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91制片厂 and the will be featured throughout the city as the nation celebrates its 250th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, Drexel and its partners at several of the city鈥檚 cultural institutions are hosting exhibits about Philadelphia鈥檚 history that showcase artifacts from the Collection. All of the Drexel-curated exhibits are free and open to the public.

Since Drexel began its stewardship of the Atwater Kent Collection in 2022, the University has designed exhibits and partnered with institutions to tell the stories of Philadelphia鈥檚 rich history. There are more than 133,000 historical artifacts in the Collection and to date, Drexel has made over 20,000 objects available digitally via the database.

鈥淚t鈥檚 really a privilege for us at Drexel, not only to care for these incredible pieces of our city鈥檚 history, but to ensure as many people can enjoy them as possible, whether online or on display,鈥� said Rosalind Remer, PhD, Drexel鈥檚 senior vice provost for Libraries, Collections & Archives and founding director of the Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships. 鈥淲e also love the opportunity to partner with organizations across the city and beyond to share these unique treasures.鈥�

As part of Drexel's goal to make the Atwater Kent Collection accessible, as a "museum without walls," the Collection exhibit projects have received funding from the Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the William Penn Foundation, the Connelly Foundation and others.

"We are so excited to be able to share Philadelphia history through different objects in many locations this year 鈥� and into the future, both physically and digitally,鈥� said Stacey Swigart, director of the Atwater Kent Collection.

Two of the Drexel-curated exhibits were announced earlier this spring. , an exhibition highlighting Philadelphia鈥檚 historic hosting of the 1876 Centennial, will be on view starting this summer at the Lits Building at 8th and Market Streets. The modern popup display will give visitors a unique experience of the first world鈥檚 fair held in the U.S. 鈥� the 1876 Centennial Exposition. It features a series of glowing pavilions, representing Centennial structures; souvenir artifacts and historic images from the Atwater Kent Collection and others; and an aerial video comparing the city and Fairmount Park鈥檚 fairgrounds then and now.

which is set to open in late September at the National Constitution Center, tells a story about the origins of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, and how William Penn鈥檚 founding ideas became 鈥淎merican鈥� ways. This special exhibition brings together 鈥� for the first time 鈥� original versions of some of the most important documents and artifacts from the 1600s and 1700s that helped define the civic character of the city and early America.

Another exhibit, entitled America鈥檚 National Anniversaries & Philadelphia on the World Stage, is scheduled to open on July 1 at the renovated . The Atwater Kent Collection exhibits souvenirs and artifacts from the 1876 Centennial and 1926 Sesquicentennial (both world鈥檚 fairs), as well as the 1976 Bicentennial celebrated in Philadelphia. Alongside it is an exhibition from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Office of Cultural Heritage and the Fund to Conserve U.S. Diplomatic Treasures Abroad, called Marks of Friendship: 250 Years of U.S. Diplomatic Treasures. This will showcase a selection of gifts representing America鈥檚 international relationships over the last 250 years.

Other Drexel-curated public exhibits featuring the Atwater Kent Collection include: Radios From the Atwater Kent Collection, South Street Renaissance Revisited, Exploring National Anniversaries Through the Atwater Kent Collection, In Her Own League: The Baseball Collection of Helen Beitler, Gimbels Mural Paintings and Building Nations: Neoclassicism in Fashion and Decorative Arts.

Here is a full schedule of Drexel鈥檚 current and upcoming exhibits featuring artifacts from the Collection:

• Radios From the Atwater Kent Collection, WHYY, Dec. 15, 2025鈥揇ec. 2026
• South Street Renaissance Revisited, South Street Headhouse District, May 22鈥揘ov. 30, 2026
• Exploring National Anniversaries Through the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel, W.W. Hagerty Library, 91制片厂, May 29鈥揘ov. 13, 2026 (Library Exhibit Initiative)
• In Her Own League: The Baseball Collection of Helen Beitler, Parkway Central Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, June 16鈥揂ug. 29, 2026
• Revisit 1876, Lit Brothers Department Store, June 25鈥揇ec. 26, 2026 (with Center City District Foundation)
• America鈥檚 National Anniversaries & Philadelphia on the World Stage, First Bank of the United States, Independence National Historical Park, July 1, 2026鈥揊eb. 15, 2027
• Gimbels Mural Paintings, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, summer/fall 2026
• Pennsylvania鈥檚 Founding: How a City and a Colony Shaped America鈥檚 Civic DNA, National Constitution Center, Sept. 30, 2026鈥揓an. 3, 2027
• Building Nations: Neoclassicism in Fashion and Decorative Arts, Paul Peck Alumni Center Gallery, 91制片厂, Nov. 12, 2026鈥揗arch 2027

Additional Displays around Philadelphia and the region that feature artifacts from the Atwater Kent Collection:

• The Forgotten Freedom: American Assembly at 250, National Liberty Museum, March 6, 2026鈥揂ug. 30, 2027
• A Nation of Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 91制片厂 Main Building, Second Floor American Art Galleries, April 11, 2026鈥揓uly 5, 2027
• The First Salute, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, April 23, 2026鈥揂pril 30, 2027
• Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dorrance Galleries, April 25鈥揂ug. 2, 2026
• Lancaster鈥檚 Revolutionaries, Historic Rock Ford, Addition to the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery of Early Lancaster County Decorative Arts, April 1, 2026鈥揘ov. 1, 2027
• Five Independent Souls: The Signers from New Jersey, Morven Museum & Garden, May 3, 2026鈥揓an. 17, 2027
• Philadelphia鈥檚 Radical Revolution, A Semisesquincentennial Exhibition at The Library Company of Philadelphia, May 6鈥揙ct. 9, 2026
• A Century in the Making: 100 Years of ASHM, American Swedish Historical Museum, May 9, 2026鈥揓an. 10, 2027
• Preserving Independence: Revolutions and Remembrance in Trenton, N.J., 1758鈥揟oday, Old Barracks Museum, July 2026 (and December 2026 and beyond)
• Workshop of the World: Arts & Crafts in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Morgan, Korman, and Field Galleries (150鈥�155), July 5鈥揙ct. 18, 2026
• 鈥淟ogania redux,鈥� Stenton 鈥� National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in PA, summer/fall 2026鈥揝ept. 2028.
• Procuring Liberty in the Emerging Nation, Cliveden, May 1, 2026鈥搇ate November 2028.
• Southeastern Pennsylvania Longrifles鈥擳he Early Years, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, July 18鈥揙ct. 18, 2026