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    "Birds of America" Book Event

    "Birds of America" Book Event

    Presented by Academy of Natural Sciences at Academy of Natural Sciences

    October 31, 2011-January 1, 2012


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    A rare book normally available only to scholars now can be viewed by just about anybody, but it will take you well over a year to get through it.

    The book—actually a double elephant folio—is The Birds of America by John James Audubon, and you can see all 435 pages of it in person at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. There’s one catch. Because it is so old, fragile and valuable, you can only view one page per day, only at 3:15 p.m., and only on weekdays, when the museum’s library is open. But Academy officials think it’s well worth the price of museum admission, which is all you have to pay to see it.


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      • Venue Info

        Academy of Natural Sciences

        19th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
        Philadelphia, PA 19103

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        ADMISSION: $12 adults; $10 children 3-12, seniors, college students, and military personnel; free for members and children under 3. $2 fee for Butterflies!

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        October 31, 2011-January 1, 2012

        Times:

        3:15 PM

      • Accessibility Info

          Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.


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