The spring General Meeting of the American Philosophical Society is April 25–27. Read the program and live stream the proceedings. 

Collection Areas

Explore the Society's rich holdings by clicking on a core collecting area below.
Engraving of Philadelphia

Early American History Collections

Detail of annotated map of interior Pacific Northwest

Indigenous Cultures, Anthropology, and Linguistics

19th-century laboratory

History of Science Collections

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Museum Collections