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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Internationally renowned museum dates back to 1812 and serves as a public forum for environmental research and education. Numerous interactive exhibits are particularly fun for children, and include live animals, dinosaurs, and insects.
African – American Museum in Philadelphia
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 701 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Built on the grounds of a historic black community, this is the country's first museum devoted to African-American history and culture, with more than 400,000 items on display. Exhibits cover the arts, education, the Civil Rights Movement, family life, medicine, politics, sports, and technology as these issues relate to African-American culture....
Franklin Institute Science Museum
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 222 N 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
A thirty-foot statue of Benjamin Franklin overlooks the scientific interactive displays at this local favorite. This unique museum houses the world's largest artificial heart and biggest pinball machine. There is a planetarium and Omniverse, which features a 79-foot domed screen with more than 50 high-tech speakers. A fascinating and intriguing...
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 3260 South St, University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
With one of the best archeology and anthropology collections in the United States, this museum has over 30 galleries displaying items from around the world. Exhibits range from Egyptian mummies to Greek coins, from musical instruments from Africa to Native American totem poles. Hands-on exhibits appeal to the kids, and there's a museum shop just...
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 525 Arch Street, Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA 19106
A visit to the National Constitution Center starts with a multi-media theater presentation that describes the main points of our country's most important document. As a family-oriented museum, many of the exhibits are interactive – guests may vote for their favorite president, or even take the presidential oath of office. Entrance is by timed...
National Museum of American Jewish History
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 55 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Founded in 1976, this museum is devoted to preserving American Jewish history. More than 10,000 artifacts relate over 300 years of this cultural legacy. More than 40,000 people visit annually.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 118-128 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
The building itself is a National Landmark and a worthy example of American architecture. The museum offers a variety of works by renowned American artists such as Andrew Wyeth. Mary Cassatt, and Thomas Eakins, as well as contemporary artists like Faith Ringgold and Richard Diebenkorn. The noteworthy collection features 18th through 21st century...
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 26th St & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130
This museum offers a stellar collection from artists such as Van Gogh, Monet, Pissarro, Picasso, and Rodin. Surrealist art is well represented by Dali, De Chirico, Max Ernst, and Magritte, with pre-modernist work from the likes of Canaletto and Guardi. Numerous theme rooms display international art and artifacts, including Thomas Eakins's...
Please Touch Museum for Children
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: 210 N 21st St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
No "Do Not Touch" signs – a dream come true in a museum setting! Designed to promote the arts, sciences, and humanities, exhibits promise educational entertainment for the young and the young at heart. There is an incredible collection of toys and a 3D interactive playground based upon popular children's books. Art exhibits feature work from...
Category: Museums - Philadelphia Attractions & Activities
Address: Benjamin Franklin Pkwy at 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19101
This museum is solely devoted to the works of Auguste Rodin and the largest collection of his works outside Paris, including bronzes, plaster studies, drawings, and prints. There are 124 sculptures, including bronze casts of "The Burghers of Calais," "Eternal Springtime," "The Gates of Hell," and Rodin's seminal work, "The Thinker."
