To mark Women's History Month, Margaret Graham, the director of Drexel's Legacy Center, spoke about the importance of ...

People with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Chris Preperato for Carpenters’ Hall) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us ...

A “Firstival” for the nation’s 250th anniversary commemorates the pioneering school’s discoveries and advances.

A museum dedicated to the history of Philadelphia is closing its doors to the public, and it is unclear when — or whether — it will open them again. The Philadelphia History Museum has been struggling ...

The Athletics played at Columbia Park at 29th and Columbia in North Philadelphia before opening Shibe Park in April 1909 at 21st and Lehigh Avenue in a section of North Philadelphia called Swampoodle.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philadelphia filed a federal lawsuit after slavery-related exhibits were removed from the President’s House without notice. City ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The legacy of Samuel Wyche, a pioneering Philadelphia police detective who also served as a bodyguard for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is being kept alive through the memories of ...