Changing Exhibits Photo Gallery
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The River Feeds Back
June 1-October 30, 2022

Artist Annea Lockwood with recording equipment on the banks of the Schuylkill River.
Credit: Eugene Lew

Artist Liz Phillips recording the enchanting sounds of the Schuylkill River for The River Feeds Back.
Credit: Eugene Lew

Wissahickon Creek
Credit: Cyrus Vella
Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss
April 2–July 24, 2022

Credit: Ramon Torres/ANS

Credit: Ramon Torres/ANS

Credit: Ramon Torres/ANS

Credit: Ramon Torres/ANS

Credit: Ramon Torres/ANS

Credit: Ramon Torres/ANS

Credit: Ramon Torres/ANS

Credit: Evergreen Exhibitions

Giant tube worms
Credit: Sloan Museum

Credit: Evergreen Exhibitions

Titanic model
Credit: Sloan Museum

Credit: Evergreen Exhibitions
Ocean Bound
August 20, 2022–January 15, 2023

Credit: Sciencenter

Credit: Sciencenter
Invisible World of Water
Nov. 13, 2021-April 17, 2022


A snow crystal magnified
Credit: Kenneth Libbrecht

Group of different diatoms magnified

A single diatom magnified

Ernst Haeckel’s illustration of sea creatures


Ceramic diatom sculptures by Marguerita Hagan

Diatom measuring instruments used by the Academy’s renowned scientist Ruth Patrick
Sea Change



Sea Butterfly – Pteropod Limacina helicina
Credit: Alexander Semenov