Category:Philadelphia History Museum

**Philadelphia History Museum**
	museum in Philadelphia, United States
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Instance of	museum; cultural institution;
Location	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Street address	15 South 7th Street;
Architect	John Haviland;
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (A, B, C, Franklin Institute, NRHP building, 1979–);
Inception	1938;
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	39° 57′ 01.09″ N, 75° 09′ 07.34″ W
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	Q2870183; ISNI: 0000000122344697; VIAF ID: 167967272; Library of Congress authority ID: n83152648; NRHP reference number: 79002319; OpenStreetMap way ID: 925361561
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English: The Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent at 15 South 7th Street between Market and Ranstead Streets in Center City, Philadelphia was founded in 1938 to be Philadelphia's city history museum. The museum occupies architect John Haviland's landmark Greek Revival structure built in 1824–26 for the Franklin Institute, which left the building in 1933. Haviland based the design on the Greek Monument of Thrasyllus. The Museum operates as a city agency as part of Philadelphia's Department of Recreation. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1979.

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

Paintings formerly in the Philadelphia History Museum‎ (1 F)

F

Franklin Institute (Historic American Buildings Survey)‎ (16 F)

P

Peace Treaty Belt‎ (9 F)

Media in category "Philadelphia History Museum"

The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total.

AtwaterKentMuseum Phila.jpg 1,562 × 1,150; 973 KB
Edward Penington 1766-1834.png 1,820 × 2,311; 3.6 MB
George Logan (1753-1821) by Gilbert Stuart.jpg 471 × 582; 20 KB
Henry Bouquet.jpg 783 × 1,056; 101 KB
Peggy Shippen and daughter.jpg 577 × 685; 323 KB
Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent from south.jpg 2,351 × 2,290; 1.16 MB
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Philadelphia History Museum Atwater Kent Museum (53589294417).jpg 4,597 × 3,270; 9.97 MB
Philadelphia Museum at Atwater 3.jpg 854 × 1,280; 169 KB
Philadelphia Museum at Atwater-Kent 2.JPG 3,888 × 2,592; 4.44 MB
Philadelphia Museum at Atwater-Kent.JPG 3,888 × 2,592; 4.34 MB
Rittenhouse Homestead.jpg 960 × 720; 265 KB
Schoenhut Company Philadelphia History Museum 10.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 4.79 MB
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Schoenhut Company Philadelphia History Museum 5 6.jpg 3,264 × 4,928; 3.63 MB
Schoenhut Company Philadelphia History Museum Humpty Dumpty Circus.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 3.67 MB
The Peace Treaty Belt.jpg 2,100 × 1,534; 692 KB