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Events

  • The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) Talk with Kenn Kaufman

    Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    6:30 PM-8:00 PM

    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103

    • Everyone

    Join us for a talk with author Kenn Kaufman followed by a Q&A.

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  • Your Inner Fish Screenings: May 25

    Saturday, May 25, 2024

    1:30 PM-2:00 PM

    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103

    • Everyone

    Have you ever wondered why our bodies look the way they do? Why our hands have five fingers instead of six? Why we walk on two legs instead of four?

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  • Black Excellence In Birding

    Saturday, June 1, 2024

    6:00 PM-10:00 PM

    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103

    • Everyone

    Join the Academy of Natural Sciences for Black Excellence in Birding: An Evening With Christian Cooper, the culminating event of Black Birders Week 2024!

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  • Making Nature: The Labor of Natural History

    Thursday, June 6, 2024

    12:30 PM-8:00 PM

    The Academy of Natural History of Drexel University Auditorium 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy Philadelphia, PA 19103

    • Everyone

    Inspired by the APS Museum’s current exhibition Sketching Splendor: Natural History in America, 1750-1850 the American Philosophical Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University are organizing a two-day conference that will explore the ways humans have imagined, depicted, and constructed representations and knowledge about the natural world over time.

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  • Making Nature: The Labor of Natural History

    Friday, June 7, 2024

    9:00 AM-6:30 PM

    The American Philosophical Society Benjamin Franklin Hall 427 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

    • Everyone

    Inspired by the APS Museum’s current exhibition Sketching Splendor: Natural History in America, 1750-1850 the American Philosophical Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University are organizing a two-day conference that will explore the ways humans have imagined, depicted, and constructed representations and knowledge about the natural world over time.

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