Value proposition

The Science History Institute collects & shares the stories of innovators & scientific discoveries that shape our lives.

Science History Institute
Library • Museum • Center for Scholars

Formed by the merger of the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Life Sciences Foundation, the Science History Institute collects and shares the stories of innovators and of discoveries that shape our lives. We preserve and interpret the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences. Headquartered in Philadelphia, with offices in California and Europe, the Institute houses an archive and a library for historians and researchers, a fellowship program for visiting scholars from around the globe, a community of researchers who examine historical and contemporary issues, an acclaimed museum that is free and open to the public, and a state-of-the-art conference center. For more information visit sciencehistory.org.

library, museum, research, chemistry, science, history, policy, scholar, fellowship, education, and cultural heritage