The escape, which will be highlighted in the museum's spring break programming, involved a bank robber named 'Slick Willie' ...

In 1787, four years after the American Revolutionary War, the United States was a country brimming with possibility, and no city felt the excitement more than Philadelphia. Delegates such as Alexander ...

Eastern State Penitentiary is hosting Shared Light: Winter Celebrations from Dec. 20 to 31, inviting visitors to explore how people found moments of connection and hope inside the prison during the ...

The Eastern State Penitentiary, which today operates as a historical museum drawing thousands of visitors annually to the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was formerly the world's most renowned ...