The Science History Institute in Old City will undergo extensive renovations starting Dec. 21, closing off to the public while a new exhibition space, production studio and gift shop are installed.

The Science History Institute in Old City has acquired a rare archive from Jewish German chemist George Bredig, an early pioneer of physical chemistry. It contains documents from the early 19th ...

The Science History Institute preserves and interprets the history of chemistry, engineering, and the life sciences. During a ceremony in Philadelphia on June 10, the American Chemical Society ...

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2023 — The Science History Institute preserves and interprets the history of chemistry, engineering and the life sciences. During a June 10 ceremony in Philadelphia, the American ...

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Science historians have a new resource they can tap to better understand the early days of molecular biology. The nonprofit Science History Institute (SHI) this week added a collection known as the ...

If asked to conjure an image of a Jewish German scientist who came to America to escape Nazi clutches, many think of Albert Einstein. But his isn’t the only story that matches the description. In 1940 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- How would you like to get a free history lesson? A Philadelphia museum is offering just that, but it's probably not the kind of history you are thinking about. The Science ...

Synthetic dyes made fashion more vivid, like this hot pink miniskirt suit, designed by Ben Zuckerman in 1964. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- From drones to phones, science and technology is all around us. That's why John Henry, chairman and CEO of Grace3 Technologies, thought it was crucial to create the Xtreme5 Teen ...

Jesse Smith, a research curator at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, stands in the Downstream exhibit opening September 14, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) “Downstream,” the Science History ...

Philadelphia children eating a "three-cent dinner" at school, featured in the 1913 book School Feeding: Its History and Practice at Home and Abroad Science History Institute A new exhibition in ...