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Botany of Nations at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Family & KidsAcademic Lectures & PanelsCommunity & CultureParades & CivicsFamily, Youth & Education / Academic Lectures & PanelsCommunity & Culture / Parades & Civics
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Outdoor activityIndoor venueFamily-friendlyGeneral PublicIndigenous/NativeParents/ToddlersPublic
When:
July 20, 2026 · 12:00 AM
Where:
The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
Source:
Visit Philadelphia - This Week & Weekend

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson tasked Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with exploring the nation’s western territories following the Louisiana Purchase. But did you know that Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences holds nearly all the explorers’ original journals and preserved specimens related to their botanical research in its Lewis & Clark Herbarium? The museum’s new Botany of Nations exhibition reexamines that rich collection through an Indigenous lens, blending botany (the study

Indigenous/NativeFamily & KidsOutdoor activityIndoor venueFamily-friendlyGeneral PublicParents/ToddlersPublic

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    Philadelphia, PA

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    Family & Kids, Academic Lectures & Panels, Community & Culture

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    Indigenous/Native, Family & Kids, Outdoor activity, Indoor venue