The Historical Society of Pennsylvania periodically offers online exhibits. Check out these offerings, which trace important storylines through the history of Pennsylvania and their role in the fabric of the history of the United States.
| Filadelfia Latina: Nuestros Caminos, Nuestras Comunidades
Latino Philadelphia: Our Journeys, Our Communities explores the history and experience of Latinos in Philadelphia
"Strangers in the Land of Strangers" looks at the ways distinct groups have tried to claim and prove that they belong, and at the changing meanings of "American", from the American Revolution through the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement.
|
 | "Extended Lives: The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia" tells the stories of immigrants to the area over the last thirty years. |
 |
"Liberty on the Anvil" follows Pennsylvania's governance from 1701 to the present, watching as new peoples come to settle in Pennsylvania, as they reach for their rights and liberties, and as the meaning of liberty stretches and grows to meet them. |
| | |
 |
"Preserving History's Light" explores the growth of The Historical Society of Pennyslvania. The exhibit pays paticular attention to the increasing diversity of the collections acquired and refinements of the Society's original mission to further its goal of "Preserving History's Light." |
| | |
 
|
"Philadelphia: Convention City" created in 2000 as the Republic party held it's convention in Philadelphia, illustrates some of the political conventions held in the city over the years from the two Continental Congresses, to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, to the 1948 Republican National Convention.
Building the Gold Mountain looks at the history of Philadelphia's Chinatown from the 1870s to the present. |
 
| Freedom for Some: Japanese American Internment Experience: online exhibit that features materials from the Balch Institute Archives. Read correspondence, pamphlets, and school books from the Internment camps. Italian-American Traditions traces the creation of Italian American communities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. |
|
Prior to its merger with the Historical Society of Pennslyvania, the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies maintained an active exhibit program. Visit a few other Balch Institute exhibits here.
|
