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The Science History Institute produces a wide range of in-person and virtual events that are free and open to the public. From exhibition openings and talks, to museum tours and late-night activities, our programming is aimed at science history lovers, students, industry professionals, scholars, educators, and the scientifically curious.

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From Nature to Nylons: A Touch-Based History of Textiles

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:30am-12pm EDT

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illustration of a knight on horseback

Jul

11

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Revolutionary Science

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

painting of an alchemist doing an experiment that caught fire

Jul

18

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Revolutionary Science

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

illustration of a colonial-era man behind a boiling kettle

Jul

25

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Revolutionary Science

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

vials of powder paint pigments

Aug

01

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Color and Light

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

woman in apron dyeing cloth in a basin

Aug

08

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Color and Light

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

Thomas Paine and Joseph Priestley are seated at a table with guns, knives, a dish says phospherous, a gun butt says "Royal Electric fluid." A winged puti grins at them squatting in the center of the table. Books on treason, murders, assistination, revolution, etc. surround them. At Priestley's feat are packages of brimstone, axe and pickax. On the walls are scenes of execution and assassinations.

Aug

15

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Revolutionary Ideas with Thomas Paine!

Join us as we welcome Thomas Paine—patriot, pamphleteer, AND SCIENTIST—as presented by reenactor Dean Howarth.

Aug

22

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Color and Light

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

color illustration of quartz samples

Aug

29

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: Color and Light

Join us in our museum EVERY SATURDAY for a family-friendly program that highlights strange and surprising stories from the history of science!

cover of a notebook

Sep

19

Sat

10am-5pm

Museum Programs & Activities

Stories of Science

Stories of Science: CollegeFest 2026

All Philadelphia-area college students are invited to visit us during CollegeFest, Campus Philly’s annual “Welcome to Philadelphia!” celebration.