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Saving Old Movies

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An early 20th century porcelain painting kit

Distilled #5: Porcelain Painting

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stereoscope with stereograph

Distilled #4: Virtual Reality in the 19th Century

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Plate No. 20 Poisonous Reptiles and Insects

What We’re Talking About

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The Masters of Nature

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What We’re Talking About

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From Ancient to Art Nouveau

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Scientific Discovery through Art

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Book Club: Frankenstein in the 21st Century

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Philadelphia Inquirer: Scans Reveal Secrets of Medieval ‘Harry Potter’ Book and Medical Texts at Penn
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WHYY: Age of Alchemy a “Must-See New Art Exhibit”
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Age of Alchemy: Curator Elisabeth Berry Drago Discusses Exhibition Highlights and Myth Busting in Alchemy’s Golden Age

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The Alchemist and His Wife, ca. 1928, by Jacques Hammerer, after 17th-century original by David Ryckaert III.

Science History Institute Debuts New Exhibition Friday, May 4
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The Alchemist and His Wife, ca. 1928, by Jacques Hammerer, after 17th-century original by David Ryckaert III.

Age of Alchemy Exhibition Opening

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Serious Fun

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Sketch of a Scientist

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Old Friends

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The Alchemist and His Wife, ca. 1928, by Jacques Hammerer, after 17th-century original by David Ryckaert III.

Age of Alchemy
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Stradivari and the Search for Brilliance

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Technical.ly: Philly Orgs Get $100K Grant to Make Video Game about . . . Alchemy
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The Elements of Fiction

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Fit as a Fiddle: The Remarkable Lives of Cremonese Violins

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The Art of Memory

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A Legacy of Listening

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Broad Street Review: Eve of Destruction
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Still image from Rethinking Ink animation

Rethinking Ink

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A History of Violence

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Celebrating Preservation: Artist Talks

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CBS: Elements of Life and Death at Chemical Heritage Museum
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Rebecca Ortenberg, a program associate in the Institute's Institute for Research. Photo by Emma Lee, WHYY.

NewsWorks: Audio tour highlights historic preservation flash points in Philly's Old City
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation Presents New Exhibition and Walking Tour—Things Fall Apart
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Things Fall Apart: An Interview with Exhibition Curator Elisabeth Berry Drago

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First Friday: The Science of Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

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No Real Distinction

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History Lab: Fiction and the Future

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Scent of Mystery ad

The Third Sense

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The Alchemist in His Study with a Woman Making Lace

The Art Detective

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Still Life

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Just what is it . . . (1956)

Richard Hamilton’s Plastic Problem

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Filippo Marinetti, 1934

Food Fight

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Walter Potter's Monkey Riding a Goat

Death and Taxidermy

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Tianna Uchacz

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Vaughn Bell poses with her work Village Green.

Village Green
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Wind Map, created by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg

Wind Map
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Calendar of Rain at the Sensing Change opening, 2013.

Calendar of Rain
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Diane Burko. Courtesy of the artist.

Waters: Glaciers and Bucks
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Roderick Coover at the Sensing Change exhibit opening, 2013

Estuary/Toxi*City
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Coloring Chemistry

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HighWaterLine, New York City. Courtesy of Eve Mosher.

HighWaterLine
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Particle Falls at the Wilma Theater, 2013.

Particle Falls
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Vaughn Bell poses with her work Village Green.

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Waters: Glaciers and Bucks by Diane Burko.

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Behind the Beaker
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Roald Hoffmann, after receiving the 2006 AIC Gold Medal.

Roald Hoffmann
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Painting Like It’s 1699

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Science in the Shadows

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Cloth of the World

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Photograph of Self Interest, Dove Bradshaw, New York, New York.

Self Interest

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