Exhibitions

Current and upcoming
collage, header, APS,

Treasures of the American Philosophical Society

2018
Online Exhibition
map of united states

Mapping a Nation: Shaping the Early American Republic

April 12–December 29, 2019
104 S. 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Exhibitions archive
map of united states

Mapping a Nation: Shaping the Early American Republic

April 12–December 29, 2019
104 S. 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
image of bespectacled woman

Mildred Cohn: Trailblazer

2018
collage, header, APS,

Treasures of the American Philosophical Society

2018
Online Exhibition
Image of woman in a long dress showing a child the detail of a large, flowered bush.

Enlightened Conversation in the "Kennebec Kingdom" of Sarah Manning Vaughan (1753-1834)

2015
Online Only
In Franklin's Footsteps Banner Image

In Franklin's Footsteps: 275 Years at the American Philosophical Society (Online Exhibition)

2018
American Philosophical Society, 105 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Eastern State

Eastern Apps: Visualizing Historic Prison Data

2017
Center for Digital Scholarship
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Curious Revolutionaries: The Peales of Philadelphia

April 7-December 30, 2017
Baruch Blumberg in lab

A Journey of Inquiry: Exploring the Scientific Process through the Manuscript Collection of Baruch S. Blumberg

2017
Center for Digital Scholarship
red brick building coated in the late afternoon sun

In the Heart of Philadelphia: The Story of Library Hall

2018
Center for Digital Scholarship
Black-and-white glass lantern slide of three Houma children.

Frank Speck's Lantern Slides

2019
Center for Digital Scholarship; Center for Native American and Indigenous Research
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America's First Scientific Award: The Magellanic Premium of the APS

Online only
19th-century coal miners outside of mine

Old Country in the New World: Saint Clair, a 19th-Century Coal Community

Online only
Letter with burned edges

Colonization in the Foulke Papers

Center for Digital Scholarship
Drawing of people reading pamphlet

Joining the Fray: Mapping a World of Paine

2015
Center for Digital Scholarship
two men at microphone

Great Talks at the American Philosophical Society