Visit Information
Public Opening Hours | Events | Appointments and Group Tours
The Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground welcomes visitors who want to learn more about this site, its history, and its mission.
Second Saturday Public Openings: 2011
In cooperation with our partner sites in Historic Germantown, our site will be open in 2011 on the second Saturday of each month, from May through October, from 1-4pm. Guided and self-guided tours are available, and no appointment is necessary. The dates are as follows:
May 14, 2011
June 11, 2011
July 9, 2011
August 13, 2011
September 10, 2011
October 8, 2011
Admission: Suggested admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children under 18.
We are open to the public for the following events:
Admission: We remain free to the public during these special public events but do request donations so that we can continue to host them.
Annual Board of Directors election, public open house, and bell-ringing
According to the Concord School House minute book, the Board of Directors that manages the school met annually on Whit Monday, seven weeks and one day after Easter. We maintain this tradition by taking Whit Monday to be the date of inauguration each year for the new board. In 2011, we will mark Whit Monday (Monday, June 13) with a public ceremony and bell-ringing the previous Saturday:
Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011
Time: 4:00PM
Other Public Events for 2011
Mount Airy Day
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011Time: Site open noon-5:00pm
Historic Germantown Juneteenth Celebration
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011
Time: Site open 11:00am-3:00pm
Fourth of July celebration and bell-ringing
Date: Monday, July 4, 2011
Time: Site open noon-4:00pm
Ceremony and bell-ringing at 2:00pm
Revolutionary Germantown Festival (Germantown Battle Day)
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Time: Site open 11:00AM-6:00PM
Burial Ground ceremony: 2:00PM
NEW: Philadelphia Open Studio tours
Dates: Saturday-Sunday, October 1-2, 2011
Times: Site open 11:00AM-6:00PM Saturday (Revolutionary Germantown Festival), noon-6pm Sunday
More information
Appointments and Group Tours
Appointments and group tours may also be arranged. For information and scheduling, please contact Carolyn G. Faris, Program Coordinator, Historic Germantown: programs@freedomsbackyard.com;
phone: 215-844-1683.
You may also write to: info@concordschoolhouse.org.
