A portrait of George Washington, leaning on a cannon on the battlefield at Princeton, has hung in the Paris residence of the American ambassador to France since the 1980s. Some credited the painting to Charles Willson Peale, but its execution appeared to fall short of many of Peale’s portraits. In 2019, the Department of State’s […]
April 8th will be a total solar eclipse in North America. Join us at the American Philosophical Society Museum for our family program, “Shoot for the Stars Eclipse Edition!” APS Education staff will be handing out eclipse viewing glasses* and celebrating the eclipse itself with some space related activities. We will also be demonstrating a […]
Enjoy refreshments and get the first look at the American Philosophical Society's 2024 exhibition, Sketching Splendor: American Natural History 1750-1850. The exhibition explores how William Bartram, Titian Ramsay Peale, and John James Audubon made sense of nature’s complexities through their writings, drawings, and watercolors. It highlights their approaches to capturing the natural world during a […]
Join the APS Museum on Sunday, April 21 for “Earth Day: Roots and Shoots in the Jefferson Garden”. Celebrate the lead up to Earth Day with our Education Staff in this informal program. Inspired by the APS’s current exhibition, Sketching Splendor: American Natural History, 1750-1850, visitors will channel their inner gardener and learn some basics […]
Please join the American Philosophical Society on Wednesday, May 22nd to experience and celebrate Field Companion by Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib. This film installation is part of the APS exhibition Sketching Splendor: American Natural History, 1750-1850, on view through December 2024. The program will start at 5:30 p.m. with light refreshments. We will be […]
Join the American Philosophical Society on Wednesday, July 31st at 6:00 p.m. in learning about the naturalists and natural history that resides in our current exhibition, Sketching Splendor: American Natural History, 1750-1850. Spanning the whole exhibition and many aspects of natural history, this program will cover many stories and highlights. The flash talk will be […]
