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July 3, 2024 | 11:13 AM
Stolen antique gun is returned to Museum of the American Revolution in Philly
In the pre-industrial era of the Revolutionary War, each gun was made by hand with unique attributes and maker marks.
January 23, 2024 | 2:04 PM
Hanging on the telephone: Maguire Museum tracks America’s disappearing payphones
The cell phone may have killed the payphone, but photographer Eric Kunsman seeks out people for whom payphones are a lifeline.
November 10, 2023 | 12:05 PM
For its bicentennial, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania will tell the stories of its community partners
The first exhibition, which opens Jan. 30, will be in collaboration with the Association for Public Art.
March 14, 2023 | 10:41 AM
Several Pennsylvania history museums get their stolen artifacts back
Law enforcement spent 14 years hunting for 36 historic guns stolen 50 years ago — they turned up in Newark, Delaware.
February 13, 2023 | 9:15 AM
Eagles fans fill the streets in mourning after Super Bowl loss
February 7, 2023 | 12:25 PM
Philadelphia and Kansas City make an artful Super Bowl wager
November 25, 2022 | 5:09 AM
Construction begins for the new African American Museum of Bucks County
The facility will tell the history of Bucks County, from the Lenni Lenape people, through Black slavery and emancipation, into the Great Migration of the 20th century.
August 31, 2022 | 1:28 PM
Philadelphia Museum of Art workers’ union authorizes strike
The worker’s union of the Philadelphia Museum of Art has authorized a strike. On Tuesday night the union met to vote, and it says 99% voted in favor.
August 29, 2022 | 7:43 AM
Keith Haring’s Radiant Boy to be auctioned off
Radiant Baby’s room: an intimate piece of Keith Haring’s life in Kutztown will go to auction