If you are new to guiding and would like some advice on getting started, join the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) for a 'how to' session on Zoom. Three of our newer members who have made successful inroads into obtaining work as a tour guide - Vince McCafferty (Independence Historical Trust, Grim Philly Twilight […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) is organizing a tour of the USS New Jersey (BB-62) on Sunday, May 4 from 10 to 11:30 am. The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, in Camden, NJ, provides an up-close look at our nation’s military history. Guests will enjoy their visit to this floating U.S. Navy […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will hold its next monthly meeting on May 14, 7 pm, in person at the Great Hall of Christ Church Neighborhood House (20 N. […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) is excited to offer this complimentary Zoom presentation on "A New Look at the Amazing Success of William Penn... How He Turned a 'Howling Wilderness' Into America's Fastest Growing City" with APT Director-at-Large and author Jim Murphy on May 19 at 7 pm. Few people realize Willam Penn […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) is organizing a tour guide coffee break on Tuesday, May 20 at 10 am at the back of the Independence Visitor Center (IVC) […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will hold its next Zoom book club meeting on May 20 at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. The book selection is Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World by Zara Anishanslin. Through the story of a portrait of a woman in a […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) has arranged a private tour of the exhibit "Revolution at Penn?" which examines the formation of the University of Pennsylvania, the debates that divided the school during the American Revolution, and the compromises that reorganized it as the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. University archivist Jim Duffin will […]
As Philadelphia celebrates Pride Month in June, the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) has invited Mark Segal - Stonewall pioneer, journalist, author, and founder of Philadelphia Gay News - to present at our next monthly meeting on June 11. Mark will speak on the LGBT civil rights movement; diversity and inclusion; of course STONEWALL; […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) written Certification Exam, based mainly on information in the APT HANDBOOK, covers the history, people, and places of importance in Philadelphia. It tests knowledge of the basic facts about the city that any guide giving solid, professional tours of both the Historic District and Center City would know. […]
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) is organizing a tour guide coffee break on Tuesday, June 17 at 10 am at the back of the Independence Visitor Center (IVC) […]