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"Inspired by Mark Dion" - A Cabinet of Curiosities comprising 153 years of collecting at the Wagner Free Institute of Science

Exhibition
October 15-November 26, 2008
Wagner Free Institute of Science
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Quoth the Raven: A 200 Year Remembrance of the Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe

Exhibition
October 1, 2008-February 13, 2009
Free Library of Philadelphia
An exhibition of Colonel Richard Gimbel’s celebrated collection of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, commemorating the 200th year of… view complete listing>>

Documenting Ethnic Wedding Traditions in America: The Photographs of Katrina Thomas

Exhibition
September 23-December 19, 2008
Bryn Mawr College
“Documenting Ethnic Wedding Traditions in America: The Photographs of Katrina Thomas,” an exhibition of work by Katrina Thomas (BMC Class of 1949),… view complete listing>>

Connecting Cultures: China & the Haverford Experience

Exhibition
September 19-December 19, 2008
Haverford College
During Haverford's earliest days, China already played a role, as when its critical financial disaster was alleviated by a Quaker who… view complete listing>>

There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak

Exhibition
May 6, 2008-May 3, 2009
Rosenbach Museum & Library
There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak, a major retrospective of the work of artist and author Maurice Sendak. His own words… view complete listing>>

Black Founders: The Free Black Community in the Early Republic

Exhibition
March 10-October 10, 2008
Library Company of Philadelphia
The struggle of American blacks to secure rights as citizens—as free people—began years before our first bearded President took up… view complete listing>>

Melting Pot Woes: Suspicions on the Homefront 1917 - 1919

Exhibition
October 1, 2007-October 31, 2008
National Archives - Mid Atlantic Region
After several instances of perceived German aggression, the United States entered World War I on 6 April 1917.  Americans at home… view complete listing>>

UNDAUNTED: Five American Explorers, 1760-2007

Exhibition
June 22, 2007-December 28, 2008
The American Philosophical Society
What does it take to be an Explorer? FIND five intrepid individuals who shared a sense of adventure and the… view complete listing>>