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Mummers Parade Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Every New Year’s Day, the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia Pennsylvania marches down Broad Street. If you are looking for a reason to visit Philadelphia, the Mummers Parade is the perfect reason.
The Mummers Parade Parade is a Philadelphia tradition. The Mummers date back to ancient Rome and Egypt. Today Mummers dress up in fancy costumes, play [...]
The Mummers Museum
I'm back in Philly at the Fabric Workshop Museum. We took a field trip to the Mummers Museum today. http://www.mummersmuseum.com/home.html. They have some crazy ish.
Free Irish American String Band Mummer Museum concert
Come see The Irish American String Band at the Mummers Museum on Thursday September 2nd for a free outdoor string band concert beginning at 8:00 PM, weather permitting. Please join us. Bring your family, lawn chairs and hearty appetites ...
Mummers Museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Atlas ...
Mummers Museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US: A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older then Philadelphia itself.
Polish American @ the Mummers Museum
Polish American String Band @ the Mummers Museum. More Pics. Share/Save/Bookmark.
News to use - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A visit to the Mummers Museum, where every day is New Year's Day, includes lunch and a one-hour concert by one of the city's famed string bands. Dinner is included at the 1773 City Tavern, the meeting place of Founding Fathers George ...
South Philadelphia: The Mummers, a Struggling Tradition
The Mummers Museum, located on Second and Washington streets, is a non-profit organization that houses Mummer memorabilia and paraphernalia. It opened its doors in 1976 but in recent years has also been struggling to get by. ...
South Philly: Restaurants, Schools and Points of Interest
South Philadelphia Sports Complex: Citizen's Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field, Wachovia Spectrum, Wachovia Center; South Street; FDR Park; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; The Arena; Mummers Museum; Concert Garden at Point Breeze.
I want my Mummers
I got an education when we stopped at the Mummers Museum on two street in South Philly Friday morning. the museum, a true relic of the 70s, is full of great interactive media and elaborate, informative displays.The Mummers Parade is the ...
TLC Family "Family Vacations: Mummers Parade"
If you miss the parade, visit the Mummers Museum to see some of the paraphernalia and flashy outfits worn by the paraders. Mummers Museum Information Address: 1100 S. 2nd St. Philadelphia, PA Telephone: 215/336-3050. Hours of Operation: ...
The Big Bus Company has
The battleship, our nation?s most decorated battleship, is berthed on the Camden Waterfront, across from Penn?s Landing and Center City Philadelphia. We never had time to go to Mummers Museum, so we have an excuse to return. ...
Philadelphia Vintage Wedding - Mummers Museum
This wedding is vintage madness. Of course, this means I love today's vintage Philadelphia wedding photographed by the talented Leah Macdonald. The vision behind Peter and Nancy's wedding focused on the heritage of the Mummers Parade ...
Now Can You Really Resist This?
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Awards Dinner at the Mummers Museum Tim McLoughlin (Johnny Temple) and Sarah Weinman (George Pelecanos) Saturday, November 6th, 2010 [Society Hill Playhouse, 507 South 8th Street] 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Registration ...
Stu Bykofsky: Mummers, maybe it's time you helped your museum
PALMA LUCAS says that her husband, John, jokes that she was in the cement when it was poured for the Mummers Museum.
Open or Closed for July Fourth Holiday on Monday!
Mummers Museum. National Museum of American Jewish History. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. University Museum. Transportation. Pennsylvania: SEPTA's Regional Rail, City and Suburban Transit lines will operate on Sunday/holiday ...
Philadelphia Neighborhoods » Blog Archive » A South Philadelphia ...
The Mummers have created a rich and dynamic culture in Philadelphia during the New Year's celebrations, including its recently established Mummers Museum, just a few short blocks away. Some of the men on the block support the Mardi ...
“Oh, 'dem Golden Slippers”
The Museum of Art, however, was in stark contrast to our first-ever visit to the earthy Mummers Museum in South Philly. The Philadelphia Mummers are part of a tradition dating back to the 17th century in which fancy costumes are worn ...
