Exhibitions

Current and upcoming
Sunset on Missouri

Sketching Splendor: American Natural History, 1750-1850

April 12, 2024- December 29, 2024
104 S. 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Exhibitions archive
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
women scientist

Visualizing Women in Science

2023
An image 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
advertisement for prize applications

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

Online only
An image of an engraving of a bird's eye view of the port of Philadelphia from the Delaware River with ships.

Investigating Indentured Servitude: Visualizing Experiences of Colonial America

2020
Center for Digital Scholarship
19th-century coal miners outside of mine

Old Country in the New World: Saint Clair, a 19th-Century Coal Community

Online only
Letter with burned edges

Colonization in the Foulke Papers

Center for Digital Scholarship
Drawing of people reading pamphlet

Joining the Fray: Mapping a World of Paine

2015
Center for Digital Scholarship
text

Children in the Archives

two men at microphone

Great Talks at the American Philosophical Society, a Podcast

Women in Science—Oral Histories from APS Members

2024
104 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
red brick building coated in the late afternoon sun

In the Heart of Philadelphia: The Story of Library Hall

2018
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