Revolutionary Things: Objects from the Collection

Posted by on Jan 14, 2026 in | Comments Off on Revolutionary Things: Objects from the Collection Massachusetts has the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill and the Shot Heard Round the World; Virginia can lay claim to Mount Vernon, Monticello and Yorktown; and New Jersey and New York bore the brunt of the fighting in the conflict. But few if any of the original 13 colonies can compete with Pennsylvania in terms of the sheer concentration of people, places and things associated with the nation’s...
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Recovery of the Bald Eagle in Pennsylvania: A Conservation Success Story

Posted by on Mar 29, 2024 in | Comments Off on Recovery of the Bald Eagle in Pennsylvania: A Conservation Success Story   Easily recognizable by its white head and tail, dark brown body, hooked yellow beak, and large black talons, the bald eagle is truly a majestic bird. In Pennsylvania, as well as most other parts of North America, bald eagles are apex predators, atop the avian food chain. Humans have been their only primary adversary over the past couple of centuries. When Columbus arrived in America in...
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Editor’s Letter

Posted by on Mar 27, 2024 in | Comments Off on Editor’s Letter “A century hence, they will not be here as I see them,” John James Audubon wrote in his journal on December 12, 1826, during a trip to England to raise money for the publication of The Birds of America. Audubon was feeling disconcerted about encroaching human activity in the American wilderness that would destroy nature’s “many brilliant charms,” among which he laments, “The Eagle scarce ever...
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