A Trip to The Mummers Museum
Mummers Museum. Today I went on a class trip with my Rockstar and her kindergarten class to the Mummer's Museum. It was a lot of fun. I haven't been to the Mummer's Museum in a few years so to go back was a real treat. ...
Mummer's Museum
The South Philly Mummer's Museum dedicated to the decades old tradition screams from posters on many walls “Save the Mummers Museum!” and the unkempt, slightly decaying exhibits give the visitor a Mrs. Havisham-esque experience of ...
Fake archive
... in urban history will find broader collections at the Atwater Kent Museum, Temple University's Urban Archives, and the Archives of the University of Pennsylvania; those more interested in entertainment will enjoy the Mummers Museum. ...
Mummers Museum - WRTI
If you miss the Mummers Parade, held on New Year's Day, you can still experience the singular tradition of the Mummers at the museum dedicated to them, the Mummers Museum in South Philadelphia.
Tonight: Hip Hop at the Mummers Museum
Head to the Mummers Museum tonight for a huge all ages hip hop show with Jawnzap7 (from Burn Down Allstars), Curly Castro, The Mighty Flipside Esq.,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, ...
The 2008 Mummers Museum Concerts
The very best of traditions will start again on Thursday, May 1st. The string band concerts, held on Thursday nights, will start up again. The concerts are held in the lot behind the Mummers Museum, 2nd and Washington Ave. ...
Liberty, Mummers Museum & Italian Market
Mummers Museum Was smaller than I thought it'd be and not really about the origins of Mummers (as in guys wearing masks performing plays), but more about the New Years parade of the Mummers that they have here in Philly. ...
Mummers Museum
The first question people tend to have when they hear about the mummers museum is "what is a mummer?" Imagine a roving group of drunken masked revelers, demanding food, drink, and a singing match: these are mummers. ...
Mummers Museum
The Mummers Museum opened in 1976 and is dedicated to the Philadelphia celebration of New Years. The Museum houses a rich collection of Mummer's paraphernalia and memorabilia, from which the museum draws, to demonstrate the tradition of ...
Laying the Foundation/Saving the Future
At a news conference at the Mummers Museum, US Representative Bob Brady and the Greater Philadelphia Traditions Fund, Inc., announced that money has been found and the Fund established to make sure that the community parades and ...
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Weekend Wrap Up: Diplo At The Mummers' Museum. diplo TerribleImages: All Hail The New Fancy Brigade [Flickr] Inky: These Young People And Their Favela Krunk! 51:51: Mummertronix! [Got a slideshow from any of the various weekend doings? ...
2007 Mummers Museum Concert Schedule
These outdoor concerts are free to the public, and food and beverages will be on sale, as always. Come out and support your favorite string bands! The Mummers Museum is located on the corner of 2nd Street and Washington Avenue in South ...
Mummers Museum Philadelphia: About Tickets & Reservation
A Mummer is a glittery human party favor such as sax honking, banjo strumming and glockenspiel tinkling, which parades through the streets every year on New Year's Day. Many residents of Philadelphia come out in thousands to watch the ...
Memorial Day: What's Open and Closed
Mummers Museum. National Museum of American Jewish History. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. University Museum. Transportation. Pennsylvania: SEPTA's Regional Rail, City, and Suburban Transit lines will operate on Sunday/holiday ...
Weekend Wrap Up: Diplo At The Mummers' Museum
terribleimages: All Hail The New Fancy Brigade [Flickr] Inky: These Young People And Their Favela Krunk! [Got a slideshow from any of the various weekend doings? Send a link to tips[at]philebrity[dot]com and we’ll add it here.]
Fear and Loathing in Philadelphia
The Mummers Museum--The annual New Year's Day Mummers Parade was postponed due to rain and my plans to visit the Mummers Museum were unfortunately shelved. However, I have it on good authority that this museum is clearly cash-strapped, ...
