Hold history in your hands and experience German culture  on a Library Treasure Tour this fall!
Library Treasure Tours at the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library are distinctive opportunities to study and handle rare books and manuscripts in the Horner Memorial Library’s atmospheric nineteenth-century reading room, and learn about German history and culture from renowned teachers and scholars. Join fellow history and literature enthusiasts in discovering fascinating artifacts from the German Society’s globally-significant collection.

Home Life, City Life and the Nation: Encountering the German Ethnic Experience in the Horner Memorial Library Led by Dr. Dorothee Schneider
Sunday, September 12, 2–3pm

The German Society and the University of Pennsylvania, Past and Present
Led by Dr. Frank Trommler
Saturday, October 23, 2–3pm

Early Pennsylvania from a German Vantage Point: Francis Daniel Pastorius’s Poetic Encounters with his New Environment Led by Jehnna Lewis
Saturday, November 20, 2–3pm

The Golden Age of Travel: Alexander von Humboldt and his Contemporaries
Led by Dr. Harry Liebersohn
Saturday, December 18, 2–3pm

GSP Members: $15 / General Public: $20
Register at germansociety.org/calendar-of-events

Library Treasure Tours are offered in English, and no knowledge of the German language is required to participate. Tickets are limited for these hands-on, interactive events, so please register early if you hope to attend. The tours will be offered again at later dates, depending on demand. Please contact GSP Library education and outreach volunteer Alex Ames (alames@udel.edu) with questions.
GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA / 611 SPRING GARDEN STREET / PHILADELPHIA, PA 19123 / 215.627.2332 / GERMANSOCIETY.ORG