What's on in Philadelphia
X-rays of the Soap Lady

Mütter Museum · Logan Square / Rittenhouse

The Soap Lady

Now showingPermanent collection·$25

A woman exhumed in Philadelphia in 1875 whose body is encased in adipocere, a soap-like fatty substance formed in warm, alkaline, airless ground.

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Botany of Nations exhibition graphic, Academy of Natural Sciences

Botany of Nations

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Native plants garden installation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Native Plants on the Parkway: A Botany of Nations Garden

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Detail of Leo Amino's sculpture In Between

Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America

Barnes Foundation

All exhibitions in Philadelphia this month Coming up in November

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The neoclassical facade of The Franklin Institute on North 20th Street, Philadelphia

The Franklin Institute

Children7 min walk
Exterior of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Children7 min walk
Exterior of the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

Barnes Foundation

Design10 min walk
Beaux-Arts facade of the Rodin Museum on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, designed by Paul Cret

Rodin Museum

Architecture12 min walk

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