Mummers Museum
The first question people tend to have when they hear about the mummers museum is “what is a mummer?” Imagine a roving group of threatening masked Christmas carolers, demanding food, drink and singing match, and if you didn't provide, ...
Mummers feel the budget pinch
The rest was designated for the Mummers Museum at 1100 S. Second St. Mayor Nutter's budget cuts, intended to address a city economic crisis of "incredible proportions," also call on the sponsors of public events to pick up the overtime ...
Mummers feel the budget pinch
The rest was designated for the Mummers Museum at 1100 S. Second St. Mayor Nutter\'s budget cuts, intended to address a city economic crisis of "incredible proportions," also call on the sponsors of public events to pick up the overtime ...
History of mummers
Mummers - Divisions 2005 Winners 2004 Winners 2003 Winners 2002 Winners Mummers Museum: History. The Mummers Parade, which finds its roots dating to pre-colonial times, resulted An article describing the various theories for the origins ...
Offbeat Philadelphia Museums
Photo courtesy of Mummers Museum Music is the focus of the Mummers Museum (not to be confused with the Mutters…), dedicated to the elaborately costumed participants in Philadelphia's annual New Year's Day parade. ...
thegoodreverend's Tour of Philly
The Mummers Museum, a brown masonry box with a movie-palace-like art deco spire, was built, and apparently last updated, in 1976. I'm not joking: one plaque has mayor Frank Rizzo's tenure lasting 1972-present. It costs $3.50 to get in, ...
The Conspiracy Nut Report: Mummers is the word
We went into the Mummers Museum in search of proof of their ties to the freemasons. Of course some say I'm mad for such a theory, but let's follow the trail: The museum's Web site was created by the students at the Furness school. ...
Philadelphia
The Mummers Museum holds a large gallery of costumes that dates back to the past. The museum also has a pirate ship and a video that has cached the memories of the past parades. A beautiful gift shop is available with variety of ...
Mummers Museum
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A grammar lesson for the Streets Department
Both Mummers and Veterans are purely descriptive terms, so there is no need for a possessive (thus: Mummers Museum and Veterans Memorial). And that's if those are proper names. Otherwise, it would be Mummers museum and Veterans memorial ...
Three Must-Do Activities For Visitors Coming To Philadelphia
... Rosenbach Museum & Library, Mummers Museum, Mutter Museum, the USS Becuna, National Museum of American Jewish History, Fireman's Hall, National Liberty Museum, African American Museum, and the Simeone Foundation Museum. ...
2006 Tuesday night Mummers concerts.
On May 2nd, a great tradition will continue as the Mummers string bands will again present free concerts at the Mummers Museum on Tuesday nights during the summer. * The concerts are free. They are located at the outdoor stage behind ...
Art in the Age » Blog Archive » And The Mummers Will Mum!
This is almost $50000 for City services, and $355000 for the cut in City funding, including prize money and a modest subsidy for the Mummers Museum. Next year's Parade is in even deeper trouble, as the City is threatening to withdraw ...
Mummers under the stars
The Quaker City String Band will perform for the first time under its new captain Thursday night, May 15, at the Mummers Museum. After 37 years, Bob Shannon (pictured), the colorful, gregarious, 6-feet, 10-inch captain, ...
The Fightins » A formal introduction: I want to go to the zoo with ...
In the summers, when I was very young, a different string band would play every Tuesday night in the Mummers Museum parking lot- which was also our two hand touch football field and around the block from my house. ...
FREE Summer Mummer Concerts!
Now that I live steps away from Two Street and around the corner from the Mummers Museum, I am surrounded by all things Mummers - including the melodic sounds of the String Bands. For those unaware - the twenty String Bands that ...
MUMMERS PARADE
2007 Winners 2006 Winners 2005 Winners 2004 Winners 2003 Winners 2002 Winners Mummers Museum: The Philadelphia Mummers Parade is a beloved ... Mummers Parade The 102nd NEW YEARS DAY MUMMERS PARADE, usually on January 1 (weather ...
