By the 1950s and 60s, Eastern State’s medical wing had become an unusually well-equipped and sophisticated prison hospital.
"Slick Willie" Sutton joined 11 inmates on a doomed tunnel escape from a cell in Cellblock 7.
Al Capone spent his time in relative luxury on Eastern State's "Park Avenue." His cell had oriental rugs, fine furniture, and a cabinet radio.
This interactive exhibit allows visitors to achieve the perspective of a guard in the tower.
ESP's Synagogue- now fully restored- was one of the first in a US prison.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site welcomes Guggenheim Fellow Judith Schaechter’s ambitious new work, The Battle of Carnival and Lent, to its 2012...
This piece depicts full-scale silhouettes of barriers from around the world, including the Berlin Wall, the U.S./Mexico border fence, and three others,...
Reflecting on the idea that a man is “too easily reduced to an object” when institutionalized, artist Tyler Held uses a car, stripped inside a...
Inmates at Eastern State were originally denied reading material in their cells, with the exception of the Bible. The bound front pages of Philadelphia...
This cell is a recreation of a cell from Camp X-Ray, the holding cells in the US Federal Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Ten scenes from the Penitentiary's history are included in this series of historical dioramas in Cellblock Seven.
This piece challenges this notion of prison life. Three televisions play excerpts from over seven decades of prison film history.
