QIC Services
The Quaker Information Center is a gateway to Quaker heritage and to modern Quakerism in Philadelphia and worldwide. Located in the Philadelphia Friends Center, the QIC welcomes visitors and responds personally to their inquiries, providing individual answers supplemented with literature and referrals to other Quaker organizations when appropriate. We respond similarly to inquiries by phone, internet, and mail. The QIC serves both the Quaker community and the general public in its quest to increase awareness about Friends and Quaker institutions.
Contacting QIC
1. Walk In and Visit
Located in the lobby of Friends Center at 15th and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia, the QIC is an inviting and comfortable place for conversation, browsing, reading, acquiring free Quaker literature, and perusing display books which can be ordered via catalogs.
The QIC is staffed four days a week, usually Monday through Thursday. When available, staff are pleased to talk with drop-in visitors and guide them through the historic Friends meeting house. Group tours should be arranged in advance. The location is designed to be useful to walk-in visitors even when not staffed. Literature displays, maps, charts, sample books, and catalogs are accessible on weekday evenings until 9:30 PM and on Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Staff endeavor to provide answers or referral to all questions regarding the Society of Friends, past and present, and about the various Quaker organizations and activities in the world today. Directions.
2. Call, E-mail, or Send a Letter
Telephone number: (215) 241-7024.
E-mail address:
info@quakerinfo.org. (Please indicate your location because it often helps us give a better answer to your question. Your mailing address is often helpful, so we can send print material, when appropriate.)
Our postal address:1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
3. Use our Contact Page.