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August 5, 2020
Here at the APS Library & Museum we’re always excited to see the publications that come from research done in the archives. From Quaker women...
July 28, 2020
By Rosemarie Fettig, Bryn Mawr College 2019 Curatorial Research Intern In my research for Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist, I learned that birds crop up with...
July 21, 2020
Above image: Thomas Sully after Bass Otis, Caspar Wistar, 1830 (original 1817). Oil on canvas. APS. If you have spent time in the second-floor conference...
July 16, 2020
This is the second post of a two-part blog. Read part one here. In 1896, the American Philosophical Society acquired its second portrait of Robert...
July 9, 2020
Updated August 23, 2021 The Society is currently open to staff, invited guests, and research fellows. As the APS Museum begins to welcome visitors and...
July 9, 2020
The American Philosophical Society, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, proudly bears the title of the nation's oldest learned society. Our founders participated in the...
July 9, 2020
The American Philosophical Society recently acquired its third portrait of Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854); this one by the renowned artist Thomas Sully painted in 1866...
July 7, 2020
Philadelphia July 7, 2020— Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the NEH CARES initiative, the American Philosophical Society...