Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
Past Events
Many events have been hosted previously at the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site. HistoryGuide currently has 40 past event listings in its database, shown below.
| Date | Event Information |
|---|---|
| Daily | Holiday Toy Drive at Eastern State Penitentiary. Eastern State Penitentiary celebrates this holiday season with a toy drive benefiting local children whose parents are incarcera… (Festivals - Holiday Event / Party) |
| Every Sun Every Mon Every Tue More... | Pop-Up Museum: Walls Make Good Neighbors. Celebrating the one-century birthday of the Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Objects on view will focus on connections… (Educational - History) |
| Every Sun Every Mon Every Tue More... | Holiday Toy Drive: BOGO Admission. Donate a toy in exchange for "Buy One, Get One Free" admission to Eastern State Penitentiary. Please feel free to donate new toy… (Community) |
| Every Sun Every Mon Every Tue More... | Pop-Up Museum: Sports and Leisure. Objects on view include sports paraphernalia, including a photograph of former Philadelphia baseball manager Connie Mack with Wa… (Educational - History) |
| Every Sun Every Sun Every Sun More... | Hidden Lives Illuminated. A rare look into daily life inside America's correctional system through newly commissioned, animated short films created by cur… (Festivals - Film Festival) |
| Every Sun Every Fri Every Sat | Night Tours. Explore the cellblocks and yards of Eastern State Penitentiary at night, including Al Capone's Cell and Death Row. Experience "T… (Educational - History) |
| 05/02/17 | The Searchlight Series: The K&A Gang and Eastern State Penitentiary. Author Allen Hornblum chronicled the gang in his book, Confessions of a Second Story Man. He will be joined by Jimmy Dolan & Chi… (Community - Lecture) |
| 05/05/17 | Reception for the 2017 Season. Be among the first to walk the corridor of the Hospital Block, and to view three new artist installations for 2017. Light refres… (Educational - History) |
| 06/03/17 06/04/17 | Prison Food Weekend: Nutraloaf from Around the U.S.. Visitors to the historic site can sample Nutraloaf created using the official recipes from five U.S. states. They can then recor… (Community) |
| 06/06/17 | The Searchlight Series: Courting Death. In the past 40 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has attempted to reform and rationalize the practice of capital punishment. Co-auth… (Community - Lecture) |
| 07/09/17 | Community Workshop: Protest Sign Making. A Bastille Day pre-party. Sharpen your metaphorical pitchforks for the big revolution, hang with Edith Piaf and the Bearded Ladi… (Educational - Workshop) |
| 07/11/17 | The Searchlight Series: Yoga in Jail. Lockey Maisonneuve, a certified yoga guide, will discuss healing from the trauma of childhood prostitution, breast cancer, and t… (Educational - Workshop) |
| 08/01/17 | The Searchlight Series: Judicial Discretion. Since 1970, changes to national and local laws have resulted in a dramatic increase in prisoners, a prison construction boom, an… (Community - Lecture) |
| 09/22/17 09/23/17 09/29/17 More... | Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary. Terror Behind the Walls consists of six haunted attractions (Infimary, Quarantine 4D, Break Out, Lock Down: The Uprising and Mac… (Festivals - Holiday Event / Party) |
| 09/23/17 09/24/17 | Family Weekend at Eastern State Penitentiary. Discover stories about prison animals all weekend long! Kids hear about Eastern State Penitentiary's most famous four-legged res… (Community) |
| 11/10/17 11/11/17 | REMIX: Lights Out at Terror Behind the Walls. Experience all Terror Behind the Walls attractions in complete darkness. With the light from just a single glowstick leading the… (Community) |
| 12/05/17 | The Searchlight Series: A Glimpse into America's Other Death Penalty. Despite a "death-by-incarceration" sentence Felix Rosado has found purpose through faith, education, and human connection. His s… (Community - Lecture) |
| 12/07/17 | Philly Holiday Festival: Free Museum Day. Explore America's most historic prison for free! Free Museum Day admission includes "The Voices of Eastern State" Audio Tour nar… (Educational - History) |
| 02/06/18 | The Searchlight Series. Author Lauren-Brooke Eisen examines private prisons through the eyes of inmates, their families, correctional staff, policy make… (Community - Lecture) |
