Timed to the Semiquincentennial of the United States, The History of Quakerism: A Religious Revolution 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.

The exhibit follows the Quaker values of equality, peace, and social change through the American Revolution and into today.

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