Public Events and Programs

Get involved by attending our events and programs covering a wide range of thought provoking subjects. We welcome viewers of all ages and backgrounds to come join us.

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cover of Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
Public Lecture

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

Featuring
Edward Dolnick
6:00 p.m. ET
A View from the Town of Concord, by Timothy Martin Minot. Massachusetts, about 1825. Concord Museum Collection, Bequest of Mrs. Stedman Buttrick, Sr.; Pl414.
Conference

1775: A Society on the Brink of War and Revolution

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A view of Philadelphia - Exhibition Image
Museum Program

Exhibition Opening – "Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City"

5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. ET
National Council for the Social Studies viewing APS collection materials
Educator Workshop

Educator Workshop - Primary Sources

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. ET
book cover
Lunch at the Library

A North American Tour Journal 1824-1825: The Making of a Prime Minister

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET
photo of Ed Tenner
Public Lecture

Book Launch: Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge

Featuring
Edward Tenner
6:00 p.m. ET
a picture of people in Philosophical hall's second floor conference room
Museum Program

After Hours Quizzo: Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. ET
cover of I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer
Public Lecture

I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer

Featuring
Mary Beth Norton
6:00 p.m. ET
DCAR Seminar Ross Nedervelt
David Center for the American Revolution Seminar

"British Security and American Sovereignty in Revolutionary Border-sea Spaces, 1783-1815" with Ross Nedervelt

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET
ILF Banner with Presenters photographs
Indigenous Learning Forum

"“Akiinziitookw - Let's Read Together!” Collaborative Interpretation of Moravian Munsee Lenape Manuscripts and Ancestral Voices at Harvard’s Houghton Library" with Anca Wilkening, Velma Noah-Nicholas and Ian McCallum

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET
APS Family Fun Day image with view of chalkboard sign and Jefferson Garden
Intergenerational Program
Museum Program

APS Family Fun Day

12:00 p. m. - 4:00 p.m. ET
Rev City Exhibition Image - Sullivan Disaffected Book Cover
Lunch at the Library

The Disaffected in The Revolutionary City, A Conversation

Featuring
Aaron Sullivan and Caroline O’Connell
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET