Ryerss Museum & Library

06/04/2026

From Wednesday, June 10 through Sunday, June 14, Philadelphia Park’s on Tap will be serving food and drinks in Burholme Park. 🍔🌭🍻🥗🍗🍪🍺Check out the link to learn more. Ryerss Museum and Library will be open each of those days for visiting and tours. There will also be some activities for children on the porch. In addition to our regular hours, you can enter through the front door Wed. Thurs, and Friday, from 5-7 pm. And on Saturday and Sunday, from 12-4 pm. Come out and enjoy the park, food and fellowship.

A partnership between Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and FCM Hospitality, Parks on Tap was created to be a traveling beer garden throughout the city's various, beautiful parks all summer long. Proceeds from Parks on Tap benefit the Fairmount Park Conservancy.

05/29/2026

It’s the last regular Storytime for the school year tomorrow, Saturday, May 30 at 10:30 am. 🌈RAINBOWS🌈
Don’t forget the register for our End of the School Year Storytime Party, Ben and Me, Saturday, June 20 at 1 pm. A great story, exciting crafts and yummy refreshments. Email to register.

05/27/2026

Have you registered to attend the presentation on Saturday, June 6 at 1 pm, by historian and author Tom Keels? It’s a fascinating part of Philadelphia history about the 150th celebration. Spaces are filling up. Email: [email protected] to register. A $5 donation per attendee is suggested.

05/24/2026

Saturday was a rainy day, but that didn’t stop volunteers from doing a major clean up of Ryerss’ outside shutters. They scrubbed the dirty shutters and applied a mold preventative. They also cleaned the porch flooring. Thank you to Cheryl, Martha, Cathy and Sheen. It looks amazing.

05/22/2026

Last Saturday, May 16, a sunny and cool day, 30 people came out to beautify Burholme Park, for Love Your Park Day. Thank you to all of the volunteers who cleaned up flower beds, gathered sticks, dug and pulled up ivy and weeds, swept the roadway, and bagged 36 large bags of debris for disposal. Special thanks to the sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Mu Omega Chapter, for joining us in caring for our neighborhood treasure. Come out and enjoy the Park and stop in the Ryerss Museum and Library, borrow a book, tour the museum, color a picture or play a game, and sign up for an upcoming event in June.

05/15/2026

Hope to see our young Storytime friends with their Moms and Grandmoms tomorrow, Saturday, May 16 at 10:30 am. for a little tea party celebration. Stories, a craft and a little sweet treat.

05/10/2026

Coming up on June 6! Register now for this special presentation on the Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926 by Historian/Author/Lecturer Thomas Keels. Come learn how the city celebrated the 150th Anniversary of our country. Save your seat: [email protected]

05/08/2026

Love Your Park is next Saturday, May 16 from 1-3 pm. Come out and help spruce up our wonderful Burholme Park. Have you ever met Carl? He’s a great friend of Ryerss and Burholme Park. He almost daily walks the park picking up trash and making our park beautiful for visitors. If you see Carl out there getting his exercise while cleaning up the park, say Hi and thank him. Be like Carl and volunteer to help on Love Your Park Day.

05/04/2026

Another great event at Ryerss on Sunday, presented by the Tacony Lab and hosted by the Friends of Ryerss. The program “Threads of History 250th” was introduced by Tacony Lab Program Manager, Barb Bauer. “It’s part of the City's Semiquincentennial celebrations, and shines a spotlight on the history of Northeast Philadelphia and the many small organizations that keep that history alive.” Guests were given some history about Ryerss Museum and Library and invited to tour the museum. The program moved to the porch for a free art workshop run by local artists and included make and take-home kites, block prints, and a special Ryerss community flag made on cyanotype fabric. (Read the captions on each photo to learn more about the day’s activities) A special Thank you to Tacony LAB for choosing our site for this Semiquincentennial series and the Friends of Ryerss and staff for hosting.
You can see the Ryerss Community flag on display along with others at the Threads of History Event culminating at Glen Foerd on July 5th.