Tag: museum
Throw open the windows: National Liberty Museum rebuilds its future
The new leader of a small museum in historic Old City wants to change the way we talk about liberty.
2 years ago
Yo, it’s back. Philly’s Jewish museum reopens after 26 months closed
Philly’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History comes back after the pandemic and bankruptcy as a forum for contemporary issues.
2 years ago
Listen 1:26Woodmere Museum gets its largest gift ever to renovate a mansion
With a $10 million gift from the Maguire Foundation, the Chestnut Hill museum will get to work transforming its neighbor into a modern art space.
2 years ago
Don’t believe your eyes: New Museum of Illusions opens in Philadelphia
The global franchise of immersive optical and spatial trickery has opened in more than 35 cities, now including Philadelphia.
2 years ago
Historical Society pushes back on plan to transfer Philly History Museum to Drexel University
Historians and scholars join the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in pushing back against an agreement to transfer the city’s historic inventory to Drexel.
2 years ago
Effort to preserve Trenton’s Black history gets a funding boost from Amazon employees
The money will help restore the historic Locust Hill Cemetery, the city’s oldest burial site for African Americans.
2 years ago
The history of electronic music is inside a warehouse in Harleysville, Pa.
A collector of a massive collection of synthesizers and vintage rock gear in Harleysville, Pa., wants to tell the story of rock and roll, one Moog at a time.
3 years ago
Listen 4:09Museum of Illusions plans fall 2021 opening in Philly
The Museum of Illusions is set to open a location at 4th and Market streets in Old City.
3 years ago
Bible Museum breaks ground at Independence Mall
A forthcoming Bible museum at Independence Mall will add scriptural perspective to American history.
5 years ago
Delaware’s Oddporium is part museum, part store, and all a little odd
From skulls and bones to electroshock therapy equipment and a cycloptic pig — take a peek inside the Oddporium. Delaware's first and only shop for the peculiar and bizarre.
6 years ago