| 03/06/18 | The Searchlight Series. This presentation will focus on the experience of one family following the death of their son, Alex. With the victim & the famil… (Community - Lecture) |
| 04/21/18 | Alumni Reunion. Some of Eastern State Penitentiary's alumniformer officers and inmatesreturn to the cellblocks to share their memories with the… (Community) |
| 06/29/18 | Wawa Welcome America: Free Museum Night. Explore America's most historic prison at dusk! Free Museum Night admission includes "The Voices of Eastern State" Audio Tour na… (Educational - History) |
| 07/03/18 | The Searchlight Series: Yoga and Justice. Colleen DeVirgiliis, Brianne Murphy, and Kempis Songster will discuss the intersection of yoga and justice. They will lead atten… (Community) |
| 09/04/18 | The Searchlight Series. Today 1 in 28 American children (about 2.7 million) has a parent in prison or jail. What are the specific needs of these childre… (Community - Lecture) |
| 11/06/18 | The Searchlight Series: The Bond Between Victim and Victim Advocate. Victims and Victim Advocates walk through a journey together that can be heartbreaking, overwhelming, and life changing. Featuri… (Community - Lecture) |
| 11/10/18 11/11/18 | Family Weekend: Pets in Prison with New Leash on Life USA. Families discover unique stories about prison animals! Kids hear about Eastern State Penitentiary's most famous four-legged resi… (Community) |
| 12/04/18 | The Searchlight Series: The Impact of Incarceration on Pregnant and Parenting Women. Colette Green and Tysheen Robinson will discuss their experiences with the MOMobile program at Riverside Correctional Facility,… (Community) |
| 03/05/19 | Marc Mauer: The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences. Marc Mauer will explore the policy changes that have produced this historic growth, and present evidence that life imprisonment… (Community - Lecture) |
| 06/01/19 | Alumni Reunion (Final Year). Some of Eastern State's alumni former officers and prisoners return to the cellblocks one last time to share their memories with… (Community - Lecture) |
| 06/04/19 | Anne Parsons: Decarcerating America: Efforts to Close Mental Hospitals and Prisons. Today, the United States makes up about 5% of the world's population, but holds over 20% of the world's prisoners. In response t… (Community - Lecture) |
| 07/02/19 | Sean Kelley, Mandee Quinn, and William Wallace III: Bringing Hidden Lives Illuminated to Light. Eastern State Penitentiary staff members and collaborators will discuss their work creating Hidden Lives Illuminated, an exhibit… (Community - Lecture) |
| 08/06/19 | The Mothers and The Defenders: Together Supporting Justice. Dr. Dorothy Johnson-Speight and Chief Defender Keir Bradford-Grey will discuss their innovative partnership to bring participato… (Community - Lecture) |
| 09/03/19 | Larry Krasner: Reducing Court Supervision in Philadelphia. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner will discuss his progressive reform movement and his office's focus on decreasing t… (Community - Lecture) |
| 09/20/19 09/21/19 09/27/19 More... | Terror Behind the Walls. Terror Behind the Walls takes place inside the massive, castle-like walls of Eastern State Penitentiary and consists of six attr… (Festivals - Holiday Event / Party) |
| 10/05/19 | Coffee with a Cop. Eastern State Penitentiary is proud to partner with the Philadelphia Police Department for Coffee with a Cop. Join officers from… (Community) |
| 01/07/20 | Dr. Jason M. Williams: Race as a Carceral Terrain: Black Lives Matter Meets Reentry. Dr. Jason M. Williams will unpack the criminalizing elements of race as a broader social control mechanism. In doing so, he will… (Community - Lecture) |
| 01/18/20 01/18/20 01/18/20 More... | Dr. Martin Luther King Weekend. Join Eastern State Penitentiary as they commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Enga… (Community) |
| 02/04/20 | Darnell Epps: The Qualitative and Collateral Benefits of College in Prison. Darnell Epps will discuss why Federal Pell Grants and state financial aid should be extended to everyone who is incarcerated, re… (Community - Lecture) |
| 04/07/20 | The Impact of COVID-19 on Incarcerated Populations and the Justice System. Streamed live on Facebook. The quickly-moving COVID-19 health crisis has left people incarcerated in US jails, prisons and deten… (Community - Lecture) |
| 10/01/20 10/07/20 10/08/20 More... | Night Tours. Explore the cellblocks and yards of Eastern State Penitentiary at night, including Al Capone's Cell and Death Row. Experience "T… (Educational - History) |
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