Beyond the Bell Tours

Beyond the Bell Tours Beyond the Bell Tours creates inclusive historical walking tours of Philadelphia.

Tour guide Alma gave Somos an Our Market Tour in Spanish this week. We love showcasing 9th Street Market (popularly know...
07/15/2025

Tour guide Alma gave Somos an Our Market Tour in Spanish this week. We love showcasing 9th Street Market (popularly known as the Italian Market). ✨

We’ve had a great time with the summer camps that have been joining us for the Our Market Tour. This past week, the Dan...
07/11/2025

We’ve had a great time with the summer camps that have been joining us for the Our Market Tour. This past week, the Dandelion Project explored the area known as the Italian Market with us, while seeing the public artwork created by the iconic Michelle Angela Ortiz.

FOX 29 did a fantastic Pride segment that included many iconic Pride 2025 moments and the people who made it happen. The...
07/08/2025

FOX 29 did a fantastic Pride segment that included many iconic Pride 2025 moments and the people who made it happen. They also included Beyond the Bell Tours. 🏳️‍🌈 See Rebecca featured after minute 10! Link in bio. ✨

We spent the day with the attendees of the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools. We ❤️educators and had a great (al...
06/24/2025

We spent the day with the attendees of the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools. We ❤️educators and had a great (albeit sweaty) day showing you around. 😍

This week, we’re offering our Badass Women Owned Food Tour on Wednesday, June 25 @ 1:15. Join us on this food adventure ...
06/22/2025

This week, we’re offering our Badass Women Owned Food Tour on Wednesday, June 25 @ 1:15. Join us on this food adventure through the city of Philadelphia all while supporting 5️⃣ women owned businesses. 😋

While in DC, I got to catch up with Kaitlin from A Tour of Her Own, which is the first DC tour company to focus *exclusi...
06/19/2025

While in DC, I got to catch up with Kaitlin from A Tour of Her Own, which is the first DC tour company to focus *exclusively* on women’s history. It was amazing to chat about business and women’s history. She even signed her book for me, 111 Places in Women’s History that You Must Not Miss. If you’re ever in DC, check out her tours!

Rebecca here! Over the weekend I went to DC for the wedding of two college friends. A Tour of Her Own () founder, Kaitli...
06/19/2025

Rebecca here! Over the weekend I went to DC for the wedding of two college friends. A Tour of Her Own () founder, Kaitlin () recommended the LGBT tour of the Congressional Cemetary. I got to pay my respects at the graves of three people we talk about on our Gayborhood tour (Barbara Gittings, Alain Locke, and Frank Kameny). It was incredibly moving to see these grave sites this Pride Month. Especially in this political moment, it is powerful to remember the footsteps we walk in as a community and the leaders who’ve stood up for what’s right.

Another successful weekend of the Drag Me Philly Tour. This tour is being offered only TWO more times this month. Come h...
06/17/2025

Another successful weekend of the Drag Me Philly Tour. This tour is being offered only TWO more times this month. Come hear our take on a Drag History Tour. Link in bio. ✨❤️‍🔥💋

Join us for Drag Me Philly! This is our take on a Drag History Tour of Philadelphia. This tour interweaves clips from dr...
06/13/2025

Join us for Drag Me Philly! This is our take on a Drag History Tour of Philadelphia. This tour interweaves clips from drag artists’ oral histories, archival information and iconic sites around the Gayborhood. Celebrate Pride like you mean it. ❤️‍🔥

Do you dream of sharing LGBTQ history on a 94 degree day to a dad from Connecticut who will ask you “What’s a Bear?” Do ...
02/21/2025

Do you dream of sharing LGBTQ history on a 94 degree day to a dad from Connecticut who will ask you “What’s a Bear?”

Do you yearn to experience a group of 17-year olds playing on their phones while you yell through sheets of rain about the first women to get their medical degrees?

If this sounds like you….woah, you sound passionate about inclusive history and you have a great sense of humor. Maybe you should apply to be a guide! Check out bio for a link to the application.

Last weekend, we did our first run through of the Drag Me Philly Tour. ✨ This tour weaves archival information from The ...
02/06/2025

Last weekend, we did our first run through of the Drag Me Philly Tour. ✨ This tour weaves archival information from The William Way LGBT Archives with interviews with local drag artists from The Drag Arts Oral History Project () and places these stories around the Gayborhood to celebrate the drag arts in Philadelphia. This feels especially important in this moment in America (to say the least). Stay tuned for more updates.

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1315 Walnut Street Ste 1000
Philadelphia, PA
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This company and our tours are inspired by untold stories of Philadelphia and how by sharing these stories, we can create a greater sense of belonging and a more inclusive city. We create tours that influence public history and highlight marginalized communities such as: people of color, q***r folks, indigenous peoples and women. Beyond the Bell is built to promote cross cultural engagement and is committed to putting the people back into people's history.