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Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Celebrate spring in the library with exhibits, activities, and experiences that explore the role herbs, plants, and flowers have played in the history of science and medicine.
Hear from Philadelphia’s leading fashion sustainability experts in this engaging panel talk on durable, reusable, and recyclable apparel.
Raechel Lutz and Conevery Bolton Valencius analyze Hollywood films that feature energy as historical objects.
Step into the shadows of medicine and mystery at the grand opening of our newest ExhibitLab, Poisons and Panaceas: Inside the 19th-Century Medicine Cabinet.
Embark on a cosmic journey into the mesmerizing realms of astronomy, space, and the captivating history of our cosmic understanding.
Shireen Hamza examines the incorporation of elements of non-Western medicine by biomedical institutions in the United States.
Join us for an unforgettable evening that explores the bizarre side of science.
Temple University professor Becki Beadling will discuss how climate models and observations of the ocean can help mitigate uncertainty in a changing climate.
In the fifth and final session of this Roundtable course, we show how racial bias is built into medical instruments and introduce the medical students and doctors working to change it.
In the fourth session of this Roundtable course, we explore how faulty beliefs about race biology influence American medicine.
In the third session of this Roundtable course, we discuss the ethical treatment of human remains and how this practice, when done correctly, is imperative to our understanding of the past.
In the second session of this Roundtable course, we cover the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, from the perspective of the free Black community tasked with saving the city.
In the first session of this five-part Roundtable course, we trace the origins of race science to the Enlightenment in Europe.
Explore the materials that impact your world at a day of free, hands-on science and engineering fun for all ages!
From Rachel Carson to ACT UP, explore how scientists and activists have shaped discovery and created change.
This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.
This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
In this Roundtable course, the Institute’s Roger Turner will show what an ordinary shopping bag reveals about the science and politics of plastic.
In this Roundtable course, the Institute’s Roger Turner will explore the hidden history of our most visible science.
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!