Northeast Philly Love Note: Ryerss Museum

One of my favorite spots is the Ryerss Museum and Library in Burholme Park in Northeast Philadelphia.

Robert Ryerss bequeathed his home and 80 acres of land to the people of the city of Philadelphia. The Museum, which houses an eccentric collection of items from Europe, Asia and the United States is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tours are always free and the museum houses a lending library also.

The Victorian mansion oversees picnic areas, sports fields, a golf range and batting cage, and the peaceful west woodlands of the park. The museum has many events that are always free to the public such as Easter egg hunts, Christmas Bazaar, Petallozza, Fox Chase Reading Series, crafty kids, special book signings and movie events.

We’ve partnered with Philly Love Notes to make sure you see all the love notes written about Northeast Philadelphia. Love notes about Northeast spots will be published here after they appear on the Philly Love Notes blog, curated by Emma Fried-Cassorla. Anyone can email love notes to phillylovenotes [AT] gmail.com and coordinate their photo opps with Fried-Cassorla. This post originally appeared on Philly Love Notes on Aug. 13 and is written by Fox Chase resident and NEast Philly contributor G.E. Reutter.

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