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Special things to do for Kids
ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
on Saturday - open 10-5 PM
215-299-1000
www.acnatsci.org
AFRICAN AMERICAN Museum
701 Arch St
215-574-0380
www.aampmuseum.org
ARCHITECTURE Tours - Foundation for Architecture - The Foundation for Architecture offers one-to-two hour tours of pretty much all of Philadelphia. They tend to focus in on the areas of City Hall, Penn"s Square, and the historic district. As the title suggests, the emphasis is on architecture, and the guides are adept at telling you what style and significance each building has in Philadelphia's history. 215-569-3187
ART MUSEUM
open Tuesday through Sunday 10-5 PM
plus Wednesdays until 8:45 PM
215-763-8100
www.philamuseum.org
ATWATER KENT Museum of HISTORY
15 S. 7th St
215-922-3031
www.philadelphiahistory.org
AVENUE of the ARTS
Live Street performances Now - 9/19
Mondays 12:30 PM,
Wednesdays 5 PM, and
Fridays 1:30 PN
215-731-9668
www.avenueofthearts.org
BALCH INSTITUTE for ETHNIC STUDIES
18 S. 7th St
215-925-8090
www.balchinstitute.org
BETSY ROSS HOUSE
239 Arch St
215-627-5343
Delaware River BOAT RIDES
on the HOLIDAY
Adults $10 / Kids (<13) $6.00
401 N. C.Columbus Blvd
(2 blocks north of Ben Franklin Bridge)
215-629-TOUR (8687)
on the LIBERTY BELLE
@ Penn's Landing
215-629-1131, Fax:1138
www.libertybelle.com
(Dinner Cruises are available)
EASTERN STATE Penitentiary
(Museum, Tours and Events)
2124 Fairmount Ave
215-236-3300
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE SCIENCE MUSEUM
on Saturday - open 9:30-5 PM
215-448-1200
www.fi.edu
FRINGE FESTIVAL
215-413-9006
www.pafringe.com
Gay and Lesbian FILM FESTIVALS
215-733-0608, x 701
www.tlavideo.com/piglff
GHOSTS of Philadelphia
Every evening at 7:30 PM at 5th & Chestnut
215-413-1997
www.ghosttour.com
(This also has info on other hauntings,
mazes and river adventures)
The New Jersey State Aquarium
open April 16 to September 15,
Weekdays 9:30-5:30 PM (to 4:30 in Cooler months)
Weekends and Holidays 10-5PM
1-800-616-JAWS, or
1-609-365-3300
HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust St
215-732-6200
Independence SEAPORT Museum
open daily 10-5 PM
Walnut St and Christopher Columbus Blvd.
215-925-5439
Special Events Hotline - 215-413-8621
JEWISH History Museum (National)
55 N. 5th St
215-923-3811
Lights of Liberty
Independence Hall
Liberty Bell
6th & Chestnut
877-GO-2-1776
www.lightsofliberty.org
PLEASE TOUCH Museum
210 N. 21st St
215-963-0667
www.pleasetouchmuseum.org
MUMMER'S MUSEUM
1100 S. 2nd St
215-336-3050
Pennsylvania ACADEMY of the FINE ARTS
118 N. Broad St
215-972-7600
www.pafa.org
READING TERMINAL and Market
12th and Arch Street
215-922-2317
www.readingterminalmarket.org
ROSENBACH Museum and Library
2010 Delencey Place
215-732-1600
www.rosenbach.org
SWEDISH Museum
1900 Pattison Ave
215-389-1776
U. of Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
33rd & Spruce
215-898-4000
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
215-482-7300
www.schuylkillcenter.org
Philadelphia ZOO
(America's First Zoo)
on Sunday - open 9:30-6 PM
www.phillyzoo.org
Philadelphia for Kids (special things to do)
For Dinosaurs – Visit the Academy of Natural Sciences, on the Ben Franklin Parkway between 18th & 19th Streets, 215-229-1000
For Mummies and other ancient treasures – Visit the University Museum at 33rd & South, 215-898-4000
For Lions, Tigers and Bears – Visit the Philadelphia Zoo, 34th & Girard Avenue, 215-243-1100
For Sharks and Starfish – Visit the New Jersey State Aquarium on the Camden Waterfront, 856-365-3300
For Art and Armor – Visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art, at the end of the Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100
For Space and Science – Visit the Franklin Institute Science Museum, 20th & Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-963-0667
For Big Bird and Elmo – Visit Sesame Place just outside the city, in Bucks County, 215-752-7050
For Battleship and Submarine – Visit the Olympia and Becuna , on Penns Landing, 215-922-1898
For Museums just for kids – Visit the Please Touch Museum at 210 North 21st Street, 215-963-0667, or Garden State Discovery Museum in NJ, 856-424-1233
For a trip back in time – Visit the Historic Houses of Fairmount Park, 215-685-0000
For the world’s largest wooden sliding board – Visit Smith Memorial Playground located in Fairmount Park, 215-765-4325
Visit a Calendar of activities
To Get around
SEPTA
215-580-7800 and
TDD/TTY 215-580-7853
www.SEPTA.org
Philadelphia International AIRPORT
1-800-phl-gate
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