Exhibits & Technology
$550,000
Update our indoor exhibits to highlight Quakers' inspired, yet imperfect, past through innovative new displays that use audio and video technology to engage more visitors than ever before.
UPCOMING EXHIBIT
The History of Quakers: A Religious Revolution
Timed to the Semiquincentennial of the United States, this marks the meetinghouse’s first major interpretive upgrade since the nation’s bicentennial celebrations in 1976, offering a fully reimagined experience of Quaker history at one of Philadelphia’s most significant historic sites.
As a three-century-old National Historic Landmark and museum in Old City, Arch Street Meeting House will be the epicenter of Quaker-focused Semiquincentennial celebrations. With immersive displays and rarely seen artifacts, this dynamic new experience begins with a journey through the early origins of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), beginning as 17th-century spiritual radicals who helped advance religious freedom in the United States. Visitors will encounter highlights like the original 1688 Germantown Petition Against Slavery, the first documented protest against slavery in the U.S., and stories of figures like Major Samuel Nicholas, the first commissioned officer of the Continental Marines in 1775, buried at ASMH. The exhibit follows the Quaker values of equality, peace, and social change through the American Revolution and into today.
A Religious Revolution opens April 2026 at Arch Street Meeting House (320 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106). Arch Street Meeting House’s burial grounds and outdoor exhibits will remain open throughout the renovations. Contact us for more information.