APS Museum
August 21, 2023
Header image: Detail from handwritten page of Florence Rena Sabin’s list of women in science. APS. In my work on the American Philosophical Society’s latest...
June 26, 2023
If you were to stop by my office, you might compare it to a cabinet of curiosity. As the Museum Education Coordinator, I’ve slowly amassed...
May 30, 2023
Spring at the APS means many things. Some of my favorite spring happenings, though, are the exhibition opening and the return of the Museum Guide...
May 1, 2023
“Portrait of Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin, Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Dudley and Georgene Herschbach.” “Behind every great man stands an even greater woman,” is...
March 30, 2023
The American Philosophical Society will cap off Women’s History Month with a new exhibition celebrating path-breaking work by women in science. Opening March 31, Pursuit...
March 27, 2023
Header Image: “Bas-Relief with Portrait of Emma Diruff Seiler, 1891. APS.”] There is little doubt that Emma Diruff Seiler, one of the first female Members...
March 20, 2023
“Florence Sabin and women educators at Barnard. Florence Rena Sabin Papers, Mss.B.SA12, LH-B-33. APS.” When I was in third grade, I joined an afterschool program...
February 8, 2023
The American Philosophical Society ’s Library & Museum and Linda Hall Library have bet on their respective home teams to win the Super Bowl –...