Planning Guide for Scout, Camp, & Youth Groups
Colonial Kids Quest
DESIGNED FOR GRADES K-3 A light-hearted adventure where kids of all ages will help animal puppets search for a missing copy of the Declaration of Independence. Along the way, find a runaway dog, Freedom, and meet helpful two-legged and four-legged friends such as Francois the Frog, Graciela the Goose, Nibbles the Mouse, and Broadside the Cat.
PRICING & INFORMATION
Group Rate: $700 flat rate Group Maximum: 50 students Duration: 30 minutes Complete your itinerary: Betsy Ross House Franklin Square
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Story Stroll
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 4-6 How do you get from the 1680s to today in just three city blocks? Join the living timeline and find out as our award-winning storytellers take you on a journey through Historic Philadelphia. Students will learn about religious tolerance, patriotism, equality, and standing up for what you believe in through interactive, educational stories about revolutionary figures like William Penn, James Forten, Octavius Catto, and Susan B. Anthony. During your stroll, historic sites come to life as students become part of the stories in the very places they happened.
PRICING & INFORMATION
Group Rate: $15 per person Group Minimum: 20 people Duration: 1 hour Departure Location: First Bank of the United States (3rd Street, between Chestnut & Walnut Streets) Complete your itinerary: Betsy Ross House Franklin Square A Soldier’s Life Breeches & Petticoats Colonial Stations Military Muster
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Colonial Stations
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 4-6 Experience all that Historic Philadelphia has to offer! Students are divided into five smaller groups and immersed in colonial programs designed to showcase 18th-century life. Groups rotate to each station in approximately 20-minute intervals.
5 STATIONS INCLUDE: Founding Father Learn how our nation began straight from the source Soldier Learn about the daily lifestyle of a typical infantryman during the American Revolution PRICING & INFORMATION
Colonial Games Group Rate: $2,200 flat rate Play games that Colonial children enjoyed such as Hoop & Stick, Ring Toss, and Graces Group Minimum: 50 people Colonial Crafts Duration: 2 hours Learn trades like Candlemaking and Calligraphy Location: to be determined based on availability Storyteller Complete your itinerary: Hear true and exciting stories Betsy Ross House from our nation’s past Franklin Square Story Stroll
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Military Muster DESIGNED FOR GRADES 4-6
The Continental Army is looking for a few good kids for drills in the art of marching and musket etiquette. Do you have what it takes to serve in the Continental Army? Find out by enlisting in this highly interactive and entertaining program!
PRICING & INFORMATION
Group Rate: $400 flat rate for 20-30 students $500 flat rate for 30+ students Duration: 1 hour Location: to be determined based on availability
Complete your itinerary: Betsy Ross House Franklin Square Story Stroll A Soldier’s Life Breeches & Petticoats
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] A Soldier’s Life
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 4-12 Join a Revolutionary-era soldier as he discusses the daily lifestyle of a typical infantryman in the American Continental Army. During this highly interactive program, students will have the opportunity to be fitted with garb and gear, assist in daily chores and activities, and will be given the proper training to become a Continental soldier.
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Group Rate: $16 per person Group Minimum: 20 people Duration: 1 hour Location: Free Quaker Meeting House (5th & Arch Streets) Complete your itinerary: Betsy Ross House Franklin Square Bloodletting & Burials Story Stroll History Maker Tour Breeches & Petticoats Founding Fathers & Mothers Military Muster Independence After Hours
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Breeches & Petticoats
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 4-12 Meet Sarah Melton, a colonial businesswoman who worked as a “mantua maker” designing one- of-a-kind dresses for her clients in Philadelphia, and learn about popular clothing styles of the late 1700s. During this highly interactive program, members of your group will have the opportunity to be dressed in 18th-century clothing of the “middle sort” as Sarah explains the design, creation, and purpose of each item. PRICING & INFORMATION Group Rate: $16 per person Group Minimum: 20 people Duration: 1 hour Location: Free Quaker Meeting House (5th & Arch Streets) Complete your itinerary: Betsy Ross House Franklin Square Bloodletting & Burials Story Stroll History Maker Tour A Soldier’s Life Founding Fathers & Mothers Military Muster Independence After Hours
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Bloodletting & Burials Story Stroll
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 7-12 & COLLEGE STUDENTS Travel back to 1760 Philadelphia and learn about the city’s gruesome history of infection and inoculation. Stroll the cobblestones and uncover true, macabre tales about bloodletting, small pox, yellow fever, and other gross experiences. Along the way, meet figures who lived through the ghastly 18th century and discover why Philadelphia was an infectious place to be!
