Celebrate PA’s 250th at Carpenters’ Hall
In 1776, a group of men gathered in Philadelphia to write a document that declared their independence from…
Ministry of Awe turns a historic Philly bank building into a trippy art playground
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As Trump pushes to take down slavery exhibits, Bartram’s Garden exposes its ‘fraught’ history
In a quiet corner of Bartram’s Garden that overlooks the Schuylkill River, there’a a small memorial named after Harvey,…
Young Philadelphians dress up as their favorite Black historical figures
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History Floats on the Gazela, with the PSPG
The tall ship Gazela is not the first thing you notice about Penn’s Landing these days. Lately, the…
Festival at Drexel on Saturday celebrates the world’s first-ever medical school for women
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Taking the Stage that Trump Set
A year ago, my fellow co-artistic directors and leadership at the Wilma Theater considered how to acknowledge our…
USS Philadelphia is the oldest surviving warship in America, but it wasn’t built at the Navy Yard
The wooden boat known as the Philadelphia only fought one battle before it sank into the chilly waters…
Pennsbury Manor celebrates 345 years of Pennsylvania during ‘Charter Day’ celebration
Sunday, March 8, 2026 9:59PM BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The history of Pennsylvania was on full display…
Privy pirates unearth treasures beneath Philly outhouses
A small group of amateur archaeologists in Philadelphia are digging into the city’s past — by excavating ancient…
Pennsylvania’s first female architect built her life in Bellefonte | Feature Stories
Bellefonte, Pa. — Born on May 24, 1889, Anna Wagner Keichline was the first female to be registered as an…
Philly firsts: The world’s first medical college for women was founded in 1850
The Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, the world’s first medical school for women, graduated its first class in…