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Peer Institutions

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Home › Plan Your Visit › Researching at HSP › Peer Institutions

Peer Institutions

If you are looking to expand your research beyond your experience here at HSP, the Philadelphia area hosts a variety of special collections libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions with impressive collections. For a helpful list, below are some of our peer institutions:

 

 

 

 

Athenaeum of Philadelphia

American Philosophical Society

Chemical Heritage Foundation

Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Library Company of Philadelphia

Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

Philadelphia City Archives

Philadelphia Free Library Rare Book Department

Philadelphia History Museum

Philadelphia Historical Commission

Presbyterian Historical Society

Rosenbach Museum & Library

Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library

Temple University Special Collections Research Center

Union League Heritage Center

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

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