History

SS United States purchase

Plans to turn SS United States into a reef off Florida coast move forward

This early movie projector started a dispute between the Franklin Institute and Thomas Edison

Phantoscope

Exhibit on school lunches will feature antique milk testers and nutrition comics

School lunch

Trump's debate line about immigrants eating pets 'echoes' racist rhetoric of past world leaders, professor says

Donald Trump

Carpenters' Hall to commemorate 250th anniversary of First Continental Congress this fall with free performances

carpenters hall continental congress

It's been more than 100 years since a Pennsylvanian was a major player in national politics

Pennsylvania Politics Shapiro

Pearl Jam returns to Philly – 15 years after shutting down the Spectrum with four epic shows

Pearl Jam

New memoir tells story of Philly Black Panther who escaped prison twice

Russell Shoatz

A section of Camac Street in Center City is being repaved with wood blocks for historic preservation

Camac Street reno

Enjoy old books? Gloucester County Historical Society is selling 1,500 that date to the mid-1800s

Gloucester County Book Sale

How eye drops used to prevent blindness in newborns funded the Barnes Foundation's art collection

barnes eye drops

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Museum of the American Revolution to offer free admission to kids during Labor Day weekend

museum american revolution labor day

Before Grace Kelly was a princess, the actress became Hollywood royalty during one busy stretch 70 years ago

Grace Kelly

Reporter who received stolen files from 1971 heist of Delco FBI office reflects on working on Ed Helms' podcast

Betty Medsger

In Philly 80 years ago, a racist subway strike paralyzed the city in the middle of World War II

Philly transit strike

A drawing gifted to George Washington by Marquis de Lafayette to be on display in Philly before going on auction

george washington drawing museum

Mount Vernon Cemetery is on the market for $1 million as nonprofit seeks control of overgrown property

Mount Vernon Cemetery

Kevin Hart show about a real 1970 robbery coming to Peacock

Kevin Hart show

Pennsylvania has a long history of putting limits on buying booze, but it just loosened one of its laws

Fine Wine and Good Spirits

A 650-piece exhibit on Philly history features items from a sunken British ship and a World Series ring

Philly history exhibit

Ed Helms' podcast explores a 1971 break-in at an FBI office in Delco that exposed mass government surveillance

Medberg FBI robbery

Isaiah Zagar, known for his mosaics, also has collaborated on delicate works made of grass and beeswax

Zagar art

MLB's most nomadic team, the Oakland Athletics, are abandoning another city, like they did to Philly 70 years ago

1914 Philadelphia A's

Edgar Allan Poe house to close for the summer for fire safety upgrades

Edgar Allan Poe house

To mark the Philly Zoo's 150th anniversary, here's a look back at its most famous resident: Leo the lion

Leo the lion

Before the internet, the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Philadelphia connected LGBTQ callers with safe spaces

Gay switchboard

The smallest NPS site is in Old City. It honors a Polish military expert who helped America win its independence

NPS site

S.S. United States Conservancy seeks $500k to relocate the ship docked in South Philly for nearly 30 years

SS United States

A lantern at the Fireman's Hall Museum is a relic from when being a firefighter was even more dangerous

Fireman's Hall Museum

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Museum of the American Revolution to celebrate Fourth of July with 6 days of events

museum american revolution july 4

Tuskegee Airman with Philly ties appears in new Nat Geo special

Tuskegee Airmen

Battleship New Jersey will soon return to Camden from South Philly

Battleship New Jersey

McGillin’s bartender John Doyle reflects on 50 years working at the oldest bar in the city

mcgillin's john doyle

Philadelphia's busy 2026 will include TED talks, new Mural Arts project

Semiquincentennial Philly

Pa. is rebranding as 'The Great American Getaway' in ad featuring Abbi Jacobson

Pennsylvania Slogan Tourism

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Museum of the American Revolution to commemorate Memorial Day weekend with crafts, performances

museum american revolution memorial day

A Brewerytown block will be renamed after Welcome America festival creator

Lana Felton-Ghee Way street renaming

Family recipes are heirlooms. Learn ways to preserve them like historical documents at the Free Library.

Free Library recipes

Before Eastern State Penitentiary closed, music by the prison's inmate band delighted radio audiences

Eastern State Penitentiary music

Rival Bros. Coffee opens shop at Brewerytown's renovated Poth building

Rival Bros Brewerytown

Tun Tavern, birthplace of the Marines, to be reconstructed in Old City

Tun Tavern Marines

For one Chester County family, farming is way of life largely unchanged for three centuries

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Steamer trunk at Weitzman Museum tells the story of Jewish displacement after World War II

Weitzman Museum Philly displaced persons

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