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Beards aren’t just for hipsters! Join us for our Viking Day, and get to know the original bearded warriors as we travel through time to explore Norse culture. Visitors can view a 40-foot, half-size working model of the Gokstad ship, learn the runic alphabet, compete in a Hnefeltafle or Viking Chess competition, and reflect on what is known about this often misunderstood culture. 

Beards aren’t just for hipsters! Join us for our Viking Day, and get to know the original bearded warriors as we travel through time to explore Norse culture. Visitors can view a 40-foot, half-size working model of the Gokstad ship, learn the runic alphabet, compete in a Hnefeltafle or Viking Chess competition, and reflect on what is known about this often misunderstood culture. 

Each week, Manayunk will play host to local food trucks, artists, and antique vendors popping up along Main Street. Visitors are encouraged to walk, shop and eat their way along Main Street. Select Manayunk restaurants will also feature $5 appetizers and $5 cocktail options every Thursday. Join us and Stroll The Street!

We are excited to announce our next special exhibition, Flowers & Monsters: Hand-carved furniture by Karl von Rydingsvärd, featuring stunning wood furniture from the early 20th century. This beautiful collection is not only a great example of the era’s Arts and Crafts movement, but also highlights this Swedish-born craftsman’s attention to aesthetic detail and functionality. The exhibition opens April 3rd, 2016 and will feature an introductory presentation by Senior Curator, Carrie Hogan, at 2:30pm, along with refreshments.

Behind the curtain of the big top, no one is laughing harder than the saddest clown of them all. Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, in partnership with Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, presents the Philadelphia premiere of He Who Gets Slapped, from March 30 to April 16, 2016, at Broad Street Ministry (315 S. Broad Street). A cast of clowns, trapeze artists, lion-tamers and ringmasters perform their routines under a striped awning and glowing lights.