APS Museum
April 18, 2019
Header image: Edward Savage, The Washington Family , 1789-1796. Oil on canvas. 213.6 x 284.2 cm. (84 1/8 x 111 7/8 in.) National Gallery of...
April 11, 2019
Why would a government publish a map claiming land they do not control? Why would the citizens of a young nation—still recovering from a war...
February 12, 2019
Header image: Georges de Bois St. Lys, Plan de la Ville, des Rades et des Environs du Port au Prince , ca.1800. Ink on paper....
January 31, 2019
By Erin Holmes and Amy Ellison, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellows Like most institutions of its age, the American Philosophical Society has been overwhelmingly...
September 25, 2018
Curious Old City visitors might be pondering what that skeleton in the American Philosophical Society’s Jefferson Garden is. Its tall, wooden frame leaves much to...
September 18, 2018
Today when a visitor walks into a natural history museum there are dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures that they can identify right away. Some people know...
July 24, 2018
By Amy Ellison and Erin Holmes, Andrew W Mellon Curatorial Fellows In 2018, the APS Museum is celebrating the Society’s 275th anniversary with a new...
July 19, 2018
In May of 1712, the Delaware (Lenape) chief Sassoonan was travelling north through eastern Pennsylvania with 12 other member of his nation. The purpose of...