SHARING PHILADELPHIA?S HISTORY FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL [THIS GRANT WOULD SUPPORT A MULTIFACETED PROJECT ENGAGING THE ...

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SHARING PHILADELPHIA?S HISTORY FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL [THIS GRANT WOULD SUPPORT A MULTIFACETED PROJECT ENGAGING THE ATWATER KENT COLLECTION (AKC), PHILADELPHIA?S CITY HISTORY COLLECTION, IN PROGRAMMING CELEBRATING THE NATION?S 250TH ANNIVERSARY?IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, LARGE AND SMALL, THROUGHOUT THE PHILADELPHIA AREA, WHERE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS SIGNED. THE PROJECT WILL BOOST THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE AKC AND INCREASE THE PRESENCE OF THESE CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY, SHARING OBJECTS AND STORIES?PARTICULARLY THROUGH A SERIES OF TRAVELING/COMMUNITY EXHIBIT DISPLAYS DURING THIS NATIONAL CELEBRATION PERIOD?AS A WAY FOR PHILADELPHIANS AND VISITORS TO GAIN A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY?S ROLE IN OUR COUNTRY?S HISTORY. DREXEL UNIVERSITY IS THE STEWARD OF THE AKC (THE COLLECTION OF THE FORMER PHILADELPHIA HISTORY MUSEUM, WHICH CLOSED IN 2018): 133,000-PLUS OBJECTS REFLECTING MORE THAN 350 YEARS OF PHILADELPHIA?AMERICAN?HISTORY.]