
Making a Splash: A ‘Downstream’ Opening Celebration
Friday, September 17, 2021 | 5:00 p.m. EDT
Join us as we celebrate the opening of Downstream, a new exhibition that explores more than 200 years of water analysis and water protection.

Fit To Be Dyed
Distillations Article
Tie-dyeing—or “tied dyeing,” as it was more commonly known before the 1960s—is an ancient art practiced across continents and cultures.

Disease in the Water: Typhoid Fever
Thursday, September 30 | 4:00 p.m. EDT
Join us for a Varsity Tutors virtual class to learn about typhoid fever in Philadelphia and what politicians did to protect residents from it.

WHYY Features Institute’s New ‘Downstream’ Exhibition
Research curator Jesse Smith explains how people could see, smell, and taste contaminants in the waterways throughout Philadelphia in the late 1700s.

Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture
Thursday, September 30, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. EDT
Nobel laureate and medical scientist Peter Agre will present “Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria.”






