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By Kailey Kluge

For its Bicentennial, The Academy of Natural Sciences has brought out the best of their 18-million item collection. 

By Alyssa Stein

Photographer Rosamond Purcell helped the Academy of Natural Sciences document their 200 year old collection, and created an art exhibit in the process.

By Alyssa Stein

No need to schedule a lengthy and expensive vacation. Take some time out this weekend to visit Hawaii without walking more than a few blocks.

By Zachary Shevich

The Franklin Institute temporarily becomes home to our favorite extinct friends: dinosaurs.

By Alissa Falcone

The annual Paleopalooza fossil-fest returns to the Academy of Natural Sciences this years to introduce a newly discovered species of dinosaur. 

By Mary Sydnor

Art at the Academy of Natural Sciences offers the nature-phobic a rare opportunity to enjoy the world around them.

By Mary Sydnor

We may not be too impressed with exotic flora anymore, but the American Philosophical Society's greenhouse impresses visitors with unique architecture and sound. 

By Sean Morrison

Examine live bugs, enjoy larger than life insect sculptures, or learn more from an "Entomologist" at the Academy of Natural Science's new exhibit "Bugs: Outside the Box." 

By Mary Sydnor

One of our favorite Philadelphia Museum's was hit hard by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, how did they manage? 

By Alissa Falcone

Become a Crime Scene Investigator at The Franklin Institutes "CSI: The Experience" exhibit.

By Mary Sydnor

As The Academy of Natural Sciences prepares to celebrate their Bicentennial, they offer visitors a new story about the Museum every day on their website. 

By Alissa Falcone

The Zoo's new Treetop Trail for primates dangles above the heads of unsuspecting visitors eating lunch below. 

By Mary Sydnor

Can a game of mini golf teach us how to help save our planet?

By Alissa Falcone

Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences permanently join together to benefit both institutions. 

By Kailey Kluge

We can do almost anything we want on the Internet today, including visit a museum.

By Mary Sydnor

Flick Ford is able to create perfect images of fish using his own watercolor technique instead of a camera.

By Kailey Kluge

Why can't all of our science courses be as fun as a trip to the Chemical Heritage Foundation?

By Mary Sydnor

A naturalist answers questions to elaborate on what it's like working in one of our favorite museums.

By Meaghan Donchak

Open houses at the Drexel Observatory help students appreciate the stars above in a bright city.

By Brittany Tress

The annual Philadelphia International Flower Show returns ready to impress with a Parisian theme.

By Poonam Sharma

Virtual and physical models create da Vinci's inventions as he might have envisioned them. 

By Poonam Sharma

A mixture of fascinating facts about strange animals both extinct and modern. 

By Margaret DeGennaro

 The Zoo's indoor and outdoor animals still amaze in the snow.  

By Poonam Sharma

The Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology combines the mystery and science of vampires with the notorious canine teeth.

By Kailey Kluge

 Nineteeth-century technological advances in medical devices now chill at the Mütter Museum.

By Evan Raisner

A historical collection explores the ever-present conflicts over science as seen through the arts. 

By Steven Farrell

Larger-than-life Lego animal models feature endangered species to raise awareness. 

 

By Steven Farrell

Psychedelic images of mircobials come to a place devoted to the macroscopic.

By Jesse Smith

Bartram's Garden offers several different ways to experience fall.