Queen Village / The New Market and Head House
At the southwest corner of 2nd Street and Washington Avenue, you'll find the Mummers Museum, a repository of costumes and Mummer history. 4th Street Fabric Row. Thought to be the country's oldest fabric district, these retail stores ...
Any Great dating ideas to do in philadelphia?
King Tut at the Franklin Institute(And the Institute in General. Phila Art Museum or Natural History. Mummers Museum Independance Hall/Liberty Bell, Freedom Walk sites. Phila. Zoo South Street-Lots of Clubs, depending on Style you like. ...
summer free concerts, philadelphia…
Outside the Mummers Museum, various string bands will be performing for free on Thursdays at 8pm. Here are the next few upcoming concerts. Bring a lawn chair. The museum is located at 2nd and Washington Ave. in South Philly. ...
Joseph W. Schubert, 73, Mummer and banker
Schubert, 73, of Voorhees, a former banker and lifelong Mummer who served as executive director of the Mummers Museum and founded the Mummers Choir, died of lung cancer Thursday, May 20, at Samaritan Hospice in Marlton. ...
the mummers museum
the mummers museum copyright Miss Plum. saturday night, corner of washington ave & 2nd street in south philadelphia.
Mummers Museum
The first question people tend to have when they hear about the mummers museum is "what is a mummer?" Imagine a roving group of threatening masked Christmas carolers, demanding food, drink and singing match, and if you didn't provide, ...
A Letter of Endorsement for "Mummers: Philly's Best-Kept Secret ...
Thank you, for making the Mummers Museum part of your wonderful newsletter. The article was one of the best we have read in more than the twenty years of the museum's existence. In one short tour you have captured the true spirit of the ...
philly » Blog Archive » Mummers 2008
Also, you have to go over to 2nd street for the unofficial mummers, they march again down into south philly starting at the mummers museum…people are totally loaded and its quite a scene, a true philly-culture experience. ...
Philly's budget cuts stifle Mummers' struts | PennLive.com
Also gone is more than $50000 for the Mummers Museum. Nutter's cutbacks also require sponsors of public events to pay the overtime for police and Streets Department workers, which could leave the parade with a bill. ...
MUMMERS PARADE
The Mummers Museum. To appreciate this site fully, you will need a computer ... The 2008 Southwest Airlines Mummers Parade will feature unique costumes, music, ... Click Here to view the results of the 2007 Mummers Parade . ...
History of mummers
Mummers - Divisions 2005 Winners 2004 Winners 2003 Winners 2002 Winners Mummers Museum: History. The Mummers Parade, which finds its roots dating to pre-colonial times, resulted. Accessed 27 November 2007. ...
MUMMERS PARADE
2007 Winners 2006 Winners 2005 Winners 2004 Winners 2003 Winners 2002 Winners Mummers Museum: The Philadelphia Mummers Parade is a beloved ... The Mummers Parade, which finds its roots dating to pre-colonial times, resulted from a . ...
A Californian's idea of Philadelphia
The battleship, our nation's most decorated battleship, is berthed on the Camden Waterfront, across from Penn's Landing and Center City Philadelphia. We never had time to go to Mummers Museum, so we have an excuse to return. ...
MUMMERS PARADE
2007 Winners 2006 Winners 2005 Winners 2004 Winners 2003 Winners 2002 Winners Mummers Museum: The Philadelphia Mummers Parade is a beloved ... Official site of the Mummers Parade which takes place outdoors and is judged at the ...
All of last week...
Later on Tuesday night I went to the Mummers Museum to see Frallinger String Band with Rick, Diana, Presser, his girlfriend, Jon, his girlfriend, Kevin, Jess, some other girl, and this guy showed up later on. Frallinger sounded good in ...
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Another visitor mistakes Mummer Museum for Mutter Museum
The Mummers Museum opened in 1976, and is dedicated to the Philadelphia celebration of the new year. The museum houses a rich collection of mummers' paraphernalia and memorabilia, including spectacular costumes, a few of which date back ...
