National Marian Anderson Museum Special Events Concerts & Productions

Up Coming Special Events

​National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Marian Anderson   National Archives Museum
Online Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT
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Meet Marian Anderson, the African American contralto and civil rights activist, as portrayed by Jillian Pirtle.  Marian Anderson is best known for her concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939. The Daughters of the American Revolution owned Constitution Hall, a performing arts venue built in 1929, but refused to allow Anderson to perform there based on their “Whites only” concert policy. Marian Anderson gained support from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, the NAACP, Howard University, and other leaders who arranged for a concert at the Lincoln Memorial of an integrated audience of over 75,000 people. The concert was an inspiration for the growing civil rights movement, and the Memorial became a place of protest in the struggle to extend rights to all American citizens.

COMING JULY 2ND 2022

Past Special Events

Please enjoy & Support our partnership in Performance with the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra

The National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society would like to sincerely Thank everyone who attended & viewed the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society's Sacred Art Songs Live-Stream Concert program. Your support means everything to our organization. Please support the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society www.marianandersonhistoricalsociety.weebly.com 215-779-4219

​Please Enjoy the National Marian Anderson Historical Society's "We Sing" Live-Stream Concert (which is apart of our 2020 C0ncert Season) Event Below. Make sure you support our programming by Donating! We Thank You !!

Please Enjoy the National Marian Anderson Historical Society's 2020 Easter Saturday Live-Stream Concert Event Below. Make sure you support our programming by Donating! We Thank You !!

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Past  MAHS Events

The National Marian Anderson Museum would like to sincerely Thank all of our Sponsors/Partners for all of your Kindness and Support.

The National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society would like to sincerely Thank everyone who attended and supported our annual Christmas In Philadelphia Concert Spectacular. Every year we end our concert series season with the Christmas Spectacular, and though are hearts were filled with sorrow that our founder Lady Blanche Burton Lyles wasn't there, we believe that she was smiling from heaven with great approval. We would like to send a special thank you to the MAHS Board, the National Marian Anderson Scholar Artists and to the orchestra led by the outstanding conductor Ben Hemsley and orchestral captain Christine Mello. We wish you the Merriest of Christmas and please consider supporting the continued legacy of the National Marian Anderson Museum and programs with a Donation or Sponsorship which is Tax deductible. The National Marian Anderson Historical Society is a non profit organization. If you need the MAHS 501c3 information to donate please call our office @ 215-779-4219