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Precious Paper Dolls: A Treasured Art Form
Now through Thu, October 13, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Art and Literature Department is excited to present an exhibition of paper dolls curated and collected by Martha Raively. Paper dolls have evolved from an adult form of entertainment in the late 1700's to a joyous childhood plaything during the 1930s through 1950s to its re-creation…
The First District of Pennsylvania: The Early Years of Philadelphia Public Schools
Now through Wed, November 30, 2022
9:00 A.M.
Government Publications Department
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Parkway Central Library
The School District of Philadelphia was named the first school district in Pennsylvania, when it was organized by law in 1818. The Controllers of the Public Schools of the First School District of Pennsylvania was established in 1845 to support the care, education and evolution of Philadelphia…
Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections
Now through Fri, December 30, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
The Special Collections located on the second floor of Parkway Central Library invite you to experience this rotating exhibition of recently accessioned materials. Curators in each of the collections actively work to aquire objects; sometimes the objects are purchased, some materials are…
Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections
Now through Fri, December 30, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
The Special Collections located on the second floor of Parkway Central Library invite you to experience this rotating exhibition of recently accessioned materials. Curators in each of the collections actively work to aquire objects; sometimes the objects are purchased, some materials are…
Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections
Now through Fri, December 30, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
The Special Collections located on the second floor of Parkway Central Library invite you to experience this rotating exhibition of recently accessioned materials. Curators in each of the collections actively work to aquire objects; sometimes the objects are purchased, some materials are…
Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition
Now through Sat, December 31, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The roots of activism in Philadelphia run deep, and local archives hold innumerable stories of resistance. But many of these stories — those that center historically marginalized peoples — have been diminished, erased, neglected, and buried. Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition…
Public Typewriter
Now through Sat, December 31, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Stop by Art & Literature on Parkway Central Library's second floor any time we are open to use a 1950s Royal typewriter, courtesy of Philly Typewriter's Philadelphia Public Typewriter Program . A Perkins Brailler is also available to use for typing in braille,…