Last Week: May 16-May 20
I went to the mummers museum concert with Diana, Rick, Jon, and Kevin, we went to Pat's afterwards where my throat continued to kill me. Wednseday- Still had a sore throat but without the cough. School. Got yearbooks, so happy! ...
Socio-political Mummery
In describing where I live, I always tell people, I live between the Rizzo Rink and the Mummers Museum. One is proudly positioned at each end of my street. The Mummers Museum is a gaudy looking building into which I have never ventured ...
Mummer nights
The Mummers Museum continues its free concert series Thursday night with Fralinger String Band, which took first prize at the New Year's Day parade - an unprecedented sixth consecutive win. The champs are led by Bill Bowen Jr., ...
Concert and club listings
Mummers Museum 1100 S. 2nd St.; 215-336-3050. www.mummersmuseum.com/. Ferko String Band. 6/3. 8 pm. Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 S. 18th St.; 215-545-4302. www.philartalliance.org. Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver Trio. $12. ...
WPRB Concert Calendar, with lame names edited out
This will all be going down in one of the craziest rooms ever - Philadelphia's Historic - MUMMERS MUSEUM. Yep, come dance the night away next to giant insane mummers costumes and memorbilia collected over the last few decades. ...
Mütter on the Mind
Here in Philadelphia, we have something of an embarrassment of riches: the Mummers Museum, which the Fancy Brigades keep lively on New Year's Day; the cabinet of curiosities that is the Wagner Institute of Science; and there is even the ...
Oh Dem (Yawn) Golden Slippers | Its Our City | WHYY
*A real Mummers Museum website…one that has decent history links and pictures and provides a backstory to those not in the area…and not one that keeps looping the same awful track over and over again, no matter how often you mute it. ...
This is the time of year
Right near the cheesesteak place was the Mummers Museum, so we had to visit that. There was a spot to dress up like one--and those costumes are heavy! A room full of old Mummers costumes. So cool. Bunny loaf for breakfast, anyone? ;) ...
Pep Rally for the Mummers!
Join all Mummers and their fans on Sunday, November 22 at the Mummers Museum (2nd and Washington) at 3:00. A pep rally will be held featuring Congressman Bob Brady, Save The Mummers Chairman of the Board George Badey, local leaders and ...
Mummers Outside Your Window
It is definitely a perk of living near the Mummers Museum. Unless you don't want to hear a few hours of show-tunes, cartoon-tunes and classics belted out by a South Philly brass band while a hundred or so onlookers pack the back lot, ...
Kevin Bacon fundraises for Mummers
Mummers Museum Executive Director Palma Lucas,. Lucas: We need at least $300000 to put this parade on. But you have remember this money has nothing to do with our costumes. We still have to raise money for our individual clubs. ...
New Year's Day in Philadelphia: “As Long as My Feet Take Me Up the ...
You can read about Mummers history, and watch interviews with Palma Lucas of the Mummers Museum and John Lucas of the Golden Sunrise Fancy Division on PhilaPlace.org. We're also posting some photos of past Mummers parades here on this ...
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Moore College of Art and Design, Mummers Museum, Mural Arts Tour, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Museum/Galleries, Museums, Mutter Museum, National/State Parks. Ocean, Outlet Stores, Peirce College, Penn's Landing ...
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Nostalgia, New Kids, Apocalypse & Dynasties « Steve Highsmith's Blog
Sincerely, Don Rocco. PS – A forty-two year resident of St. Louis, who visits Philly and Cape May freqently. Spent an enjoyable weekday evening listening and watching the Ferko String Band at the Mummers' Museum in 2008. ...
Meet The Mummers
The Mummers Museum: http://www.mummersmuseum.com/ Official Mummers Web site: http://mummers.com/ WPHL-TV Channel 17, Philadelphia, the local station airing the Parade: http://myphl17.trb.com/community/news/mummers/ ...
