 19th century, including people from Ireland, Germany, Poland, and Italy. The community was diverse, often with neighbors speaking different languages.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Programs and Events on Elfreth's Alley

 

 

Friday August 1 – First Friday Event – Dig Philly’s Featured First Friday Site!
Historian Edward Mauger and Architect Robert Bernstein will provide free walking tours of the Alley and surrounding neighborhood. Demonstrations by artists and musician. The Alley will be open until 8 p.m.

Sunday - August 17 – Chair Making Demonstrations
Professionally trained Windsor Chairmaker Tony Passarelli will be in the Museum Shop at House 124 working on a handmade chair that we will raffle off in December 2008.

Friday September 5 – First Friday Event
Interpreters will provide walking tours of the Alley and surrounding neighborhood. Demonstrations by artists and musicians…

Saturday September 13 – Chair Making Demonstrations
Professionally trained Windsor Chairmaker Tony Passarelli will be in the Museum Shop at House 124 working on a handmade chair that we will raffle off in December 2008.

Tuesday September 16 – Community Forum – Registration at Elfreth’s Alley
What stories should the Alley tell? How can we tell them better? Through generous funding from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Elfreth’s Alley will host a community forum on the project Ordinary People, Extraordinary Place: Sharing the Stories of Philadelphia’s Everyday People.

Friday October 3 – First Friday Event
Interpreters will provide walking tours of the Alley and surrounding neighborhood. Demonstrations by artists and musicians…

Sunday October 12 – Chair Making Demonstration
Professionally trained Windsor Chairmaker Tony Passarelli will be in the Museum Shop at House 124 working on a handmade chair that we will raffle off in December 2008.

Friday November 7 – First Friday Event
Interpreters will provide walking tours of the Alley and surrounding neighborhood. Demonstrations by local artists and musician.

Saturday November 15 – Chair Making Demonstration
Professionally trained Windsor Chairmaker Tony Passarelli will be in the Museum Shop at House 124 working on a handmade chair that we will raffle off in December 2008.

Friday December 5 – First Friday Event
Interpreters will provided walking tours of the Alley and surrounding neighborhood. Demonstrations by artists and musician.

Saturday December 6 – Deck the Alley
Efreth’s Alley’s annual winter open house. Residents will welcome visitors, caroling, holiday fare and special tours! Advance tickets strongly recommended.




Thank you to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the generous corporations and individuals who  support our mission with general operating support.  Click belowif you would like to help us tell the world about the lives of ordinary people.
 
The Elfreth's Alley is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization that uses the Alley as a lens to interpret the lives, lifestyles, and livelihoods of ordinary Philadelphians from the time of the City's founding through to the present day.  The Association preserves the Elfreth's Alley National Historic Landmark District as a rare example of a once commonplace working class community from the late 18th and early 19th centuries.