Experience / Education & Programs
LEARN · DISCOVER · CONNECTHistory comes alive through learning.
Explore cultural education, youth enrichment, leadership development, and community learning at Johnson House Historic Site.
Find your place in the story.
Learning opportunities for young people, emerging leaders, schools, and neighborhood partners.
Underground Railroad & Ashay Summer Camp
Creative learning through history, cultural literacy, storytelling, visual arts, performance, and community connections.
Ashay Summer Camp: seasonal program. Next registration dates to be confirmed.
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Educational Programming
Interactive educational activities and conversations on abolition, the Underground Railroad, African American history, and civic action.
Programs and dates are announced through the Events calendar.
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Emerging Leaders Training
A 10-week capacity-building program for community practitioners focused on leadership, collaboration, and social impact.
Emerging Leaders Training: by request; application required.
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Working & Walking Together: UBUNTU
A historically informed youth group experience developed with Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust, exploring collaboration and resistance to slavery.
Special-request experience; current availability to be confirmed.
Request program information ↗Learning that goes beyond the classroom.
Plan a visit that brings students into conversation with Germantown history and the lived experiences of enslaved Africans escaping enslavement, Black abolitionists, and the Johnson family’s antislavery commitments.
Johnson House also participates in the History Hunters Youth Reporter learning experience for Philadelphia elementary students.
Explore the learning resources.
Historical materials and companion experiences from trusted educational partners.