1918
Advance registration is required.
This is event is being held online. After registering, connection information will be emailed to you.
Join Dr. Robert Hicks, Senior Consulting Scholar at the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and co-organizer of their 1918 flu exhibit, along with PAFA’s Curator of Historical American Art Dr. Anna O. Marley for a lively discussion on what’s changed since 1918 and unfortunately what hasn’t.
The recent New York Times article "The Killer Flu of 1918: A Philadelphia Story," highlights how the city of Philadelphia was one of the hardest hit by that epidemic, claiming 20,000 lives. As Hicks said, “It’s something intimate and personal as if the person telling us the story witnessed the event themselves." Participants are encouraged to bring their own stories from Philadelphia’s past to share.