Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion in Philadelphia, PA.

Learn About American History From The House That Lived It

Experience 18th and 19th century history through the events and lives of people associated with Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA. Our house museum is dedicated to colonial history and the 19th century network of people and places known as the "underground railroad."

Built in the early eighteenth century, the Mansion is one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in the United States. The Belmont Mansion property became part of Fairmount Park in 1869, and is now an underground railroad museum open to the public for tours.

News And Events

Events For 2009:

July 4, 2009 Open House Features Exhibitions, A Tour And FREE Admission

Events Calendar: January — June 2009

Press Release:

President of American Women's Heritage Society To Receive Drum Major Award

Belmont Mansion To Be Featured On WHYY Channel 12 In Philadelphia

Belmont Mansion Awarded Major Preservation Resource

Newsletters And Flyers

Quilt Share And Workshop, Saturday March 21, 2009 (PDF File)

Fall 2008 Newsletter (PDF file)

Winter 2008 Newsletter (PDF file)

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Front of Belmont Mansion, an historic house with three floors, large windows and pale yellow stucco exterior walls.
Front exterior of Belmont Mansion.

Want to take a tour? We welcome tourists, history buffs, teachers, students and groups of all sizes.