The Philadelphia Museum Admission Ticket
Item
Creator
Peale, Charles Willson
Title
The Philadelphia Museum Admission Ticket
Description
An admission ticket to The Philadelphia Museum, signed by both Charles Willson Peale and his son, Rubens Peale. The cost of the ticket was twenty-five cents and allowed visitors to view "Peale's menagerie of live animals (including two live grizzly bears he later shot and mounted in the museum), souvenir silhouettes , and the 'great incognitum' (mastodon)."
Date
December, 1814
Contributor
Vela, Jaimie
Spatial Coverage
Ink on paper