Exhibitions

Current and upcoming
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Treasures of the American Philosophical Society

2018
Online Exhibition
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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
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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
Submarine stuck in ice

Low Road North: Sir Hubert Wilkins's 1931 Polar Expedition

2000
Online only
Lewis and Clark journals

Treasures of the APS

2000
Online only
Engraving of alligator

Southern Nature: Scientific Views of the Colonial American South

2001
Online only
Children watching a plane go by

Too Near Where History Is Being Made: Henry Howard Houston II in a Time of War

2015
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

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America's First Scientific Award: The Magellanic Premium of the APS

Online only