Exhibitions

To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker by SYDNEY NATHANS

Event
March 23, 2012 (5:30 pm-7:30 pm)
The American Philosophical Society

John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail by TIM McGRATH

Event
February 17, 2012 (5:30 pm-7:30 pm)
The American Philosophical Society

LECTURE: Charles Willson Peale's The Staircase Group: Reinterpreting the grand manner double portrait in Federal Phialdelphia

Event
March 6, 2009 (5:30 pm-7:00 pm)
The American Philosophical Society

Friday, March 6, 5:30 – 7:00 pm at Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street Reception at 5:30, Program at 6:00 LECTURE:… view complete listing>>

Gary Nash - Friends of Liberty

Event
September 19, 2008 (5:30 pm)
The American Philosophical Society

The Friends of the American Philosophical Society Library and The Library Company of Philadelphia present a lecture, reception, and booksigning. Gary Nash will… view complete listing>>

The American Philosophical Society

American Philosophical Society

105 South 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215-440-3400

Library. Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, the Society houses one of the nation's principal collections in the history of science, anthropology, and early America.

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UNDAUNTED: Five American Explorers, 1760-2007

Exhibition
June 22, 2007-December 28, 2008
The American Philosophical Society