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Upcoming Events

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April

30aprAll DayFireside Chat- Revolutionary City: A Roundtable DiscussionFree

May

02mayAll DayThe Sign in the Painting: Site-Specificity in Edward Hicks’s Peaceable KingdomsFree

02may11:00 am12:00 pmLibrary Company History & Exhibitions TourTOUR

12may5:15 pm7:00 pmAnnual Shareholders MeetingShareholders Event

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Make your voice heard! Beyond Glass Cases, Reflections wants to hear your feedback!

The culmination of a three-year project, Beyond Glass Cases: Reflections takes a look back to further explore our partners’ creative processes in telling their stories about the Library Company of Philadelphia’s holdings and practices. From March 18th- July 3rd, the Library Company will have each Beyond Glass Cases project represented in the gallery through videos and photographs. We encourage anyone who has interacted with, participated in or taken an interest in the Beyond Glass Cases project to take a brief survey. To take this survey and make your voice heard, call our hotline at (267) 715-1584. Your responses will be recorded and uploaded to our website. To learn more about Beyond Glass Cases and listen to the collected survey responses please click the link to “Read More”.

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The reading rooms are welcoming all readers!

For text materials (first-floor reading room), walk-ins are welcome and appointments are optional. Click here to learn more.

For visual materials (second-floor reading room), appointments are required. Click here to learn how to make an appointment.

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