From Rachel Carson to ACT UP, explore how scientists and activists have shaped discovery and created change.
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Upcoming Events
PLEASE NOTE: Proof of vaccination is required for all visitors ages 5 and up; masks are required in our museum. Learn more on our COVID Information page.
The Science History Institute produces a wide range of virtual and in-person events aimed at students, educators, scientific professionals, scholars, science history lovers, and the intellectually curious.
Attend a virtual training workshop in oral history and research interview methodologies.
Dive into a day of family-friendly, water-related activities that includes storytime and exploration of our exhibitions.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
We’re putting the “fun” in education! Join us and explore science learning through the decades.
Students can kick off the fall semester at our museum as part of Campus Philly’s annual “Welcome to Philadelphia!” celebration.
This “drop-in” tour explores the importance of water and the histories of pollution and protection that have changed our relationship to this vital substance.
History PhD candidate Molly Nebiolo will discuss how spatial experiences were integral to shaping public definitions of health and sickness.
Dive into a day of family-friendly, water-related activities that includes storytime and exploration of our exhibitions.
Omar Yaghi and David Moore discuss how metal-organic frameworks can ease water shortages by extracting it from the air.
Spend an evening nerding out with local scientists and researchers about astronomy, medicine, oceanography, and more.
From Rachel Carson to ACT UP, explore how scientists and activists have shaped discovery and created change.
This “drop-in” tour explores the importance of water and the histories of pollution and protection that have changed our relationship to this vital substance.
Dive into a day of family-friendly, water-related activities that includes storytime and exploration of our exhibitions.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
The Nobel laureate and Caltech professor will deliver the 2022 lecture.
Dive into a day of family-friendly, water-related activities that includes storytime and exploration of our exhibitions.
Dive into a day of family-friendly, water-related activities that includes storytime and exploration of our exhibitions.