PRICING & INFORMATION
Group Rate: $15 per person Group Minimum: 20 people Duration: 1 hour Departure Location: First Bank of the United States (3rd Street, between Chestnut & Walnut Streets) Complete your itinerary: Betsy Ross House Franklin Square A Soldier’s Life Breeches & Petticoats History Maker Tour Founding Fathers & Mothers Independence After Hours
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] History Maker Tour
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 7-12 & COLLEGE STUDENTS Your personal History Maker will transport you back in time on a walk through America’s most historic square mile. All Once Upon A Nation History Makers portray real people from America’s past and deliver an authentic experience rich with historical content and first-person narrative.
PRICING & INFORMATION 1-hour tour can include speaking points at important sites, such as: Group Rate: starting at $350 flat rate
The Liberty Bell Center Group Maximum: 30 people Independence Hall Duration: 1 - 2 hours Second Bank of the United States Carpenters’ Hall Departure Location: Independence Visitor Center First Bank of the United States (6th & Market Streets) City Tavern Complete your itinerary: ----- OR ----- Betsy Ross House The Free Quaker Meeting House Franklin Square Christ Church Burial Ground Bloodletting & Burials Story Stroll Arch Street Meeting House A Soldier’s Life The Betsy Ross House Breeches & Petticoats Elfreth’s Alley Christ Church Founding Fathers & Mothers Independence After Hours
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Independence After Hours
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 7-12 & COLLEGE STUDENTS Take a journey back in time and walk the cobblestone streets of Philadelphia on the eve of July 4, 1776. Encounter the men and women who are bound to make history while enjoying a traditional colonial dinner at City Tavern. Then, walk to the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) for an exclusive after-hours tour. You may even meet the Founding Fathers as they put the finishing touches on a revolutionary document.
City Tavern Prix Fixe Menu PRICING & INFORMATION Tavern Country Salad Group Rate: $75 per person Julienned carrots, cucumber, tomato, field greens, Group Size: 20 person min. / 50 person max. raspberry shrub & extra virgin olive oil vinaigrette Entrée Choices: Duration: 2 ½ hours Turkey Pot Pie Start Time: 5:30pm Tender chunks of turkey, mushrooms, early peas, red potatoes, sherry cream sauce & flaky pastry crust Departure Location: City Tavern baked in a pewter casserole (3rd & Walnut Streets) Beef Pie Complete your itinerary: Twice cooked beef, simmered with mushrooms & herbs, red wine sauce, baked in puff pastry Betsy Ross House Paillard of Salmon Franklin Square Citrus marinated, pan-seared, mashed potatoes, Bloodletting & Burials Story Stroll sauce béarnaise & vegetable of the season History Maker Tour Dessert A Soldier’s Life Chef’s choice of colonial-inspired desserts Breeches & Petticoats made daily by in-house pastry chefs Founding Fathers & Mothers
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Founding Fathers & Mothers
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 7-12 & COLLEGE STUDENTS Meet the men and women who forged a nation! This engaging presentation will give you an exclusive look into the minds of some of the great men and women who fought for freedom and liberty for all. Learn about their personal and political lives from their own lips. Questions and interactions are encouraged. CHOOSE FROM: John Adams Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln William Penn Betsy Ross George Washington Martha Washington
PRICING & INFORMATION
Group Rate: $16 per person Group Minimum: 20 people Duration: 1 hour Complete your itinerary: Betsy Ross House Franklin Square Bloodletting & Burials Story Stroll History Maker Tour A Soldier’s Life Breeches & Petticoats Independence After Hours
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Premier Programs
In Perfect Felicity
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 11-12 & COLLEGE STUDENTS Washington’s own advice on love and marriage echoes through the words of our First Couple as they share the story of their courtship, former loves, and the trials of war and of the Presidency upon their 40-year-long marriage.
