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AmRev Library Summer Program

Children can listen to Revolutionary War stories at Philly libraries this summer

SmörgåsBeer returns to FDR Park next weekend with Nordic beers and Swedish lawn games

Smorgasbeer 2023

Drink a beer and watch an outdoor showing of 'Philadelphia' at the Mütter

Mutter films

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

First Bank Museum

Barnes Foundation annual block party celebrates 50 years of hip-hop and features plenty of art

Barnes Block Party

Moms for Liberty event still set for Museum of the American Revolution despite outcry from staff, historians

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

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Philly Beer Week and a Prince birthday bash: Your weekend guide to things to do

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Climb aboard the Cruiser Olympia for a 1920s speakeasy pop-up this summer

Cruiser Olympia Speakeasy

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Play ball! Please Touch Museum's immersive Major League Baseball exhibit opens for the summer

please touch museum baseball

Demi Lovato, Ludacris to headline Wawa Welcome America concert on July 4

Welcome America Headliners

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Sample oysters and learn about the ocean at the Science History Institute's summer festival

Science History Institute

Mütter Museum weighs ethical concerns over online exhibits displaying human remains

Mütter Museum Ethics

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

museum of the american revolution timeline

'Abbott Elementary' takes a field trip to the Franklin Institute in Season 2 finale

Abbott Elementary Franklin Institute

Two men wanted for burglary at Independence Seaport Museum, police say

Independence Seaport Museum

Man accused of stealing thumb of terra cotta warrior statue at Franklin Institute party accepts plea deal

Terra Cotta Warrior Thumb

The Colored Girls Museum in Germantown celebrates Black girlhood through art and artifacts

colored girls museum

Century-old, steam-powered train built in Philadelphia restored as 'living museum' in central Pennsylvania

historic baldwin locomotive

FBI returns stolen artifacts to Pennsylvania historical societies

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Discover centuries-old art and antiques at The Philadelphia Show this spring

The Philadelphia Show

Celebrate Women's History Month with special programs at Philly museums and libraries

Museums Womens History Month

Eastern State Penitentiary workers vote to unionize over safety concerns, pay

Eastern State Penitentiary Union

Dinosaurs and underwater yoga: Your weekend guide to things to do in Philly

Contributions of Black, Indigenous soldiers detailed in new collection at Museum of the American Revolution

Museum Archive Soldiers

Penn Museum researchers discover ancient restaurant in Iraq with 5,000-year-old fridge

Penn Museum Researchers Aerial

New exhibit sheds light on James Forten, Black abolitionist and Revolutionary War fighter

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Hershey native opens New York City's first permanent Broadway museum

museum of broadway nyc

Celebrate MLK by writing poetry at the Museum of the American Revolution

Museum of the American Revolution MLK Weekend

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Kids can visit the Penn Museum for free during winter break

Penn Museum winter break

In the spirit of Dracula, the Mütter Museum wants your blood

Mutter blood donation.

Celebrate Lunar New Year at Penn Museum with a traditional lion dance and lantern crafts

Lunar New Year Penn Museum

Travel back in time to 1770s Philadelphia with a holiday walking tour of Old City

Museum of the American Revolution Winter Break

Atlantic City Boardwalk's Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum to close after 26 years

Ripley's Atlantic City Closing

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Take a glimpse at the new Disney exhibit coming to the Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Disney 100 exhibit

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Watch a patriotic Philly POPS performance for Veterans Day at the Museum of the American Revolution

Veterans Day Weekend AmRev

Neon Museum of Philadelphia, a shrine of vintage signs, to close in Olde Kensington

Neon Museum Philadelphia Closing

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Museum of the American Revolution celebrates Halloween weekend with turnip-carving demonstrations

Halloween weekend Museum of the American Revolution

Celebrate Halloween with a costume party at the Museum of Illusions

Museum of Illusions Halloween

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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at Museum of the American Revolution next weekend

Museum of the American Revolution Indigenous Peoples Weekend

Philly art museum workers resume strike in effort to secure better wages, benefits in first union contract

Art Museum Strike PMA

Exhibition celebrating 100 years of Disney to launch world tour at The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Disney 100 exhibition

Dress in costume and celebrate 125th anniversary of 'Dracula' at the Mütter Museum

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