Exhibits
Changing Exhibits
Beguiled by the Wild:
The Art of Charley Harper
December 10, 2011–February 26, 2012
Known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters, and book illustrations, American artist Charley Harper developed a strong love of nature as a child growing up in West Virginia. This fascination is clear in his exhibit, Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley Harper.
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Permanent Exhibits
Butterflies!
Live butterflies from Central and South America, East Africa, and Southeast Asia inhabit our tropical garden. read more
Dinosaur Hall
More than 30 dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles are represented in Dinosaur Hall. In addition, budding dinosaur hunters can search for fossils in The Big Dig or meet with fossil preparators in the Fossil Prep Lab. read more
Dioramas
More than 35 dioramas present wildlife from Africa, Asia, and North America. read more
Live Animal Center
More than 100 live animals are used for educational programs, museum presentations, and special events. See where they live when they're not working. read more
Outside In
Our indoor Nature Museum for Children features hands-on activities and close encounters with live animals. read more
More Exhibits
See Captain Cook's Cannon, Egyptian Mummies, Marveling at Mollusks, Robert Peary's flag, Science at the Academy, and What Eats What. read more
Online Exhibits
Audubon Bird of the Day
Every weekday, a page is turned on one of the Academy's treasures, a full elephant folio of John James Audubon's The Birds of America. See what's showing this week. read more
Digital Collection
Digital Collections features natural history illustrations and archival materials from the collections of the Academy's Library.
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Joseph Leidy
This extensive online exhibit presents the life and works of Joseph Leidy, an influential 19th Century paleontologist, anatomist, microscopist, and teacher. read more
Presidential Hair Album
Peter Arvell Browne's hair albums are among the more unusual holdings of the Ewell Sale Stewart Library & Archives. One of the albums contains hair from our first presidents. read more
Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection
Charles Willson Peale's “Mammoth,” Cuvier's “Revolutions,” Buffon's “American Degeneracy,” Jefferson's “Giant Claw,” and Big Bone Lick are parts of the story behind our third president's fossil collection. read more
What am I?
Each month, we present a new image that is a detail of a larger image. Your job is to guess what it is. read more