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Loving Landmarks 2.0

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 640 Waterworks Drive, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Celebrate International Day of Monuments and Sites and learn why the Fairmount Water Works, a prototype for water supply systems around the world, was one of the most visited sites in the United States in the nineteenth century (second only...

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BIOMIMICRY:Mimicking Nature’s Problem Solvers

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 640 Waterworks Drive, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Nature has some really cool solutions to everyday challenges and many challenges are similar to ones humans face. Biomimicry is the practice of learning from nature and using similar strategies to solve issues. For example, a Swiss engineer invented the Velcro...

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Confluence, Fine Art Exhibition

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 640 Waterworks Drive, Philadelphia, PA, United States

From May 3 – July 26 stop by the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center’s gallery to enjoy a fine art exhibition centered on the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, and the junction where they meet, known as a confluence. Eleven artists...

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