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Philadelphia History Museum

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. Wikipedia*

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Philadelphia History Museum has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2013 Speech.

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    Capital of the World

    Charlene Mires talked about her book, Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, in which she recounts the Un…

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