Posts in 'Explore'

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Seaport Spring Break Series

04/11/2022 - 11:00am

Spring break is waiting on the waterfront! Spend it with your friends and family at Independence Seaport Museum. From April 11 – 15, and then again...

Exterior of American Vegan Center in Old City

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Spring Sample Snacks

04/01/2022 - 5:00pm

Stop by the AVC on First Friday for some free snack samples while supplies last! Your mouth may think you're fooling when you try our animal-free...

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Museum's 5th Anniversary Celebration & Shot Heard 'Round the World Commemoration

04/19/2022 - 10:00am

Join the Museum onsite and online to commemorate the anniversary of the “shot heard ‘round the world,” as Ralph Waldo Emerson later called it, that...

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History Explorer Meet Up: Spring Training in the Continental Army

04/16/2022 - 12:30pm

It’s springtime, and the Continental Army is getting ready to march out of Valley Forge! On Saturday, April 16, join Museum staff for this hour-long...

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2022 Conference on Collecting the Revolutionary War

04/07/2022 - 10:00am

How were military objects created, used, and collected during and after the Revolutionary War? What personal memories and meanings did these objects...

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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

05/05/2022 - 7:00pm

Members of an elite boarding school in Ghana are excited for the prospect of earning a spot in the Miss Universe pageant. When Queen Bee Paulina is...

Artwork featuring four birds with bright blue background

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19th Century Ornithology in the Athenaeum Collections

04/01/2022 - 5:00pm

Athenaeum Librarian Jill LeMin Lee has been pecking around the Athenaeum Archives in search of 19th Century birds to share with our Athenaeum flock...

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