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- The Tract House: A Darwin Addition
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January 29 - April 11, 2010
Artist Lisa Anne Auerbach worked with the APS Museum on a second iteration of her series The Tract House. This version of her project, titled The Tract House: A Darwin Addition, is inspired by the current exhibition Dialogues with Darwin.
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- Lecture: Karen Snetselaar, “Charles Darwin the Experimental Botanist”
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Tuesday, March 23
Charles Darwin is recognized world-wide for developing and disseminating ideas on evolution and natural selection. His work as an experimental scientist is less well-known. Karen Snetselaar will describe some of Darwin’s botanical experiments and their impact on future plant biologists.
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- Print Aweigh, Take Away!
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Saturday, April 10 – Sunday, April 11
Climb aboard the Spanish-American War Cruiser Olympia to watch Cannonball Press artists crank out shipboard leaflets using an 1895 letterpress. Make your own book at APS Museum. Take an Old City neighborhood tour and collect some colorful free tracts at The Tract House: A Darwin Addition. View printing and pamphlet sewing demonstrations at the Printing Office and Bindery at Franklin Court.
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- Science on Tap: “What’s in Your Air? Low-tech Tools for Finding Out”
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Monday, April 12
Gwen Ottinger, Research Fellow, Environmental History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation, presents “What’s in Your Air? Low-tech Tools for Finding Out”
Calendar of All Programs & Events
View past programs and events.
March 23, 2010
Lecture: Karen Snetselaar, “Charles Darwin the Experimental Botanist”
Karen Snetselaar will describe some of Darwin’s botanical experiments and their impact on future plant biologists.
April 10, 2010
Print Aweigh, Take Away!
Enjoy a family-friendly weekend of activities as the APS Museum, Independence Seaport Museum, and Printing Office and Bindery at Franklin Court join forces to honor an age-old technique for communication – printing words on paper.
April 11, 2010
Print Aweigh, Take Away!
Enjoy a family-friendly weekend of activities as the APS Museum, Independence Seaport Museum, and Printing Office and Bindery at Franklin Court join forces to honor an age-old technique for communication – printing words on paper.
April 12, 2010
Science on Tap: “What’s in Your Air? Low-tech Tools for Finding Out”
Science on Tap is a monthly science café in Philadelphia for anyone who is interested in getting together with other people to discuss a range of engaging science topics.
May 10, 2010
Science on Tap: The Search for the Other Earth
Science on Tap is a monthly science café in Philadelphia for anyone who is interested in getting together with other people to discuss a range of engaging science topics.
