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From the Laboratory to the Parlor: Scientific Instruments in Philadelphia,...
20 April 2001 – 31 March 2003 From the Laboratory to the Parlor: Scientific Instruments in Philadelphia, 1750–1875 explores the significance of scientific instruments in the development of the American...
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Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: Natural History in North...
23 June 2003 – 31 December 2004 Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: Natural History in North America, 1730–1860, on view at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia through...
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February 18, 2005–December 11, 2005 The American Philosophical Society (APS) was America’s first academy of science. Philosophical Hall, the Society’s headquarters, also housed an important library...
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The Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin, and the...
17 February – 31 December 2006 They seemed to have nothing in common. She was the Russian princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, a noblewoman and friend of Empress Catherine the Great. He was the...
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UNDAUNTED: Five American Explorers, 1760-2007
22 June 2007 – 28 December 2008 What does it take to be an Explorer? Find five intrepid individuals who shared a sense of adventure and the courage to explore the unknown: David Rittenhouse in the...
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Dialogues with Darwin
17 April 2009 – 17 October 2010 Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection has produced more spirited dialogue than any other scientific idea in modern history. The APS Museum’s...
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Elephants & Roses
This exhibition was on view March 25 – December 31, 2011 On December 1-3, 2011, the APS Museum held a symposium, Of Pictures & Specimens: Natural History in Post-Revolutionary and Restoration...
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About Greenhouse Projects
This fall (Sept. 9 – Dec. 14), the American Philosophical Society Museum is going green and high-tech. The Greenhouse Projects present five distinct but interrelated large-scale programs. Each project...
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Transit of Venus
This exhibition was on view June 1 – July 8, 2012 Sic Transit Glorious: A Transit of Venus Celebration * Exhibition extended through July 8, 2012! in collaboration with Independence National Historical...
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Tempus Fugit
This exhibition was on view April 13 – December 30, 2012. TEMPUS FUGIT: Time Flies Time flies, leaving its mark on the people and objects it touches. This exhibition explores how we try to capture,...
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Dialogues with Darwin
Museum Exhibition & Online Gallery This exhibition was on view April 17, 2009 – October 17, 2010 Watch a video about the Dialogues with Darwin exhibition on the WHYY website. Full Tour | Quick...
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Varley Exhibition
Click on the screen above to see WHYY’s video about Through the Looking Lens. Read about The Drawing Room, a hands-on exhibit of drawing instruments in conjunction with Through the Looking Lens. Click...
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Jefferson, Philadelphia, and the Founding of a Nation
This exhibition was on view April 17 – December 28, 2014. Jefferson, Philadelphia, and the Founding of a Nation “Spectacular and unusual…” Read the Philadelphia Inquirer review here. Interested in...
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Jefferson, Science, and Exploration
This exhibition was on view April 10 – December 30, 2015. Click here to hear about the exhibition on WHYY Radio’s The Pulse. Thomas Jefferson had a passion for knowledge that encompassed theoretical...
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Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America
Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America April 15 – December 30, 2016 Explore Jefferson’s little-known collection of Native American languages and learn how it’s used today. The last of...
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Overview of Three Exhibitions on Jefferson
THREE EXHIBITIONS ON THOMAS JEFFERSON Jefferson’s Legacy: Three Exhibitions I. Jefferson, Philadelphia, and the Founding of a Nation: April 17-December 28, 2014 II. Jefferson, Science, and Exploration:...
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