History American Bible Society Brings Tours and Trepidation to Old City The American Bible Society is planning a robust virtual tour program with its forthcoming museum in Old City. However, some local religious historic sites worry about how their own stories will be ...
Development Growing Pains Yield Gains For The Mütter Museum The Mütter Museum, one to the country's premiere medical history museums, prepares for a major expansion with a $25 million capital campaign and designs by KieranTimberlake. Kimberly Haas has the ...
History Automotive Museum In Southwest Philly Goes The Distance (And Then Some) Virginia Lindak takes us inside the Simeone Foundation, one of Philly's best under-the-radar ...
History New Museum In The Works For America’s First Male Saint The Shrine of St. John Neumann on Girard Avenue is a melting pot brimming with religious devotion. It's also a destination for curious tourists looking to get a glimpse of the saint's body enshrined in ...
History The Making & Breaking Of The Philadelphia Commercial Museum Edward Duffy takes us back when industry, commerce, and foreign trade flooded the halls of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, the first institution of its kind in the United ...
History Diorama Restoration At The Academy of Natural Sciences Confronts Loss & Conquest Conservators on the Parkway give 80-year-old specimens a good scrubbing, while examining science's shady past with new interpretation. Mabel Rosenheck has the ...
History Black History Museums Struggle To Survive Amid Philly Revival In need of funding and resources, three museums dedicated to African American history face an uncertain future. Keshler Thibert has the ...
History Tell The Whole Story With Next Chapter Of The Philadelphia History Museum In this op-ed, Mabel Rosenheck says its time to put some fresh, 21st century eyes on how we interpret our city's history with inclusivity as the top ...
