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Featured Experience
 Arms and Armor
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This permanent exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the largest collections of arms and armor in America. Spanning Roman and Greek antiquity through medieval times, this collection includes armor for men and women, as well as the guns, knives and axes designed to defeat it.
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 Morris Arboretum Education
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Siblings John and Lydia Morris were childless, and willed their Chestnut Hill estate to the community as a nature center. Since 1932, the Arboretum has been operated under the supervision of the University of Pennsylvania. Public programs include 120 gardening classes per year.
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 Fort Mifflin
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In the shadow of Philadelphia International Airport stands this fort that served the U.S. military from Revolutionary times to the 1950's. The staff recently unearthed underground rooms in which a condemned man etched his name and a final message on the walls. Is he the ghostly presence visitors are said to feel?
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 Spotlight Dance
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The Spotlight Dance Center and Red Lion Elementary School have teamed up to offer ballroom dance lessons to the students. Learning the rumba and samba helps kids become more outgoing, as well as more knowledgeable about other cultures. As one young student observes: "Dancing with a girl is fun; if you haven't done it, you could give it a try..."
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