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@phillyhistory Jan 17, 2019, 9:50 PM UTC

Insects: a Case(s) Study

>"With so much abundance, it very likely never occurred to most entomologists of the past that their multitudinous subjects might dwindle away. As they poured themselves into studies of the life c…

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@phillyhistory Oct 18, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

Nature is Scary at the Wagner

WARNING: Contains graphic content involving wild animals killing, eating, and fighting for dominance. Cooper's Hawk and Prey So reads the bio of the Twitter and Instagram account @NatureisScary. Much…

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@phillyhistory Oct 8, 2018, 8:24 PM UTC

The Aesthetics of Anatomical Illustration

Human anatomy & physiology was a staple of the Wagner’s educational program during its first thirty years. It was taught almost every semester between 1855 and 1885 by over 15 different professor…

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@phillyhistory Sep 18, 2018, 5:02 PM UTC

Make History Now Funding Humanities Arts Research Fellowships

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@phillyhistory Sep 11, 2018, 8:48 PM UTC

Free and Open To All

The Wagner Free Institute of Science was born out of William Wagner’s love of the natural world, his belief in the importance of science education, and his knowledge that it was not accessible to the…

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@phillyhistory Aug 24, 2018, 8:46 PM UTC

Macro Entomology

Here is a fun Friday post of some close-up photographs of the Wagner's entomology collection with just a little bit of history. The Wagner’s entomological collections were primarily collected and ins…

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@phillyhistory Aug 22, 2018, 9:36 PM UTC

Research Paths - From Coral to a Poem and Everything Inbetween

Temple University-Wagner Fellow, Jena Osman, found inspiration in a single specimen of brain coral. See our previous post to learn more about this specimen and other corals in our collection. This sp…

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@phillyhistory Aug 20, 2018, 9:49 PM UTC

A Brain? A Maze? No, it's Coral!

Stony Corals, or hard corals, are the reef builders of the world and exist in many different shapes and sizes. In fact, there are over 3,000 species of stony corals! While the Wagner museum does not…

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@phillyhistory Aug 10, 2018, 5:26 PM UTC

Inspiration under the Microscope

The weekly question from @sndbox is How can we engage our audience differently? So, drawing from our last post Can Victorian microbiology inspire beautiful jewelry? we are posing a challenge to our r…

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@phillyhistory Aug 8, 2018, 9:32 PM UTC

Victorian Biology & Contemporary Jewelry

### Can Victorian microbiology inspire beautiful jewelry? The answer is yes! Emily Cobb first visited the Wagner's museum over ten years ago and returned repeatedly finding inspiration in the display…

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