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Heirloom Plants: Ancestral Seeds in Philadelphia
August 28, 2024–February 17, 2025

Co-curated by Truelove Seeds, Heirloom Plants: Ancestral Seeds in Philadelphia celebrates community gardens and farms throughout the city, where plants, cultural heritage and community science intersect.

In neighborhoods across Philadelphia, diverse communities from across the globe are stewarding gardens and farms filled with thriving ancestral plants. Generations of people experiencing displacement — due to migration, slavery and global conflict — transported these culturally important seeds to areas far from their homelands to preserve enduring legacies of traditional knowledge, rituals and foodways.

Ice Dinosaurs
September 28, 2024–May 4, 2025

Explore paleontology’s final frontier in Ice Dinosaurs, the Academy’s exciting new special exhibit. Transport yourself to the Late Cretaceous period in the Arctic Circle, where dinosaurs actually lived year-round in extreme polar environments. This brand-new, immersive and educational experience brings this era to life with animatronic dinosaurs, engaging stories and real fossils, skeletons and museum casts.