Special Events Archives – Geographical Society of Philadelphia

Annual Legacy Event – Explorer of the Year Award

March 29, 2020
Dilek Karabucak
Annual Dinner, Special Events

Circa 1900 Arctic Exploration Bellevue-Stratford

Since 1891, we have been annually honoring an “Explorer of the Year”. As our mission is to support the exploration of the world and enhance perspective on the worlds’ peoples and places, we chose the nominee based on their work crossing boundaries in their own successful and very worthy example of that goal.

Please stay tuned for the “Date and our next Honoree … to be announced”

The special Cecilia Beaux pin has previously been awarded to Robert Peary, Theodore Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong, Diana Nyad, and Derrick Pitts – to name just a few.

Preservation: Water and Climate Change!

November 12, 2019
Dilek Karabucak
Special Events

Celebrating World Water and the Earth Days, GEO presents a panel discussion about the historical, ecological, social, and technological effects along our rivers.

Would you swim in the Schuylkill River? Curious about the Clean Water Act? Environmental Protection?

Join a panel of experts talk about the Today and Past of the Water in Philly – an EPA agent, scholars with extensive research on Philadelphia’s rivers, and GEO’s board members.

Navigating Cultural Heritage: The National Museum of Brazil, Notre Dame de Paris, Palmyra

October 9, 2019
Dilek Karabucak
Special Events

What happens when cherished places no longer exist?

Join our panel of experts for a discussion of Palmyra, the National Museum of Brazil, Notre Dame Cathedral hosted at the Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’ Church).