History

Penn ancient tablet

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

Inside the Archives spotlights items at Philly museums that you won't typically find on display

Inside the Archives museum series

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

rosenbach Mercedes de Acosta

Penn professor, the first woman to translate 'The Odyssey' into English, now breathes new life into 'The Iliad'

Iliad translation penn

Rittenhouse Square stabbing docuseries uses Sean Schellenger's death to explore criminal justice in Philly

Sean Schellenger docuseries

Science History Institute's new exhibit explores history of textile dyes

Science History Institute Bold Exhibit

New book explores folklore from the Delaware Valley's first people

Delaware women

Penn Museum to overhaul its Ancient Egyptian and Nubian galleries as part of 5-year renovation project

Penn Museum Renovations

Chestnut Hill to illuminate Germantown Avenue and explore its history during Night of Lights exhibition

Night of Lights

History of Philly's Electric Factory to be displayed in upcoming Drexel exhibit

Electric Factory Drexel

National Constitution Center's new First Amendment gallery displays letter George Washington wrote to Quakers

First Amendment Constitution Center

The first major bank heist in America happened 225 years ago in Philly — and the wrong guy went to prison

Carpenters' Hall bank robbery

New Netflix docuseries explores '70s CIA mission with Chester connection

Hughes Glomar Explorer

PGW to demolish 212-foot tall tank that's visible from I-95

PGW Gasometer Demolition

Philly abolitionist's descendants donate 184-year-old Bible to Museum of the American Revolution

Forten Family Bible

Steam train built in 1838 to relocate from Franklin Institute to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Locomotive Franklin Institute

Questlove writing book about hip-hop history, plans to release it in 2024

What should Philly's Harriet Tubman statue look like? Vote for 1 of 5 designs

In the '70s, a con man from Ghana swindled Philadelphians out of millions in the 'biggest scam' the city has seen

Anansi's Gold con man

Battleship New Jersey to be moved on land for maintenance for first time in 32 years

battleship NJ maintenance

West Philly community archaeology project aims to recover forgotten stories of the Black Bottom

Archaeology Project Black Bottom

The creation of the atomic bomb hinged on a Philly physicist

Robert Serber

Families can solve a mystery about the Liberty Bell at the Red Rum Theater

Liberty Bell Mystery

First Bank of the United States to be renovated, reopened as museum

First Bank Museum

Fire heavily damages historic Broad Street Market in Harrisburg

Broad Street Market Fire

PAFA exhibit the first to display items from Philly's former history museum

Atwater Kent Collection

Lynnewood Hall, the last Gilded Age mansion in the Philly area, to be restored

Lynnewood Hall

In the mid-1800s, a gang of Irish pirates terrorized the Schuylkill

Schuylkill Rangers

An 1861 theater fire in Philly left 4 young dancers dead; a history lover wants to ensure their story isn't forgotten

Gale Sisters Continental Theater

Furry, feathery 'Skin' exhibit opens at the Academy of Natural Sciences

skin exhibit rhino.jpg

New art installation depicts Philly's LGBTQ history through old photos

Gayborhood Public Art

Replica cannon stolen from historic Fort Mifflin in Southwest Philadelphia

Fort Mifflin Cannon Theft

Philly's first Juneteenth mural to be unveiled near historic Underground Railroad stop

Juneteenth Mural Germantown

In the 1840s, Dr. Mütter used a revolutionary 'flap' surgery to help burn patients

mutter flap.jpg

Mütter Museum weighs ethical concerns over online exhibits displaying human remains

Mütter Museum Ethics

Sixteen years ago, King Charles and Queen Camilla spent a weekend touring Philly

Museum of the American Revolution launches interactive multimedia timeline with historical objects, documents

museum of the american revolution timeline

Carpenters' Hall to reopen this summer after undergoing preservation project, repairs from Christmas Eve fire

Carpenters' Hall Reopening

Rare John Wilkes Booth 'wanted' poster that hung in Philly area after Lincoln's assassination to be auctioned

john wilkes booth wanted poster

Mural to be added to Philly's Holocaust memorial on the Ben Franklin Parkway

Philly Holocaust mural

Before Roe v. Wade, a Philadelphia drug company sold women a fake abortion pill

Chichester abortion pills

Robert Morris statue vandalized at Independence National Historical Park

Robert Morris Statue

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Spend April weekends learning about life at sea at the Museum of the American Revolution

museum american revolution april weekends

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