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- Body Worlds II & the Brain
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This exhibit features human bodies preserved through a special process, allowing visitors to get a unique look at anatomy. This follow-up to the wildly popular 'Body Worlds' exhibit will also include a presentation on the brain.
» See more event detailsThe Franklin Institute • 222 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 • 215-448-1200 • www.fi.eduTickets: $18-$27; $16.75-$24.75 seniors, students and military; $13.75-$19.80 children 4-11; $13-$22 veterans 11/9-11/13 - Jim Henson's Fantastic World
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This exhibit features art and memorabilia from the career of legendary puppeteer and innovator Jim Henson. The display includes puppets, TV and movie props, photos of Henson and his team at work, storyboards and more.
» See more event detailsJames A. Michener Art Museum • 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown, PA 18901 • 215-340-9800 • www.michenerartmuseum.orgTickets: Included in admission - Free At Last: A History of the Abolition of Slavery
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The Belmont Mansion Underground Railroad Museum presents an exhibition titled Free At Last: A History of the Abolition of Slavery. The UGRRM was chosen by the Gilda Lehrman Institute of American History to the be the first stop on its five city tour. Looking back from through history, the abolition of slavery in the United States from 1780 to 1865 is one of the nation's most extraordinary crusades.
» See more event detailsHistoric Belmont Mansion • 2000 Belmont Mansion Dr., Philadelphia, PA 19131 • 215-878-8844 • www.belmontmansion.orgTickets: Donations suggested - Your Mother is in the Basement, Art Museum
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Erika de Vries is primarily a photographer, but recently created this multi-media installation for the University museum. She was inspired by the recent conversion of her basement into a workspace and traditional work done by mothers in basements, like fabric dying an canning foods.
» See more event detailsLa Salle University - Art Museum • 1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19141 • 215-951-1221 • www.lasalle.edu/museum - Subject to Change
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This exhibit features pieces that convey the previous century's revolutionary changes in art and design, as well as the tremendous impact of technology.
» See more event detailsChester County Art Association • 100 N. Bradford Ave., West Chester, PA 19382 • 610-696-5600 • www.chescoart.orgTickets: Free - Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past & Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania
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This exhibit features never before displayed objects from the private collections of Lenape people in Pennsylvania, in addition to historic and contemporary photographs, and archaeological objects from the collections of Penn Museum. Ancient masks, dolls, jewelry, and other traditional arts are featured, as well as a number of once-secret family heirlooms, rich with hidden Lenape symbolism, dating from the early 1800s.
» See more event detailsUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology • 3260 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 • 215-898-4000 • www.museum.upenn.eduTickets: Included in admission
More events in West Philadelphia: Craft Shows • Jewelry, Gems • Photography • History, Science • Multimedia • Museum - Faces of a New Nation
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'Faces of a New Nation: American Portraits of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.' This exhibit will include work by many of the great American artists of the period, including John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Samuel F.B. Morse and others.
» See more event detailsWinterthur Museum & Country Estate • Rte. 52, Winterthur, DE 19735 • 800-448-3883 • www.winterthur.orgTickets: Included in admission - Annual Festival of Trees
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A Bucks County hoilday tradition, the Festival of Trees Display features over a dozen beautifully-decorated trees around the Pearl S. Buck House, along with other holiday decorations adorning each room.
» See more event detailsPearl S. Buck Cultural Center (Pearl S. Buck House) • 520 Dublin Rd., Perkasie, PA 18944 • 215-249-0100 • www.psbi.orgTickets: $8; $7 seniors, students - George Washington Carver
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Learn about the life, career and many accomplishments of renowned scientist George Washington Carver. The exhibit incorporates video, historical artifacts, interactive displays and re-created scenes to tell his story.
» See more event detailsAcademy of Natural Sciences • 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., Philadelphia, PA 19103 • 215-299-1000 • www.ansp.orgTickets: Included in admission - His Golden Touch: The Gordion Drawings of Piet de Jong
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'His Golden Touch' features more than 40 original drawings and watercolors by Piet de Jong, as well as objects from the Penn Museum's excavation at Gordion in central Turkey.
» See more event detailsUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology • 3260 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 • 215-898-4000 • www.museum.upenn.eduTickets: Included in admission
More events in West Philadelphia: Drawings, Works on Paper • Mixed Media • Painting • History, Science • Museum
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When it was all ready one afternoon last week - the dry-brined turkey a rosy chestnut brown, the Sister Frances' Potatoes (named for one of the last of the famously celibate Shakers), the brothy, purposefully not creamy blue-pumpkin soup (with a sour jolt of preserved lemon), Melissa Hamilton beamed at what she had wrought.
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