Museums

Salvaged art

Sculptures made from the seals on plastic bottles coming to Philadelphia Museum of Art

St. Joseph's University, Barnes Foundation team up to offer museum education graduate degree

sju barnes degree

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

george washington drawing museum

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

Philly history exhibit

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

Zagar art

New Barnes Foundation exhibit showcases works created by incarcerated artists in state prison

Barnes Foundation exhibit

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

Franklin Institute lets adults explore exhibits after hours in 2nd Thursdays summer event series

franklin institute 2nd thursdays

Battleship New Jersey will soon return to Camden from South Philly

Museum of Illusions to host dog-friendly party benefiting pets in need

museum of illusions dogs

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

museum american revolution memorial day

What's happening during Wawa Welcome America? It's more than just fireworks and the concert with Ne-Yo and Kesha

Wawa Welcome America 2024

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

Eastern State Penitentiary music

Please Touch Museum to launch event series for adults with '90s-themed party

please touch museum event

The giant heart is closing at the Franklin Institute, but it will return later this year

Franklin Institute giant heart

Red, White, & Blue To-Do event on July 2 is a founding father's dream come true

red white blue to-do

Allentown's expanded science museum now has animatronic dinos, live otters and a waterfall

Da Vinci Science Center reopening

PAFA will host yoga classes in its rotunda

PAFA yoga

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

Weitzman Museum Philly displaced persons

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Museum of the American Revolution to host day camps for kids in April

museum of the american revolution day camps

Mütter Museum to hold free open houses as part of ethical review of its exhibits

Mutter Museum Open Houses

Exhibit at Fabric Workshop and Museum turns caring for others into a game

Group Hug exhibit Risa Puno

The Weitzman Museum, which celebrates Jewish American heritage, may join the Smithsonian

Weitzman Museum Smithsonian

Malaysian food, wine and a prison baseball pop-up: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide Kampar

American Bible Society to close its museum on Independence Mall

Faith Liberty Center

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Museum of the American Revolution to offer family-friendly 'spring break' activities

museum of the american revolution spring break

Mütter Museum to host Radiant Ball in honor of Marie Curie

Radiant ball Marie Curie

Please Touch Museum begins yearslong renovations of Memorial Hall

Please Touch Museum renovations

Mütter Museum receives unusual package with jars containing two preserved fetuses, police say

Mutter fetuses

An ice festival and Center City Restaurant Week: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide ice festival

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site to host after-hours tours in honor of the writer's 215th birthday

Poe Cellar Candelight

Why do so many museums have locks of George Washington's hair?

George Washington portrait

Museum of the American Revolution celebrates MLK this weekend with poetry, theater performances

MLK weekend museum of the american revolution

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American Revolution museum to offer winter-themed activities for kids between Christmas and New Year's

American Revolution Winter

Franklin Institute permanently closes Tuttleman IMAX theater

Franklin Institute IMAX

The iron lung seems archaic, but a smaller version — like the one at the Mütter Museum — helped people, even recently

Inside the Archives Mütter Museum

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Franklin Institute's 'Wondrous Space' exhibit lets kids build their own rockets and astronaut suits

Space rover Franklin Institute

Bruce Springsteen's career archives will move to new building at Monmouth University

Springsteen Museum

New exhibit at Philadelphia Museum of Art features pieces smuggled out of North Korea

Korean exhibit Philadelphia Museum of Art

This 5,000-year-old stone tablet at the Penn Museum is among the oldest examples of writing in the world

Penn ancient tablet

Story of a pioneering queer writer's audacious love life is preserved in the Rosenbach collection

rosenbach Mercedes de Acosta

Mr. Potato Head's forgotten friends from the 1960s live in Philly at the Please Touch Museum

Please Touch Museum potato head

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