We Differ As Rational Friends
DESIGNED FOR GRADES 11-12 & COLLEGE STUDENTS A Presidential Debate between John Adams & Thomas Jefferson: Bitter political rivals and close personal friends, Adams and Jefferson discuss, debate, and sometimes decry the revolutionary storms they weathered throughout a relationship spanning 50 years.
PRICING & INFORMATION Group Rate: $1,400 flat rate per program Duration: 45 minutes — 1 hour Betsy Ross House Tours & Exhibits
This isn’t the same Betsy Ross House you remember! No trip to Historic Philadelphia would be complete without a visit to the home of America’s most famous flag maker. Meet Betsy in person in her upholstery shop and learn about her fascinating life and career. You’ll learn about Betsy’s undercover activities, her family life, and of course the iconic flag-sewing story. The Betsy Ross House is also available for choral and instrumental performances! Contact the Education Department for more details.
FEATURED EXHIBITS AT THE Convenient location available for BETSY ROSS HOUSE bus drop-off and pick-up. (included in your admission!) STITCHING THE STORY TOGETHER: PRICING & INFORMATION BETSY ROSS &THE AMERICAN FLAG Discover the life behind the legend in an exhibit exploring Betsy Ross and the Group Minimum: 20 people work that made her one of the most well-known women in American history. Explore truths and SELF-GUIDED TOUR misconceptions about Betsy Ross and general admission learn how her story grew from an oral Group Rate: $2 per person tradition to a house museum visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year. AUDIO TOUR featuring the voice of Betsy Ross WOMEN AT WORK IN REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA Group Rate: $4 per person This interactive exhibit highlights the household tasks performed by women Open 10:00am - 5:00pm Daily in the 18th century, specifically food shopping and laundry, and the women Extended hours available for groups who performed them.
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Betsy Ross House Group Programs
Colonial Chocolate Making An Evening at the Betsy Ross House Meet an 18th-century chocolate maker and Avoid the crowds and experience a unique learn about the history of chocolate in one-hour evening tour of the Betsy Ross colonial Philadelphia. This demonstration House with Betsy as your personal guide. features techniques that were used in the Betsy greets your group and tells her own 18th century and includes a sample of story, sharing little-known details about American Heritage© hot chocolate drink, her life. Then, dividing into smaller groups, inspired by a colonial recipe. Betsy leads a private tour of the house,
American Heritage© is a product of Mars, Inc. including an interactive visit in her upholstery shop, where you will learn PRICING & INFORMATION more about Betsy’s life as a working woman, upholsterer and flagmaker. Group Rate: $18 per person PRICING & INFORMATION Group Size: 20 person min. / 55 person max. Duration: 1 - 1 ½ hours Group Rate: $18 per person Price includes admission for a self-guided tour of the Betsy Ross House Group Size: 20 person min. / 75 person max. Available during and after operating hours Duration: 45 minutes - 1 hour (Additional fees may apply) Only available after operating hours
Contact Melissa Rucci, Group Sales Coordinator 215-629-5801 ext. 209 [email protected] Franklin Square
One of Philadelphia’s five original squares, award-winning Franklin Square is an outdoor amusement oasis located in the heart of the Historic District. Groups can enjoy a round of Philly Mini Golf and a spin on our beautiful Parx Liberty Carousel. Set up a group lunch or dinner at SquareBurger for a complete day of fun and entertainment! Franklin Square is also available for choral and instrumental performances! Contact the Education Department for more details. Convenient location available for bus drop-off and pick-up.
PHILLY MINI GOLF PARX LIBERTY CAROUSEL PRICING & INFORMATION PRICING & INFORMATION Group Rate: $8.50 per adult/$6.50 per student Group Rate: $2.50 per ticket
Group Minimum: 20 people Group Minimum: 20 people Reserve Franklin Square’s indoor pavilion for a climate-controlled dining experience! Contact the Education Department for more details.
Photo Credits J. Cotter J. Fusco M. Kennedy A. Sinagoga J. Tshudy B. Wahl G. Widman