The Connelly Library is transitioning from Digital Commons to a new institutional repository. There will be a period of time during which access is not available, beginning Monday 10/21/2024. Please reach out to refdesk@lasalle.edu with any questions.
Betsy Ross House
Virtual tours:
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/visitphilly (includes 360 tours of several historic sites in Philadelphia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnAO_lmCFAw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_3VdZA5TT0
Eastern State Penitentiary
Virtual tours:
https://www.easternstate.org/explore/online-tour
http://futurehistory.com/360/esp/
https://www.easternstate.org/explore/audio-tour
Digital collections: https://www.easternstate.org/press-room/image-library
Elthreth’s Alley
Virtual tours:
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/visitphilly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQedXLPCwCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTCypycfN5c
Museum of the American Revolution
Virtual museum tour: http://noasarai.com/MoAR/vt/Prologue/
Virtual field trip with scavenger hunt: https://www.amrevmuseum.org/education-museum/students-and-teachers/virtual-field-trip
Digital Collections: : https://www.amrevmuseum.org/collection
National Museum of American Jewish History
Virtual tour: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-museum-of-american-jewish-history
Philadelphia Water Works
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/visitphilly
Digital Collections: https://philawater.pastperfectonline.com/
Penn Museum
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/visitphilly
https://www.penn.museum/athome/tours/
Includes 360 view of the Egyptian Hall, as well as guided virtual tours of the galleries, and special interest tours lead by Global Guides Yaroub and Hadi.
African American Museum in Philadelphia
https://onlineexhibits.aampmuseum.org/through-his-eyes/#/
Virtual exhibit: Through His Eyes: Youth Activism in Philadelphia's Civil Rights Era
Exhibit explores the work of Philadelphia photographer Jack Theodore Franklin (1922-2009). Franklin chronicled African American life photographing political and social movements, including rallies, protest marches, and leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in Philadelphia.
Mutter Museum
http://memento.muttermuseum.org/
Virtual exhibit: Memento Mutter
Exhibit explores thought-provoking objects in the Mutter collections, including a killer’s brain, a bound foot, early prosthetic limbs, and a syphilitic skull.
National Museum of American Jewish History
Online talk: Facing the Spanish Flu and the Great Depression
This online talk highlights the bravery of nurse Lillian Wald.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/exhibitions/2015/815.html
Virtual Exhibit: Represent: 200 Years of African American Art
Exhibit explores the evolving ways in which African American artists have expressed personal, political, and racial identity. Includes slideshow, a video, and teaching resources.
La Salle's Art Museum collections include art work of many African Americans represented in the PMA exhibit, including Elizabeth Catlett, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Jacob Lawrence. Jacob Lawrence's art can also be found in an oversized bible housed in Special Collections.