Eleven Reasons Philadelphia is Awesome
The Mummers Museum opened in 1976 as a way to document the Mummers Parade which occurs every New Years Day, dating back to the the mid 17th century. Mumming can be attributed to performing folk plays or miming and these mummers are ...
Museum Pick of the Month.
Feathers, Banjos and Golden Slippersat the Mummers Museum by Dea Adria Mallin Q: What is 2.55 miles long, 69 ft. wide, 12 ft. high, and covered with feathers? A: The Philadelphia Mummers Parad...
Philadelphia's New Year's Day Mummers Parade
If you'll miss New Year's Day in Philadelphia, you can learn a little more about the Mummers at the Mummers Museum (1100 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia). It looks like one of those quirky museums that never fails to grab my attention. ...
Mummers the Word. Contributing Editor Liz Rhoades Reports From Philly.
The next day we visited the Mummers Museum, where you can try on actual mummers' garb and see some of the older costumes. Everyone was talking about the money crunch and how the mayor cancelled funding for the parade for the last two ...
101 Reasons To Visit Philadelphia
Mummers Museum. Lore's Chocolates. Performing Arts Centers like the Kimmel Center or the Mann Center. Rocky Statue in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 43. Outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, you can view a Rocky statue and ...
Chester County Moms: 50 Great Places to take your Kids within 50 Miles
Mummers Museum. History of the parades, from costumes to instruments. 1100 South 2nd St. 215-336-3050 www.mummersmuseum.com. National Museum of American Jewish History. Exhibits featuring artifacts, documents and photographs. ...
Philadelphia's Mummers
... "fancies," "brigades," and comics who dress in elaborate costumes and march north on Broad Street to City Hall, you can still capture some of the excitement from the event with a visit to the Mummers web site or the Mummers Museum.
Parade On…Sort Of….
Officials from the Mummers left the Mummers Museum last night after agreeing to sign a contract with the city to stage this year's parade. New Year's parade time cut in accordance with $300K budget. (Photo: Rikard Larma/Metro) ...
Philadelphia Area Museums Serving South Jersey
Mummers Museum Mutter Museum National Museum of American Jewish History Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Philadelphia INSECTARIUM Philadelphia Zoo Polish American Cultural Center Rodin Museum Rosenbach Museum and Library ...
RATED RMummers Museum.
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Museums in Philadelphia
Mummers Museum – Many history museums are all alike, different only in the city that they are displaying. However, Mummers is unique. It is committed to a highly specific aspect of Philadelphia history: the city's New Year celebrations. ...
Transplanted, Yet Again
Last year I moved in with my partner to a small expanded trinity in Pennsport; behind the Mummers Museum. sub-par space but cheap - perfect for saving funds for the next move. Well, the next move happened last week - 300 block of ...
Philadelphia
Although nothing in the world can compare to the spectacle of the parade itself, I can get a vivid sense of the festivities, as well as an education into the tradition of mumming, at the Mummers Museum. While Rocky Balboa never ...
Museums of Philly
Mummers Museum- This is something I have always wanted to do. The museum is on the corner of 2nd and Washington. New Year's Day is celebrated in Philly with a 7-mile parade up broad street towards city hall, it starts at dawn and lasts ...
Philadelphia Museums
Mummers Museum 1100 South 2nd Street | Philadelphia, PA | 215.336.3050 www.mummersmuseum.com Opened in 1976 and is dedicated to the Philadelphia celebration of New Years. The Museum houses a rich collection of Mummer's paraphernalia and ...
Need plans for New Year's Eve?
Mummers Museum, 2nd Street and Washington Avenue, Philadelphia. New Year's Eve Parties, features party with Las Vegas phenomenon Louie Louie and more, Dec. 31, cost varies, call for details. (800) 777-8477. www.trumpplaza.com. ...
Roots Culture
At Washington Avenue at the Mummers Museum stood a hundred cops. What was this about, we wondered? The Mummers parade wasn't here, but in Center City, on Broad Street. I thought the Cash movie as well acted as hyped. ...
