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Neighborhood Jawnts

City unveils 20 walking tours to explore art, culture and food of neighborhoods

Massive collection of Ben Franklin items to hit the auction block — after being displayed in Philly this week

Ben Franklin Auction

Philadelphia 250

First Mother’s Day celebration was held in Philly 118 years ago

Anna Jarvis Mother's Day

Weitzman Museum shines a light on tiny Caribbean island that helped fuel the American Revolution

Weitzman Museum 250 exhibit

Purported photos of Billy the Kid, possibly taken in Philly in the 1860s, are up for auction

Billy the kid photos

New York museum acquires rare Philly railcar from 1960s 'Almond Joys' fleet

SEPTA Almond Joy 1

Chester Springs mill is grinding flour with wheat stones that date back to 1747

Mill at Anselma

State awards $2.3 million grant to restore West Fairmount Park's 19th century fountain

Fairmount Park Fountain

Two museums are looking back on the entire history of American art through political teapots and a 'death cart'

No Stamp Act teapot

Benjamin Franklin memorial invites visitors to vote on the institutions he founded

Franklin Grave Coins

Check out these 17 exhibits at Philly museums that honor America's 250th birthday

The Declaration's Journey

Philadelphia 250

Franklin Field, the country's oldest collegiate stadium, has been at the forefront of innovation for 130 years

Franklin Field 1926

Stenton Museum event will honor formerly enslaved Black woman who secured her freedom in 1776

Dinah Day

As Artemis II embarks on lunar mission, here's a look back at Philly's moonwalker

Pete Conrad Philadelphia

How a dozen men broke out of Eastern State Penitentiary through a tunnel in 1945

Eastern State Penitentiary escape

Trailer for documentary on SS United States shows ship's journey down the Delaware River

ss united states doc trailer

What was it like to be a patient in the past? This Mütter Museum workshop invites you to find out

medicalartifactsmuttermain

Dog discovers 10,000-year-old walrus fossil at Jersey Shore

Walrus Femur Main

Bartram’s Garden exposes its ‘fraught’ history amid federal push to take down slavery exhibits

Bartram's Garden Harvey memorial garden

USS Philadelphia, the oldest surviving warship in U.S., wasn't built in the city. So how did it get its name?

Gunboat Philadelphia

Philadelphia 250

175 years ago, the world's first medical college for women graduated its inaugural class in Philly

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania

Villanova history professor explains shifts of U.S.-Iran relations from Eisenhower to Trump

Eisenhower Shah Iran

Philadelphia 250

Old City's reenactors charm tourists with tidbits of American history. But first they undergo a weekslong training course

Benstitute actor training

Philly could earn up to $4 back for every $1 spent on 2026 events, controller says

Summer 2026 tourism investment

Pennsylvania Hospital's storied history dates back 275 years. Now, it's the subject of an upcoming museum

Pennsylvania Hospital Museum

Maritime museum at Jersey Shore heavily damaged by burst pipe

NJ Maritime History

Trump administration to appeal ruling to restore President's House slavery exhibit

president's house appeal

Parker vows, 'We will not allow anyone to erase our history,' following President's House lawsuit ruling

Cherelle Parker slavery exhibit

How Jesse Jackson became a lightning rod in the contentious 1983 Philly mayoral race

Jesse Jackson Rizzo

‘Workshop of the World’ to debut at the Science History Institute

SHI - Workshop of the World

Slavery exhibit at President's House must be restored by Trump administration, judge orders

Presidents House Opinion

Removal of slavery exhibit at President's House erases story of Ona Judge's escape from George Washington

presidents house enslaved

How Philadelphia became the sweet spot for America's iconic holiday candies

philly chocolate history

Philly's collar counties are backing the city's legal fight to restore the Presidents House exhibit

Presidents House lawsuit

Philadelphia 250

In 1688, a group of immigrants in Germantown drafted the first petition against slavery in America

first slavery petition

City accepting submissions for original quote to etch into Harriet Tubman statue

harriet tubman statue quote.jpg

Copy of Declaration of Independence from July 1776 to be sold this spring

Declaration Auction

Eastern State marks America’s 250th with yearlong ‘A Time for Liberty’ series

Eastern State - A Time for Liberty

'Gettysburg 1863' movie crew spotted filming on location in Pennsylvania

Gettysburg 1863 movie

Feds to Philly on President's House suit: Focus on city's jobless rate, 'reckless' cashless bail policy instead

independence park slavery

Shipwreck from 1890 washes ashore at Island Beach State Park

Shipwreck Ocean County

Philly may get pounded with snow this weekend. Here's a look back at the biggest snowfalls of the last 30 years

snow history philadelphia

National Park Service removes slavery exhibits from President's House amid pressure from Trump administration

President's House removal

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