Exhibitions

Current and upcoming
Portrait of Franklin

Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist

April 3–December 27, 2020
104 S. 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Exhibitions archive
Portrait of Franklin

Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist

April 3–December 27, 2020
104 S. 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
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
banner

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
A page of a book page with 'patriot' written in large script

Franklin's Philadelphia Post Office Ledgers: A Glimpse into Colonial Correspondence Networks

2019
Center for Digital Scholarship
Drawing of groundhog

No Taxonomy without Representation

2013
Lobby exhibition
Photograph of seated man with spirit woman behind him

Beyond the Grave: A Brief History of Spirit Photography

Online only
Scientist working in lab

Frontiers of Knowledge: Britton Chance and New Channels of Discovery

2017
Center for Digital Scholarship
William Birch engraving of the back of the State House.

Celebrating 275 Years of Promoting Useful Knowledge

2018
Center for Digital Scholarship
book

Adopt-A-Book Program