Adam Gopnik lecture recap

The writer and New Yorker critic-at-large joined the APS Museum on Wednesday, Dec. 14 to celebrate the Museum’s 10th anniversary. A Philadelphia native, Gopnik gave a rousing lecture about French cuisine and how his new book,The Table Comes First, parallels … Continue reading →


Enter to win a cold frame from The Greenhouse

As the Greenhouse Projects draw to a close, we’re hosting a giveaway of a small number of cold frames from Jenny Sabin’s Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils. To enter, go to our Facebook site. The cold frames are a … Continue reading →


Press Roundup for The Greenhouse Project

The Greenhouse Projects at the APS Museum will come to a close on Dec. 14. There’s still a small window of time to go on a geocaching treasure hunt, listen to the Vive la France podasts, and experience Jenny Sabin’s … Continue reading →


New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik at the APS on December 14

New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik will be at the APS on December 14 at 5pm to celebrate the APS Museum’s ten-year anniversary. Join us for a conversation about Gopnik’s new book, The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the … Continue reading →


Holiday Download!

Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Need something to listen to while you prepare for the holiday? Vive La France, our podcast series that plumbs the social and scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment to explain the origins of French … Continue reading →


Last chance to participate in the Ghost Gardens and Lost Landscapes treasure hunt and tour!

Last chance to participate in the Ghost Gardens and Lost Landscapes treasure hunt and tour! The Greenhouse Projects’ geocaching tour, Ghost Gardens and Lost Landscapes, will be available for just a little while longer. Designed by Erin McLeary, an exhibit … Continue reading →


Video walk through of Jenny Sabin’s Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils

Jenny Sabin’s Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils is on view at the Jefferson Garden for just a little while longer. Check out this video of the Greenhouse, filmed during the warm days of late summer. If you haven’t had … Continue reading →


Kyle Bartlett’s Chaotic Menagerie at the Greenhouse

On Friday, Nov. 4. at 7pm Kyle Bartlett will host Boombox Symphony, a “listener encounter” at the APS Museum. Bartlett created Chaotic Menagerie, the music installation inside Jenny Sabin’s Greenhouse. Chaotic Menagerie is an auditory blend that includes melodies from … Continue reading →


History Never Sounded So Delicious

Lari Robling’s five podcasts about 19th-century French cuisine are available for your listening pleasure. Have you had a chance to tune in? We can’t recommend these podcasts enough. With an array of special guests, Lari investigates the ways in which … Continue reading →


A Paper Garden: Two Encore Presentations

A Paper Garden during last month’s Fringe Festival? Want to see it again? The APS Museum is bringing back A Paper Garden, a whimsical journey through time and space in which an unlikely friendship between two famous figures (Empress Josephine … Continue reading →