With renovation, AKMP gains the following:

• New multimedia Experience Philadelphia! orientation to 300-year history of the city
• Two new galleries
• New, flexible-use Collections Study Center
• Improvements to the infrastructure of the historic Museum Building, including appropriate environment for display of objects
• Access and safety standards
• Public access to three floors with new elevator

Continuing public programs include:

• National History Day Philly 2009 (through March)
• Collaborations related to National History Day Summer Teachers' Institute and Civil War Sesquicentennial
• Scheduled Curatorial Discussions
• Scheduled Collection research
• Collection rights and reproductions
• Scheduled "behind the scenes" facility tours

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