Wyck Historic House, Garden, and Farm

04/26/2025

Wyck will be closing at 2:00 TODAY, April 26, for a private event. There will be no public access to the grounds after that time. We apologize for any inconvenience! We will reopen on Tuesday, April 29, at 10 AM.

04/21/2025

Wyck is thrilled to announce that the extensive restoration and conservation of the exterior of the historic house will begin this week!

This expansive project involves the much-needed restoration of Wyck's historic windows, shutters, doors, and trellis, and the conservation and restoration of the building stucco.

Work is being completed by Heritage Conservation Collective with Mark B. Thompson Associates as architect, and Dan Bosin Associates as project manager.

Wyck’s grounds will remain open throughout the construction process, though we anticipate a few disruptions to normal tour operations this spring and summer.

The Germantown Avenue gate will remain open for free access to our greenspace throughout the week, and any closures or changes to site access will be posted here and on our website.

Visit https://wyck.org/wyck-exterior-restoration-project/ for more information or to support our Capital Campaign!

04/04/2025

There's something special about mornings in the garden after it rains. The air is a little more peaceful; the scents just a little bit stronger.

03/27/2025

Many thanks to our friends at the PA Flax Project for helping to plant flax seeds on the Home Farm at Wyck last Friday! We look forward to following the progress of these seeds as they grow throughout the spring. ☀️

03/10/2025

Wyck's spring plants are celebrating the extra hour of daylight with some beautiful displays - snowdrops, crocus, winter jasmine, and more snowdrops with some big daffodil buds waiting their turn in the background.

12/30/2024

On behalf of everyone at Wyck, happy new year! We celebrate the end to a tremendous year filled with joyful learning, new discoveries, and shared community. Thank you to everyone who helped make this year at Wyck special. We look forward to seeing you back in 2025! ✨

12/17/2024

We are thrilled to share that Wyck has been awarded a Dean F. Failey Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust! This generous award will enable us to research, re-interpret, and begin to conserve an understudied Chinese desk with strong links to 19th-century trader Nathan Dunn’s Philadelphia “Chinese Museum.” As well as researching the object’s local and international contexts, we will also consult with conservators on a basic treatment plan to stabilize the object’s deteriorating lacquered surface and reinforce additional structural issues to ensure the object’s safety and longevity.

We are grateful to the support of the and are looking forward to getting started on this exciting project in 2025!

12/03/2024

Happy ! This year, we are seeking your generous support to raise $3,000 in order to install and dedicate a new Pennsylvania state historic marker at Wyck.

Through this historic marker, Wyck will be publicly recognized for the Wistar-Haines family’s profound contributions to history, horticulture, and the arts in Pennsylvania.

Mark your calendars and plan to join us for the marker unveiling ceremony on May 3, 2025!

Thanks to generous donors and supporters like you, we’re able to continue sharing Wyck’s history with generations of visitors to come.

🔗Click the link in our bio to donate today.

11/11/2024

A glimpse of fall color through Wyck’s historic front door 🍂 This Saturday, November 16, is the final day of drop in tours in 2024! Visit us Friday and Saturday 12-4 for a free tour of the Wyck house. Our grounds will remain open through the end of fall, but check our website for updated hours.

11/06/2024

A moment of zen from Wyck's garden.

10/31/2024

It might be October, but there are still flowers in our garden! 🌸 Visit the grounds between 9 and 5 Monday-Friday and 12-4 on Saturday to see these gorgeous blooms.

10/19/2024

Thank you to Boy Scout Troop 181 from Gladwyn, PA for a fun morning of mulching! We appreciate you helping get the garden ready for the winter!

10/09/2024

We are thrilled to honor Dr. Page Talbott with the 2024 Wyck-Strickland Award! 

Join us on November 14, 2024 at the Merion Tribute House to honor Dr. Talbott for her exemplary service to Philadelphia. More information and tickets available online at wyck.org. Link in bio.

09/23/2024

Fall flowers (including a few re-blooming roses) and the first splashes of fall color around Wyck.

08/30/2024

We are so excited to open this playful learning installation with Go Mt. Airy next Saturday, September 7th! Another great reason to join us for the Philadelphia Honey Festival!

You're invited to help us officially open our new playful learning installation for kids and caregivers at next weekend! Join us Saturday, September 7 at 10am for a ribbon cutting during the Philadelphia Honey Festival.

The Seeds & Bees installation is a project of the Literacy Rich Neighborhood Initiative and was designed, programmed, and located in collaboration with Mt. Airy / Germantown community members.

The project was funded by a grant from the William Penn Foundation and supported by longtime children's literacy advocate . Much gratitude to our partners Drexel Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.

08/26/2024

The long awaited restoration of Wyck’s clock has begun! Clock restorer & conservator Richard McCarty started work today on our mid-18th century Edward Duffield clock, made possible by generous contributions. We are grateful to those who donated for helping to ensure the longevity of our historic tall case clocks. Eager to learn more about Duffield? Author and horologist Bob Frishman will be offering a free lecture on September 25 on the subject of his new Duffield biography. See the link in our bio to register!

08/22/2024

We are just two weeks away from this year’s Honey Fest at Wyck & our bees are ready! Join us on September 7 from 10-4 for a full day of open hive talks, games, a beer & mead tent, local vendors, food trucks, & so much more. See the link in our bio for the full schedule & list of vendors and partners!

08/21/2024

The Philadelphia Honey Festival is just around the corner! Join us on Saturday, September 7 from 10-4 for a jam-packed day of engaging talks, local craft vendors, food & beverage, and much much more in partnership with the Philly Bee Guild.

This year, we will also be unveiling our new "Seeds & Bees" installation in partnership with the Mount Airy CDC Literacy Rich Neighborhoods Initiative.

We hope you'll BEE there 🐝