The Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge

Museum Open
2025-11-22 12:00 - 2025-11-23 16:00 (America/New_York) | Thunderbird Lodge, 41 Rose Valley Road, Rose Valley, PA, 19063, United States
Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23, 2025
12:00 to 4:00 pm
The Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge will be open the weekend of November 22 and 23 from noon until 4pm.
Enjoy a step back to early 1900’s.
Tour upper and lower studios, living room and dining room.
Permanent collection on display in upper studio.
Admission: Free to members; $10 per person, 7 and up
Purchase tickets online (click here)
Please choose the appropriate date when purchasing tickets.

Designing for the Dead
2025-11-23 16:00 - 18:00 | The School in Rose Valley, 20 School Lane, Rose Valley, PA, 19063-4214, United States
“Designing for the Dead”
Art & Architecture in Philadelphia Cemeteries
Join Thomas H. Keels, Author, Historian, Lecturer for a talk followed by a small reception. The birth of the rural cemetery in Philadelphia provided local architects and artists with a novel outdoor laboratory where they could exhibit their works, and experiment with new styles. Such noted architects and artists as John Notman, William Strickland, Alexander Milne Calder, Frank Furness, Horace Trumbauer, and Paul Philippe Cret all created designs for cemetery gatehouses and individual monuments. In some cases, they became “cradle-to-grave” designers for the city’s elite. The talk will discuss Quaker contributions to Philadelphia funerary heritage, including the role of Eli Kirk Price in establishing the Woodlands, one of the city’s earliest rural cemeteries.
Sunday, November 23, 2025, 4pm
$20 per person ($15 members)
Note location: Grace Rotzel Center at The School in Rose Valley.
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Reservations:
Call 484-444-2961 (leave a message)
Email: programs@rosevalleymuseum.org
Payment can be made online or at the door. Click here to register online.
Parking at the School in Rose Valley at the end of School Lane.

Museum Open
2025-12-06 12:00 - 2025-12-07 16:00 | Thunderbird Lodge, 41 Rose Valley Road, Rose Valley, PA, 19063, United States
Saturday and Sunday, December 6-7, 2025
12:00 to 4:00 pm
The Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge will be open the weekend of December 6 and 7 from noon until 4pm.
Enjoy a step back to early 1900’s.
Tour upper and lower studios, living room and dining room.
Permanent collection on display in upper studio.
Admission: Free to members; $10 per person, 7 and up
Purchase tickets online (click here)
Please choose the appropriate date when purchasing tickets.

Tree Lighting @ the Museum
2025-12-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Thunderbird Lodge, 41 Rose Valley Road, Rose Valley, PA, 19063, United States
“Tree Lighting @ Thunderbird Lodge”
Celebrate the start of the Christmas Season with carols and lighting of the Museum’s tree.
An old fashioned hour of song, hot chocolate, cider, cookies, and community topped off by the lighting of the tree. Bring the entire family.
Sunday, December 7, 2025 5-6pm (Rain date: Sunday December 14th)
Donation: Free
Register Now!
RSVP’s not necessary, just come! Purchase tickets online (click here)“>
Parking at the School in Rose Valley at the end of School Lane.

THE STEPHENSES A Family of Talented Artists @ Thunderbird Lodge
2026-02-02 00:00 - 2026-06-07 23:59 | Rose Valley Museum, 41 Rose Valley Road, Rose Valley, PA, 19063, United States
“THE STEPHENSES”
A Family of Talented Artists @ Thunderbird Lodge
Closes Saturday, February 28, 2026
Free with admission to the Museum.
In 1904 Alice and Charles Stephens, prominent Philadelphia illustrators, made a leap of faith “to try so great a change and give our son the chance for an out-of-door life near his school”. Alice Barber Stephens, renown for her illustrations in many magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, was trained by Thomas Eakins at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts PAFA as was Charles. Charles was an illustrator of boys adventure stories and taught life drawing at PAFA. Owen, eleven when he arrived in Rose Valley, was well versed in drawing. With time, however, his interest became focused on the nighttime sky, which he learned to paint with scientific accuracy.

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