House of the Temple

Check out the Summer/Autumn 2025 issue of Amicus Illuminismi— Learn about the #ScottishRite Camp Guard, explore the long-running periodical the "Masonic Home Journal," see how work is progressing on our new archives room, and more! 📖 scottishrite.org/our-museum/lib…

Talk a walk through some of the different book collections at the House of the Temple in Washington, D.C., in “Hidden #Libraries in the Masonic Temple” on our #ScottishRite of #Freemasonry, SJ-USA YouTube channel:   ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=6MCNeY…   #HouseoftheTemple #MasonicMuseum

The Winter/Spring 2025 Amicus Is Online! Receive updates on the Temple’s new archives room, explore the classic Masonic periodical "The Builder," celebrate a “Blue” Christmas with Craft Lodge regalia, & more! #Freemasonry #Museums #HouseoftheTemple 📖 scottishrite.org/ourmuseum/libr…

The House of the Temple Museum & Library will be closed Nov. 27–28 and will reopen for tours Monday, Dec. 2. We wish you and your family a very happy and safe Thanksgiving! 🍁

Dear Friends of Our Library, Museums, & Archives, the latest “Amicus Illuminismi” is now online!   📖 scottishrite.org/our-museum/lib…   This 12-page issue features articles on the Cowles Collection, former Temple Library Assistant Adelaide Hasse, Scottish Rite Blue Lodge Ritual, & more!

Since 1969, @TheScottishRite has issued coins commemorating its Sessions. On one side, this 1969 coin has "Let There Be Light" w/ square & compasses, a hand grasping a candlestick, & the 32° SR Double-headed Eagle. On the other is the 33° Eagle. #ScottishRite #ArtifactThursday

Visiting Washington, D.C.? Please stop by for a tour! 🏛️ scottishrite.org/our-museum/pla…

One striking detail of this #ScottishRite throne from the House of the Temple collection is the tooled and painted illustration of the 33° emblem on the chair's back. Another is the carved double-headed eagle at its top. #ArtifactThursday

This mid-19th-cen. French Rose Croix Apron features a passion cross with a rose, the four-letter Hebrew name of God in a rayed triangle (on the flap), a pelican feeding its young (at the cross's base), an ouroboros encircling a cup, and a crown of thorns. #ArtifactThursday

The House of the Temple Library is open to the public Monday–Thursday, 🕘 9 am to 5 pm. 🔗 scottishrite.org/our-museum/lib…

This blue & white pitcher by Royal Doulton of England celebrates the 100th anniversary (1806–1906) of Ancient Land Mark Lodge No. 17, Portland, Maine. #ArtifactThursday #Freemasonry Learn more in the Jan/Feb 2023 #ScottishRite Journal: 🔗 scottishrite.org/blog/journals/…

This piece, which depicts the emblem of the 30°, Knight Kadosh, is one of 16 bronze medallions displayed high upon the walls of the House of the Temple's Atrium. #scottishrite #houseofthetemple

Attention, Visitors ⚠️ – We are operating on a limited schedule today (7/21) and will be offering tours at 11 am and 3:30 pm ONLY.

Summer reading!

Dear Visitors, we will be offering tours today (4/19) at 10 am & 2 pm ONLY. ⚠️ 🔗 scottishrite.org/our-museum/pla…

Attention, Visitors ⚠️ – Please note we will be offering tours at 11 am, 2 pm, & 3:30 pm ONLY today (12/7). 🔗 scottishrite.org/our-museum/pla…

This official #ScottishRite membership document bears the Great Seal of the Supreme Council, 33°, and the signatures—among numerous others—of then Gr. Commander George F. Moore, 33°, and Sec. General Ill. John H. Cowles, 33°! #ArtifactThursday

The Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, issued this 32°, Master of the Royal Secret patent to Br. Proctor Hull Page a little more than 100 years ago on October 7, 1921. #HouseoftheTemple #ArtifactThursday #ScottishRite

Dear Visitors—Today (10/18), we will be offering tours at 10 am and 2 pm only. ⚠️ We sincerely regret any inconvenience.

On one side, the letters are arranged clockwise to spell “ALAMO;” and on the other side they spell “TEXAS.” (2/2) #ArtifactThursday #HouseoftheTemple

A 33° #ScottishRite Mason donated this wooden gavel commemorating the 1836 Battle of the Alamo to the Supreme Council, 33°, SJ, USA. Each striking face features a metal five-pointed star with a letter inscribed at each point. (1/2) #ArtifactThursday #HouseoftheTemple