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In the fourth session of this Roundtable course, we explore how faulty beliefs about race biology influence American medicine.
In the third session of this Roundtable course, we discuss the ethical treatment of human remains and how this practice, when done correctly, is imperative to our understanding of the past.
In the second session of this Roundtable course, we cover the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, from the perspective of the free Black community tasked with saving the city.
In the first session of this five-part Roundtable course, we trace the origins of race science to the Enlightenment in Europe.
Explore the materials that impact your world at a day of free, hands-on science and engineering fun for all ages!
From Rachel Carson to ACT UP, explore how scientists and activists have shaped discovery and created change.
This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.
This “drop-in” tour highlights the science of natural dyes and textiles, the technology behind synthetic clothing, and the impact of fashion on human health and the environment.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
Drop in for a tour highlighting the central role of women in shaping chemistry and the material sciences throughout history.
In this Roundtable course, the Institute’s Roger Turner shows what an ordinary shopping bag reveals about the science and politics of plastic.
In this Roundtable course, the Institute’s Roger Turner explores the hidden history of our most visible science.
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!
Join us for special gallery tours and hands-on activities as part of Welcome America’s Philly Holiday Experience.
Learn about exciting projects that use archives and technology to contribute to greater understanding of the history of women at MIT and in STEM.
Join us for an exciting lecture and soap-making demonstration by historian Julian Silverman, inspired by the historical science spectacles of Michael Faraday and the Royal Society.
Penn Museum conservator Julia Commander explains how museums manage to assemble massive objects and structures indoors.
Join curator Lisa Berry Drago at National Mechanics and learn how our new exhibition on synthetic dyes came together.