Exhibitions

Current and upcoming
Scientist looking at corn

Pursuit & Persistence: 300 Years of Women in Science

March 31 – December 30, 2023
104 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Exhibitions archive
Jefferson 2 Banner

Jefferson, Science, and Exploration

April 10 – December 30, 2015
J1 banner

Jefferson, Philadelphia, and the Founding of a Nation

April 17 – December 28, 2014
Varley Banner

Through the Looking Lens: Cornelius Varley’s Wondrous Images of Art and Science, 1800-1860

May 17 – December 29, 2013
104 S. Fifth Street
Transit Banner

Sic Transit Glorious: A Transit of Venus Celebration

June 1, 2012-July 8, 2012
104 S. Fifth Street
Tempus Fugit Banner

TEMPUS FUGIT: Time Flies

April 13 – December 30, 2012
104 S. 5th Street
Elephants and Roses banner

Of Elephants & Roses: Encounters with French Natural History, 1790-1830

March 25 – December 31, 2011
Darwin banner

Dialogues with Darwin

April 17, 2009 – October 17, 2010
undaunted banner

Undaunted: Five America Explorers, 1760 – 2007

June 22, 2007 – December 28, 2008
104 S. 5th Street
Princess and Patriot banner

The Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin, and the Age of Enlightenment

February 17 – December 31, 2006
Treasures Revealed

Treasures Revealed: 260 Years of Collecting at the American Philosophical Society

February 18, 2005–December 11, 2005
104 S. 5th Street
Stuffing Birds banner

Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: Natural History in North America 1730-1860

June 23, 2003 – December 31, 2004
Lab banner

From the Laboratory to the Parlor: Scientific Instruments in Philadelphia, 1750-1875

20 April 2001 – 31 March 2003
104 S. 5th Street
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