About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Second Bank of the United States, Academy of Natural Sciences, USS Olympia, Eastern State Penitentiary, Fort Mifflin, Franklin Institute, La Salle University, Barnes Foundation, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Independence Hall, Library Company of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum & Library, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Mutter Museum, Independence National Historical Park, USS Becuna, Bartram's Garden, Fairmount Water Works, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Germantown White House, American Swedish Historical Museum, American Philosophical Society, Carpenters' Hall, Gazela, Wyck House, Please Touch Museum, National Constitution Center, Cliveden, Independence Seaport Museum, African American Museum in Philadelphia, Historic Strawberry Mansion, Mount Pleasant, Stenton, Betsy Ross House, Lemon Hill, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Grumblethorpe, Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, RittenhouseTown Historic District, National Museum of American Jewish History, National Shrine of Saint John Neumann, Wagner Free Institute of Science, Woodford, Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia, Belmont Mansion, Rodin Museum, Powel House, John Johnson House, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Upsala, Concord School House, Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Masonic Temple, Hill-Keith-Physick House, Woodmere Art Museum, John Ruan House, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Ryerss Mansion, Old City Hall, Ebenezer Maxwell House, Historical Society of Frankford, Sweetbriar, Jupiter, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Insectarium, Dolley Todd House. Excerpt: The Academy of Natural Sciences is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the New World. It was founded in 1812 by many of the leading natura...
